Process improvement in surgery

Christina A. Minami; Catherine R. Sheils; Karl Y. Bilimoria; Julie K. Johnson; Elizabeth R. Berger; Julia R. Berian; Michael J. Englesbe; Oscar D. Guillamondegui; Leonard H. Hines; Joseph B. Cofer; David R. Flum; Richard C. Thirlby; Hadiza S. Kazaure; Sherry M. Wren; Kevin J. O'Leary; Jessica L. Thurk; Gregory D. Kennedy; Sarah E. Tevis; Anthony D. Yang

doi:10.1067/j.cpsurg.2015.11.001

Process improvement in surgery

Christina A. Minami, Catherine R. Sheils, Karl Y. Bilimoria^*, Julie K. Johnson, Elizabeth R. Berger, Julia R. Berian, Michael J. Englesbe, Oscar D. Guillamondegui, Leonard H. Hines, Joseph B. Cofer, David R. Flum, Richard C. Thirlby, Hadiza S. Kazaure, Sherry M. Wren, Kevin J. O'Leary, Jessica L. Thurk, Gregory D. Kennedy, Sarah E. Tevis, Anthony D. Yang

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Original language	English (US)
Article number	508
Pages (from-to)	62-96
Number of pages	35
Journal	Current problems in surgery
Volume	53
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1067/j.cpsurg.2015.11.001
State	Published - Feb 1 2016

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Surgery

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Minami, C. A., Sheils, C. R., Bilimoria, K. Y., Johnson, J. K., Berger, E. R., Berian, J. R., Englesbe, M. J., Guillamondegui, O. D., Hines, L. H., Cofer, J. B., Flum, D. R., Thirlby, R. C., Kazaure, H. S., Wren, S. M., O'Leary, K. J., Thurk, J. L., Kennedy, G. D., Tevis, S. E., & Yang, A. D. (2016). Process improvement in surgery. Current problems in surgery, 53(2), 62-96. Article 508. https://doi.org/10.1067/j.cpsurg.2015.11.001

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