"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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| 2005 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2006 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2007 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2008 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 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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High-performance work systems in health care management, part 1: development of an evidence-informed model. Health Care Manage Rev. 2011 Jul-Sep; 36(3):201-13.
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High-performance work systems in health care management, part 2: qualitative evidence from five case studies. Health Care Manage Rev. 2011 Jul-Sep; 36(3):214-26.
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Improving patient-provider communication: a call to action. J Nurs Adm. 2009 Sep; 39(9):372-6.
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The who and why's of side rail use. Nurs Manage. 2008 May; 39(5):36-44.
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Depiction of psychiatric nursing in federal reports: the good news and the bad news. Arch Psychiatr Nurs. 2008 Apr; 22(2):104-6.
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A nurse coach quality improvement intervention: feasibility and treatment fidelity. West J Nurs Res. 2008 Oct; 30(6):690-703.
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Challenges faced by inpatient child/adolescent psychiatric nurses. J Psychosoc Nurs Ment Health Serv. 2008 Feb; 46(2):21-4.
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How unit level nursing responsibilities are structured in US hospitals. J Nurs Adm. 2007 Oct; 37(10):452-8.
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Prevalence and variation of physical restraint use in acute care settings in the US. J Nurs Scholarsh. 2007; 39(1):30-7.
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Targeting errors in the ICU: use of a national database. Crit Care Nurs Clin North Am. 2006 Dec; 18(4):509-14.