Publication Date: August 7th, 2000
Publication Type(s): Peer-reviewed Journal Publications
Topic(s): Hospitals and Clinics, Quality
Author(s): Sales, A., Moscovice, I. & Lurie, N.
Quality improvement approaches such as continuous quality improvement (CQI) and total quality management are widely used, but little is known about how much it costs to use the principles and techniques required to implement CQI processes. This paper examines the implementation of CQI programs at rural hospitals, and their success.
Published in: The Joint Commission Journal on Quality Improvement