The Quality Movement in U.S. Health Care
Implications for Anthropology
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8960699 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Irwin Press (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1997 |
| Volume | 56 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 1-8 |
| Publication date | 1997-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Human Organization (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0018-7259 • E-ISSN: 1938-3517 |
| Publisher | Society for Applied Anthropology (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.17730/humo.56.1.e318u8q8jm381176 |
| OpenAlex | W2764883632 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 11 |
A growing trend in U.S. health care may provide unprecedented opportunity for introducing many of Anthropology's concerns and concepts within the clinical setting. Faced with increasing competition, plus demands from payers and accrediting entities that they prove their quality, hospitals are attempting to apply principles of Total Quality Management (TQM) to improve performance. TQM stresses the systemic (functionally integrated) nature of hospital organization, as well as the impact of organizational culture on the effectiveness of policies and processes. It is argued that these principles (coupled with hospital administrators' growing familiarity with the concept of culture) fit neatly with anthropology's core paradigm. Several short term consulting examples reflect the susceptibility of hospital issues to anthropological insight. It is suggested that Anthropology is uniquely qualified to contribute to the evoling quality movement. By so participating, we may be able to introduce and perhap
Applied anthropology · Business · Competition (biology · Epistemology · Health care · Organizational culture · Political science · Public relations · Quality (philosophy · Sociology · Total quality management · Anthropology · Cultural, Psychoanalytic, and Sociopolitical Reflections · Ecology · Healthcare Quality and Management · Law · Management Theory and Practice · Marketing
Power, Rhetoric, and Partnership
Physician Assistants, Nurse Practitioners, and Community Health Centers under the Affordable Care Act
Insights from the shadows
Theoretical streams in Marginalized Peoples' Knowledge(s)
The Limits of Knowledge Management for Uk Public Services Modernization
Health Care Quality Improvement and the Ambiguous Commodity of Care
The Relevance of Social Science for Medicine
Clinically Applied Anthropology
Caring by the Hour
Levels of explanation and cautions for a critical clinical anthropology
On the Edge of Regionalization
Anthropology as a Policy Science
Beyond the Ivory Tower
The Concept of Organizational and Corporate Culture
North American Indians and Health Care
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| Unique citing works | 6 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,22 |
| Citation span | 1999 - 2020 (22) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |