Hospital Magnet™ decides against creating a separate department to lead and monitor quality activities because:
a. Total organizational involvement is critical to QI.
b. Data generated by a single, separate de-partment are generally flawed.
c. Monitoring and commitment to QI can come only from senior-level managers.
d. Staff resent suggestions for improvement that originate outside of their unit.
A
Decentralized approaches are effective in developing unit-level solutions, as well as commitment to strategies and implementation of changes.
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