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Healthcare challenges include ever-increasing costs, integration of technological advancements, security threats, administrative and regulatory burdens, and provider shortages. Providing high quality, equitable care in this challenging environment remains a top priority. An understanding of the quality improvement principles and models can aid orthopedic surgeons, and their care teams provide the highest level of care for their patients.
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Lin, J.S., Samora, J.B. (2022). Quality Improvement Principles and Models. In: Samora, J.B., Shea, K.G. (eds) Quality Improvement and Patient Safety in Orthopaedic Surgery. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-07105-8_1
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