"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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| 1998 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2000 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2003 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2007 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2008 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 2009 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 2010 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2011 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Total Quality Management" by people in Profiles.
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Evolution of Primary Scleral Buckling Surgery: A Modified Lean Six Sigma Technique to Improve Surgical Efficiency. Ophthalmic Surg Lasers Imaging Retina. 2020 05 01; 51(5):256-261.
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Improving Initiation and Tracking of Research Projects at an Academic Health Center: A Case Study. Eval Health Prof. 2017 09; 40(3):372-379.
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Building a Culture of Continuous Quality Improvement in an Academic Radiology Department. J Am Coll Radiol. 2016 Apr; 13(4):453-60.
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Precision Medicine in Patients With Resistant Hypertension and Obstructive Sleep Apnea: Blood Pressure Response to Continuous Positive Airway Pressure Treatment. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2015 Sep 01; 66(9):1023-32.
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Restructuring of the Diabetes Day Centre: a pilot lean project in a tertiary referral centre in the West of Ireland. BMJ Qual Saf. 2013 Aug; 22(8):681-8.
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Measuring the surgical academic output of an institution: the "institutional" H-index. J Surg Educ. 2012 Jul-Aug; 69(4):499-503.
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Teamwork and leadership in cardiopulmonary resuscitation. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2011 Jun 14; 57(24):2381-8.
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Ethics of resuscitation at different stages of life: a survey of perinatal physicians. Pediatrics. 2011 May; 127(5):e1221-9.
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Changes in performance after implementation of a multifaceted electronic-health-record-based quality improvement system. Med Care. 2011 Feb; 49(2):117-25.
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Teaching quality improvement and patient safety to trainees: a systematic review. Acad Med. 2010 Sep; 85(9):1425-39.