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DOI: 10.1177/106286069801300409 The Use of Relational Databases in the Transition from Quality Assurance to Continuous Quality Improvement: A Clinical Practice ModelYale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut
Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut
Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut
Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut
Department of Anesthesiology, University of Arkansas, Little Rock, Arkansas The use of both clinical medical and administrative databases is discussed in the context of an academic anesthesiology's transition from the tenets of quality assurance to those of continuous quality improvements. A historical framework is presented. The basic and aggregate models are introduced, and examples are used to illustrate the composite system.
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