"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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| 1994 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1995 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 1996 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1998 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 1999 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2001 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2003 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2004 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2005 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2007 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2008 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2009 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2010 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2011 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2019 | 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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Examining the Intersection of Strategic Thinking and Continuous Process Improvement Through the Lens of Military Medical Education to Build a Novel Model. Mil Med. 2024 Jul 03; 189(7-8):190-196.
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Teaching novice clinicians how to reduce diagnostic waste and errors by applying the Toyota Production System. Diagnosis (Berl). 2019 06 26; 6(2):179-185.
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Interrater Reliability of the Braden and Braden Q by Skin Champion Nurses. J Pediatr Nurs. 2019 Jan - Feb; 44:9-15.
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How to Reduce Head CT Orders in Children with Hydrocephalus Using the Lean Six Sigma Methodology: Experience at a Major Quaternary Care Academic Children's Center. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 2016 Jun; 37(6):990-6.
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Use of Six Sigma for eliminating missed opportunities for prevention services. J Nurs Care Qual. 2015 Jul-Sep; 30(3):254-60.
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Improving patient access to an interventional US clinic. Radiographics. 2014 Jan-Feb; 34(1):E18-23.
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Informed consent in research to improve the number and quality of deceased donor organs. Crit Care Med. 2011 Feb; 39(2):280-3.
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Variation in surgical time-out and site marking within pediatric otolaryngology. Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2011 Jan; 137(1):69-73.
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So you want to be better: the role of evidence-based medicine in plastic surgery. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2010 Oct; 126(4):1395-1398.
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Cause-and-effect mapping of critical events. Crit Care Nurs Clin North Am. 2010 Jun; 22(2):243-51.