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  • Title: Implementing a quality assessment program.
    Author: Fleming GA.
    Journal: Physician Exec; 1992; 18(1):9-16. PubMed ID: 10116426.
    Abstract:
    It is difficult to imagine a more stressed organization than today's hospital. If the scope of change is not a sufficient challenge, the rate of the change is staggering, especially in quality assessment. Now we are poised for continuous quality improvement, whereby outcomes identified by quality assessment become the focus for system and process review and modification. It is imperative that a good quality assessment program be in place before implementing and integrating a continuous quality improvement process. The purpose of this article is to show how a quality assessment system can be implemented in a community hospital, regardless of size or scope of services. Key to the process is making all staff members part of the system's development and operation.
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