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The Shingo Prize for Operational Excellence: Rewarding World-Class Practices

Chakravorty, Satya S.; Atwater, J. Bryan; Herbert, James I. - 2008

Established in 1988, the Shingo Prize for Operational Excellence recognises organisations in the USA, Mexico and Canada for the successful implementation of world-class practices. The Shingo Prize emphasises the improvement of operations and processes, the adoption of proven world-class...

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Assessing indicators of motivation for learning in a TQM class

Tetteh, Godson A. - In: The TQM journal : the international review of … 27 (2015) 4, pp. 412-434

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An analysis of the Six Sigma DMAIC method from the perspective of problem solving

Mast, Jeroen de; Lokkerbol, Joran - In: International journal of production economics 139 (2012) 2, pp. 604-614

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Contrasting continuous quality improvement, Six Sigma, and lean management for enhanced outcomes in US hospitals

Gowen, Charles, III.; McFadden, Kathleen L.; Settaluri, … - In: American journal of business : applying research to … 27 (2012) 2, pp. 133-153

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A Six Sigma approach for R&D : measuring dissolved oxygen

Johnson, Michael J.; Claverie, Monique T.; Johnson, … - In: International journal of six sigma and competitive … 7 (2012) 2/4, pp. 134-150

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Exploring the nature and impact of leadership on the local implementation of the productive ward releasing time to care

Morrow, Elizabeth; Robert, Glenn; Maben, Jill - In: Journal of health organization and management 28 (2014) 2, pp. 154-176

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Provider perceptions of electronic medical records and e-prescribing and their integration into safety net clinics

Hotchkiss, Renee Brent; Mason, Mondi A.; John R. … - In: International Journal of Public Policy 8 (2012) 1/2/3, pp. 79-91

This paper reports the findings of a formative study that examined knowledge, readiness, and perceptions of healthcare providers in safety-net clinics about electronic medical records (EMR) and e-prescribing. It was conducted in six safety net clinics in southeast Georgia that serve a...

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Evidence based medicine as a strategy for quality improvement

Harrison, Jeffrey P.; Radcliffe, Kim - In: International Journal of Public Policy 5 (2010) 2/3, pp. 133-142

Evidence based medicine is a strategy to transfer knowledge about disease specific care among patients and healthcare providers. Additionally, evidence based medicine is an opportunity to increase the quality and efficiency of the healthcare system thereby improving the health status of the...

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Understanding a Collaborative Effort to Reduce Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health Care: Contributions form Social Network Analysis

Gold, Marsha; Doreian, Patrick; Taylor, Erin Fries - Mathematica Policy Research - 2008

Quality improvement collaboratives have become a common strategy for improving health care. This paper uses social network analysis to study the relationships among organizations participating in a large scale publicâ€“private collaboration among major health plans to reduce racial and...

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Divorce: what does learning have to do with it?

Marinescu, Ioana E. - 2015

Learning about marriage quality has been proposed as a key mechanism for explaining how the probability of divorce … divorce, three of which include learning. I use data from the Survey of Income and Program Participation to test reduced form … implications of these models. The data is inconsistent with models including a substantial amount of learning. On the other hand …

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