The impact of the affordable care act on health care alliances' quality improvement efforts in targeted communities: Perceptions of health care alliance leaders

Megan McHugh; Jillian Harvey; Jaime Hamil; Nina I. Verevkina; Jeffrey Alexander; Dennis P. Scanlon

doi:10.1016/s1553-7250(16)42017-9

The impact of the affordable care act on health care alliances' quality improvement efforts in targeted communities: Perceptions of health care alliance leaders

Megan McHugh^*, Jillian Harvey, Jaime Hamil, Nina I. Verevkina, Jeffrey Alexander, Dennis P. Scanlon

^*Corresponding author for this work

Emergency Medicine

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Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	137-144
Number of pages	8
Journal	Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety
Volume	42
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/s1553-7250(16)42017-9
State	Published - Mar 2016

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McHugh, M., Harvey, J., Hamil, J., Verevkina, N. I., Alexander, J., & Scanlon, D. P. (2016). The impact of the affordable care act on health care alliances' quality improvement efforts in targeted communities: Perceptions of health care alliance leaders. Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety, 42(3), 137-144. https://doi.org/10.1016/s1553-7250(16)42017-9

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McHugh, M, Harvey, J, Hamil, J, Verevkina, NI, Alexander, J & Scanlon, DP 2016, 'The impact of the affordable care act on health care alliances' quality improvement efforts in targeted communities: Perceptions of health care alliance leaders', Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety, vol. 42, no. 3, pp. 137-144. https://doi.org/10.1016/s1553-7250(16)42017-9

The impact of the affordable care act on health care alliances' quality improvement efforts in targeted communities: Perceptions of health care alliance leaders. / McHugh, Megan; Harvey, Jillian; Hamil, Jaime et al.
In: Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety, Vol. 42, No. 3, 03.2016, p. 137-144.

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