TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Principles and Models of Quality Improvement: Plan-Do-Study-Act A1 - King, Emmanuel S. A1 - Myers, Jennifer S. A2 - McKean, Sylvia C. A2 - Ross, John J. A2 - Dressler, Daniel D. A2 - Scheurer, Danielle B. PY - 2017 T2 - Principles and Practice of Hospital Medicine, 2e AB - Achieving better health outcomes for patients and populations requires a focus on continuous quality improvement (QI). While physicians pride themselves on being subject matter experts in their focused area of medical practice, such knowledge alone is insufficient to produce fundamental changes in the delivery of health care. Physicians who practice in complex hospital and health care systems must acquire another kind of knowledge in order to develop and execute change. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/28 UR - accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1137606198 ER -