title: Performance improvement. Which path is right for your hospital?
abstract: Which of four prominent performance improvement methods is best for your hospital? First you need to understand exactly what you hope to accomplish and how much you're willing to invest in terms of money, staff time and other resources.
authors.affiliation: lruny@healthforum.com
authors.forename: Lee Ann
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Runy
mesh_terms: D001363:Awards and Prizes; D003659:Decision Making, Organizational; D006739:Hospital Administration / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D007221:Industry / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000592:standards; D007857:Leadership; D008330:Management Audit; D009874:Operations Research; D013597:Systems Analysis; D017749:Total Quality Management / Q000379:methods*; D014481:United States