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Quality Assurance/Improvement

The Quest for Quality

Karen L. Kerr, MSN, NP, CPNP, APRN-BC  |  May 1, 2007

The ARHP has an important role to play as the ACR addresses the emerging quality movement in healthcare. Most healthcare professionals are familiar with terms such as quality assurance, continuous quality improvement, and total quality management. In the late 1980s, healthcare organizations, following the lead of the manufacturing industry, began to implement quality-management programs as a way to improve the quality and cost efficiency of healthcare services and meet rising consumer expectations.

On Board with Baby

Sheri Polley  |  May 1, 2007

Rheumatology programs make strides in work–life balance support

Readers Answer ‘Twenty Questions’

Staff  |  April 1, 2007

The March Rheuminations column, “Twenty Questions, Part 1” inspired many letters from TR readers. Here are just a few of those responses.

Professional Partners

Jill Landis, MD  |  March 1, 2007

Rheumatologists and nurse practitioners team up to improve workflow and patient care

Target Remission

Staff  |  March 1, 2007

Strategies to identify and track remission in your RA patients

Twenty Questions, Part 1

David S. Pisetsky, MD, PhD  |  February 1, 2007

What disease scores can teach you about rheumatology

Who Will Treat Arthritis in 2005?

Terry Hartnett  |  January 1, 2007

ACR study documents shortage of rheumatologists and predicts greater shortfalls to come

Take the Reins

Neal S. Birnbaum, MD  |  November 1, 2006

Rheumatologists must guide the quality movement to improve patient care

The Rheumatologist

Mary K. Crow, MD  |  November 1, 2006

One of many information resources from ACR

Control Quality Anxiety

Staff  |  November 1, 2006

Rheumatologists positive but cautious about their brushes with the quality movement

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