Quality improvement in the US Veterans Health Administration.
Open Access
- 1 January 1997
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in International Journal for Quality in Health Care
- Vol. 9 (3) , 183-188
- https://doi.org/10.1093/intqhc/9.3.183
Abstract
The Veterans Health Administration, the largest government-operated health-care system in the United States, has been actively engaged in quality improvement activities since 1990. These activities have been implemented on both a system-wide and facility-specific basis. Some quality improvement efforts have been targeted to specific clinical services; others relate to the overall process of providing patient care. This paper provides an overview of three quality improvement activities in the Veterans Health Administration and considers the research and managerial issues they raise.Keywords
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