Research Article | OPEN ACCESS
The Application of Total Quality Management and Knowledge Management in Health System
1Mahdieh Taheri and 2Davood Gharakhani
1Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation Research Center, Ahvaz Jundishapur
University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran
2Department of Industrial Management, Qazvin Branch, Islamic Azad University (IAU), Qazvin, Iran
Research Journal of Applied Sciences, Engineering and Technology 2013 9:2681-2685
Received: September 15, 2012 | Accepted: October 24, 2012 | Published: March 20, 2013
Abstract
Today, quality and knowledge are turned into determining factors of success and competitiveness of organizations and total quality management and knowledge management are discussed as one of the last organizational issues in management science. In this study after a short overview of theoretical literature of total quality management and knowledge management and the importance of implementing these modern systems in health system, the importance and method of their application in health system will be investigated.
Keywords:
Health system, hospitals, knowledge management, total quality management,
Competing interests
The authors have no competing interests.
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