title: Quality: the new healthcare imperative.
abstract: Increasing evidence shows that besides saving lives, quality initiatives can increase volume and market share, shorten hospital stays, and result in fewer complications and readmissions. A look at the American Heart Association's Get With The Guidelines program shows how evidence-based therapies have improved quality and patient outcomes.
authors: PricewaterhouseCoopers Advisory Services--Health Enterprise Growth Practice, Chicago, USA. brett.m.hickman@us.pwc.com
authors: Brett M
authors: BM
authors: Hickman
mesh_terms: D004469:Economics, Hospital / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005377:Financial Management, Hospital; D006801:Humans; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000191:economics* / Q000458:organization & administration; D014481:United States