"Total Quality Management" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
The application of industrial management practice to systematically maintain and improve organization-wide performance. Effectiveness and success are determined and assessed by quantitative quality measures.
| Descriptor ID |
D017749
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| MeSH Number(s) |
N04.452.955 N04.761.700.675 N05.700.792
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| Concept/Terms |
Total Quality Management- Total Quality Management
- Management, Total Quality
- Continuous Quality Management
- Management, Continuous Quality
Six Sigma- Six Sigma
- Sigma, Six
- Sigmas, Six
- Six Sigmas
- Sigma Metrics
- Metric, Sigma
- Metrics, Sigma
- Sigma Metric
Lean Six Sigma- Lean Six Sigma
- Lean Six Sigmas
- Six Sigma, Lean
- Six Sigmas, Lean
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2006 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2008 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2011 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Total Quality Management" by people in Profiles.
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Soremekun OA, Terwiesch C, Pines JM. Emergency medicine: an operations management view. Acad Emerg Med. 2011 Dec; 18(12):1262-8.
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Diefenbeck CA, Hayes ER, Wade GH, Herrman JW. Student-centered outcomes evaluation of the Clinical Immersion Program: five years later. J Nurs Educ. 2011 Nov; 50(11):628-35.
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Wainwright GA, Stehly CD, Wittmann-Price RA. Emergency Nurse Documentation Improvement Tool. J Trauma Nurs. 2008 Jan-Mar; 15(1):16-8.
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Rinke ML, Zimmer KP, Lehmann CU, Colombani P, Dover G, Garger C, Miller MR. Patient safety rounds in a pediatric tertiary care center. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2008 Jan; 34(1):5-12.
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Thear G, Wittmann-Price RA. And two become one: unit integration. Nurs Manage. 2008 Jan; 39(1):20-3.
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Swan BA, Conway-Phillips R, Griffin KF. Demonstrating the value of the RN in ambulatory care. Nurs Econ. 2006 Nov-Dec; 24(6):315-22.
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Collins LG, Parks SM, Winter L. The state of advance care planning: one decade after SUPPORT. Am J Hosp Palliat Care. 2006 Oct-Nov; 23(5):378-84.
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Feldman AM, Weitz H, Merli G, DeCaro M, Brechbill AL, Adams S, Bischoff L, Richardson R, Williams MJ, Wenneker M, Epstein A. The physician-hospital team: a successful approach to improving care in a large academic medical center. Acad Med. 2006 Jan; 81(1):35-41.
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Brown DB, Singh H, Cardella JF, Aruny JE, Cole PE, Oglevie SB, Omary RA, Patel NH, Rholl KS, Sacks D, Swan TL, Lewis CA. Quality improvement guidelines for diagnostic infusion venography. J Vasc Interv Radiol. 2002 May; 13(5):449-52.