"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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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2005 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2006 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2009 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2018 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 2019 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 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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Lean Principles to Improve Quality in High-Throughput COVID-19 Testing Using SwabSeq: A Barcoded Sequencing-Based Testing Platform. Lab Med. 2022 Jan 06; 53(1):e8-e13.
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Reducing surgical cancellations: a successful application of Lean Six Sigma in healthcare. BMJ Open Qual. 2021 08; 10(3).
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COVID-19 and clinic workflow optimization using lean six sigma. Am J Manag Care. 2021 06; 27(6):225-226.
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Quality and safety in the time of Coronavirus: design better, learn faster. Int J Qual Health Care. 2021 Mar 05; 33(1).
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Through the Storm: Automated Peritoneal Dialysis with Remote Patient Monitoring during COVID-19 Pandemic. Blood Purif. 2021; 50(3):279-282.
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Searching for Digital Technologies in Containment and Mitigation Strategies: Experience from South Korea COVID-19. Ann Glob Health. 2020 08 31; 86(1):109.
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The American College of Surgeons Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic (Part III): Leadership in a Time of Crisis. Am Surg. 2020 Jul; 86(7):762-765.
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Hospital Pharmacy Service: Facing the logistics of medicines procurement. Farm Hosp. 2020 06 12; 44(7):17-20.
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Convalescent plasma, an apheresis research project targeting and motivating the fully recovered COVID 19 patients: A rousing message of clinical benefit to both donors and recipients alike. Transfus Apher Sci. 2020 06; 59(3):102794.
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Applying Lean Principles to Reduce Wait Times in a VA Emergency Department. Mil Med. 2019 01 01; 184(1-2):e169-e178.