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Putting guidelines into practice.

E Gardner
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More hospitals are beginning to use principles and techniques borrowed from other industries to improve the quality of care. They're developing treatment guidelines, usually based on comparative data and the collected expertise of their caregivers, and they're "benchmarking," comparing their care patterns with those of hospitals that get better results and modifying practices accordingly.

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Clinical ProtocolsData CollectionHospital AdministrationMarylandMinnesotaPilot ProjectsPractice Patterns, Physicians'Quality Assurance, Health CareUnited StatesUnited States Agency for Healthcare Research and QualityJournal Article

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E Gardner. 1992-09-07. Putting guidelines into practice.. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/10120351/

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