Advancing nursing home quality through quality improvement itself.

Rachel M. Werner; R. Tamara Konetzka

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Advancing nursing home quality through quality improvement itself.

February 10, 2015

Werner RM, Konetzka RT. Health Aff. 2010;29(1):81-86.

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This piece emphasizes developing a culture that supports open discussion of problems to enable effective quality improvement in nursing homes.

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