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Accounting for the costs of quality.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  10145679     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Total quality management (TQM) represents a paradigm shift in the organizational values that shape every aspect of a healthcare provider's activities. The TQM approach to quality management subscribes to the theory that it is not the work of employees of an organization that leads to poor quality; rather, it is the poor design of systems and procedures. In a book recently published by HFMA, Management Accounting for Healthcare Organizations, third edition, authors Suver, Neumann and Boles point out that the changes in behavioral focus and organizational climate brought about by TQM will have a major impact on management accounting function in healthcare organizations. TQM will require new methods of accounting that will enable the effects of declining quality to be recognized and evaluated. It also will require new types of management accounting reports that will identify opportunities for quality improvement and will monitor the effectiveness of quality management endeavors. The following article has been adapted from the book cited above.
Authors:
J D Suver; B R Neumann; K E Boles
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Healthcare financial management : journal of the Healthcare Financial Management Association     Volume:  46     ISSN:  0735-0732     ISO Abbreviation:  Healthc Financ Manage     Publication Date:  1992 Sep 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  1992-10-06     Completed Date:  1992-10-06     Revised Date:  2000-12-18    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  8215859     Medline TA:  Healthc Financ Manage     Country:  UNITED STATES    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  28-31, 33-7     Citation Subset:  H    
Affiliation:
University of Kentucky, Lexington.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Accounting / methods*
Analysis of Variance
Costs and Cost Analysis / methods*
Financial Management, Hospital / standards*
Forms and Records Control
Quality Assurance, Health Care / economics*
United States

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