title: Case management and quality: have we reached a tipping point?
abstract: In The Tipping Point, Malcolm Gladwell describes a phenomenon in which a niche market or fad undergoes transformation into mainstream acceptability, resulting in widespread social change. He concludes that a "tipping point" occurs when a series of small events results in a critical mass of acceptance that produces sudden major changes.
authors.affiliation: Milliman Care Guidelines, Seattle, Washington, USA.
authors.forename: Sherrie
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Dulworth
mesh_terms: D001294:Attitude to Health; D019985:Benchmarking / Q000379:methods; D019090:Case Management; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D019983:Guideline Adherence; D006801:Humans; D010351:Patient Discharge; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000379:methods*; D019984:Quality Indicators, Health Care; D012922:Social Change; D014481:United States