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Rapid cycle change sells itself.

J A Taylor·V L Crowe
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Strategic quality management consultants at Quorum Health Resources, LLC, headquartered in Brentwood, TN, recently introduced rapid cycle change to hospital clients. The answers to three defined questions, the Plan-Do-Study-Act cycle, and testing the improvements on a small scale under a variety of conditions are the basis of rapid cycle change. The initial results are encouraging. To obtain a deeper evaluation of the clients' experience, a modified qualitative research methodology was utilized to obtain and analyze information. Five themes emerged that support rapid cycle change as an elegantly simple and effective model.

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Education, ContinuingEfficiency, OrganizationalEvaluation Studies as TopicHealth Services ResearchHospitals, CommunityManagement Quality CirclesModels, OrganizationalOhioOrganizational InnovationTotal Quality ManagementJournal Article

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J A Taylor, V L Crowe. Rapid cycle change sells itself.. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1945-1474.1999.tb00982.x

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