Too good to last: did Cleveland Health Quality Choice leave a legacy and lessons to be learned?
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This is the story of the martyrdom of an idea, an organization that embodied that idea, its director, and a group of staff and volunteers committed to making it work. The idea is that the comparable outcomes of hospital care should be measured and publicly reported so people could choose high quality care. This idea was embodied in a small organization called Greater Cleveland Health Quality Choice (GCHQC) and its director Dwain Harper.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Quality & safety in health care
دوره 11 2 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2002