TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Chapter 14. 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 - Brotman, Daniel J. A2 - Ginsberg, Jeffrey S. Y1 - 2012 N1 - T2 - Principles and Practice of Hospital Medicine AB - Achieving quality in health care requires a focus on continuous performance improvement. Physicians pride themselves on being subject matter experts in their focused area of medical practice. Although such knowledge is critical for developing changes that result in improvement, alone it is not sufficient 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 - The McGraw-Hill Companies CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/29 UR - accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=56191989 ER -