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Continuous Quality Improvement

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 June 2016

Michael D. Decker
Michael D. Decker*
Affiliation:
Department of Preventive Medicine and the Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee
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Department of Epidemiology, Saint Thomas Hospital, 4220 Harding Road, Nashville, TN 37205
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Beyond Infection Control: The New Hospital Epidemiology
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 13 , Issue 3 , March 1992, pp. 165 - 169
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 1992 

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Suggested Readings

Introductory

1. Berwick, DM. Continuous improvement as an ideal in healthcare. N Engl J Med. 1989;320:53–56.Google Scholar
2. James, BC. Quality Management for Healthcare Delivery. Chicago, Ill: The Hospital Research and Education Trust of the American Hospital Association; 1989.Google Scholar
3. Laffel, G, Blumenthal, D. The case for using industrial quality management science in healthcare organizations. JAMA. 1989;262:2869–2873.Google Scholar
4. Spath, PL, ed. Innovations in Healthcare Quality Measurement. Chicago, Ill: American Hospital Association; 1989.Google Scholar
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Advanced

1. Deming, WE. Out of the Crisis. Cambridge, Mass: MIT Center for Advanced Engineering Study; 1982.Google Scholar
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