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Epidemiologic Approaches to Quality Assessment

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Bryan P Simmons  and
Stephen B. Kritchevsky
Bryan P Simmons*
Affiliation:
Methodist Hospitals of Memphis, Memphis, Tennessee University of Tennessee, Department of Preventive Medicine, Memphis, Tennessee
Stephen B. Kritchevsky
Affiliation:
University of Tennessee, Department of Preventive Medicine, Memphis, Tennessee
*
188 South Bellevue, Suite 419, Doctors Building, Memphis, TN 38104
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Abstract

Hospital epidemiologists have an opportunity to apply their skills to hospital quality problems other than infection control. Soon, hospitals will be required to collect and report numerous quality indicators, whose results will require epidemiologic interpretation. For those who choose to make the transition into quality management, careful assessment and planning are needed to succeed.

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Type
Practical Healthcare Epidemiology
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 16 , Issue 2 , February 1995 , pp. 101 - 104
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 1995 

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