TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT AND THE MEDICAL DIRECTOR

Authors
SCHNELLE JF
Citation
Jf. Schnelle, TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT AND THE MEDICAL DIRECTOR, Clinics in geriatric medicine, 11(3), 1995, pp. 433-448
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Medicine, General & Internal","Geiatric & Gerontology
Journal title
Clinics in geriatric medicine → ACNP
ISSN journal
07490690
Volume
11
Issue
3
Year of publication
1995
Pages
433 - 448
Database
ISI
SICI code
0749-0690(1995)11:3<433:TQMATM>2.0.ZU;2-L
Abstract
Physicians practicing in nursing homes can best influence the quality of care by managing the processes through which treatment orders are r equested by nursing home staff and then implemented. This article desc ribes how total quality management principles can be used to effective ly manage these treatment order processes.