Implementing CQI Projects in Hospitals
The Joint Commission Journal on Quality ImprovementPublished 1 August 2000
Anne Sales, Ira Moscovice, Nicole Lurie
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New CQI projects should be subjected to scrutiny in terms of their likely contribution to quality of care, as distinct from other positive outcomes.
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In the hospitals included in this sample, all of which were highly self-selected (evidenced by their participation in a voluntary consortium of hospitals focused on quality of care), knowledge of CQI processes appeared to be fairly thorough. Teams appeared to have a reasonable amount of autonomy. New CQI projects should be subjected to scrutiny in terms of their likely contribution to quality of care, as distinct from other positive outcomes.
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Health ProfessionsEconomics, Econometrics and Finance
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