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Hazardous to Your Health
Quality professionals must unite to improve healthcare.
R. Dan Reid
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Why Quality in Healthcare?

ASQ is a leader in providing resources, training, certification and networking opportunities to professionals in healthcare.

Quality professionals across all segments of healthcare use ASQ’s resources to improve:

  • Quality of care.
  • Patient safety and satisfaction.
  • Organizational efficiencies.
  • The bottom line.

Through partnerships with leading healthcare organizations like the Institute for Healthcare Improvement and the American Hospital Association, ASQ works to enhance the use of quality improvement theories, methods and tools.

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Patient Safety: A Prime Factor in Quality of Care (PDF, 63 KB)
by Rose M. Kavalchuck

Read how teamwork, communication, quality tools and new approaches can lead to fewer medical errors and increased patient safety.