Improving Health Care, Part 4: Concepts for Improving Any Clinical Process
The Joint Commission Journal on Quality ImprovementPublished 1 October 1996Open access
Paul B. Batalden, Julie J. Mohr, Eugene C. Nelson, Stephen K. Plume
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Learning about making change, encouraging change, managing the change within and across organizations, and learning from the changes tested will characterize the sustainable, thriving health systems of the future.
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Learning about making change, encouraging change, managing the change within and across organizations, and learning from the changes tested will characterize the sustainable, thriving health systems of the future.
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