Quality Improvement

PATH: Performance Assessment Tool for Quality Improvement in Hospitals
2007 - World Health Organization Europe
This brochure provides an overview on the WHO Performance Assessment Tool for Quality Improvement in Hospitals (PATH). It includes a description of the conceptual model, a presentation of the indicators selected to fit the model and data collection procedures and reporting of performance. Click here to read more.

Redefining quality – implications of recent clinical trials
HM Krumholz, TH Lee
New England Journal of Medicine, 2008, 358(24), pp2537-2539
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Improving care quality and reducing disparities: physicians’ roles
C Clancy
Archives of Internal Medicine, 2008, 168(11), pp1135-1136
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