title: Achieving productivity and quality: the trustee's role.
abstract: Industries outside of health care understand the importance of simultaneously measuring quality and productivity-now health care needs to follow their lead.
authors.affiliation: The Healthcare Management Council Inc, Needham, Mass, USA.
authors.forename: Stephen
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lothrop
authors.forename: Sarah
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nickerson
mesh_terms: D017598:Efficiency, Organizational; D006739:Hospital Administration; D006801:Humans; D024382:Professional Role; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care; D014341:Trustees; D014481:United States