Creating a business case for quality improvement research :  expert views, workshop summary / 
Samantha Chao, rapporteur ; Forum on the Science of Health Care Quality Improvement and Implementation, Board on Health Care Services, Institute of Medicine of the National Academies. 
 - Washington, D.C. :  National Academies Press,  c2008 
 - xiv, 56 p. ;  23 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 48). 
<br/><br/>The business case for quality improvement -- The role of federal funders -- Research as a driving force for change -- Breakout groups -- Communicating a value proposition. 
<br/><br/> The Institute of Medicine (IOM) convened the workshop'Creating a Business Case for Quality Improvement and Quality Improvement Research' on October 15, 2007, in Washington, DC, to develop a better understanding of the economic and business disciplines that encourage sustained efforts to improve the quality of health care. 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>030911652X 9780309116527 (pbk.)  RM64.26 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Medical care--Quality control--Research.--United States<br/>Quality of Health Care--economics--United States.<br/>Models, Economics--United States.<br/>Research--economics--United States.