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QICID: 24387
Title: Narrow Healthcare's Quality Chasm
Copyright: ASQ
Author: Denney, William; St. John, Cynthia; Youngblood, Liz
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Subject: Healthcare industry, Quality improvement process (QIP), Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award (MBNQA), Strategic planning, Process management, Customer focus;
Series: Quality Progress, Vol. 42, No. 5, May 2009, pp. 38-45
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Abstract: The Baldrige criteria provide a structure to align and focus all areas within an organization and have the potential to transform healthcare. Earlier efforts to improve healthcare services have centered on the Institute of Medicine’s six aims for focused improvement. While some gains have been achieved, progress has been slower than expected and process failures are widespread. The Baldrige criteria offer a systematic way to align improvement activities with these strategic goals and to track focused measures that result in real change. Results from Baldrige Award recipients demonstrate that systematic application of the criteria often corresponds to significant gains in IOM aim achievement.
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