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
Rheumatology programs make strides in work–life balance support
Readers Answer ‘Twenty Questions’
The March Rheuminations column, “Twenty Questions, Part 1” inspired many letters from TR readers. Here are just a few of those responses.
Professional Partners
Rheumatologists and nurse practitioners team up to improve workflow and patient care
Target Remission
Strategies to identify and track remission in your RA patients
Twenty Questions, Part 1
What disease scores can teach you about rheumatology
Who Will Treat Arthritis in 2005?
ACR study documents shortage of rheumatologists and predicts greater shortfalls to come
Take the Reins
Rheumatologists must guide the quality movement to improve patient care
The Rheumatologist
One of many information resources from ACR
Control Quality Anxiety
Rheumatologists positive but cautious about their brushes with the quality movement
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