CME Article

Quality Improvement Tools for Clinicians

Kathleen E. Walsh, MD, MSc; Alan Picarillo, MD

  • Pediatric Annals
  • September 2011 - Volume 40 · Issue 9: 454-457
  • DOI: 10.3928/00904481-20110815-09
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Abstract

As medicine moves from small solo practices focused on individual relationships, to larger groups or teams of clinicians focused on improving population-based outcomes, quality improvement is increasingly relevant to our medical practice today, whether it involves reduced wait times for routine physical appointments or implementing a physician order entry system to reduce medication errors.

AUTHORS

Kathleen E. Walsh, MD, MSc, is Assistant Professor of Pediatrics; and Alan Picarillo MD, is an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics and Obstetrics & Gynecology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Massachusetts School of Medicine, Worcester, MA; and Office of Quality and Patient Safety, UMass Memorial Medical Center, Worcester, MA.

Drs. Walsh and Picarillo have disclosed no relevant financial relationships.

Address correspondence to: Kathleen E. Walsh, MD, MSc, 55 Lake Ave. North, Benedict 2nd Floor, Worcester, MA 01655; fax: 774-443-7042; email: .Walshk02@ummhc.org

doi: 10.3928/00904481-20110815-09

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