Total Quality Management

"Total Quality Management" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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The application of industrial management practice to systematically maintain and improve organization-wide performance. Effectiveness and success are determined and assessed by quantitative quality measures.

Descriptor ID	D017749
MeSH Number(s)	N04.452.955 N04.761.700.675 N05.700.792
Concept/Terms	Total Quality Management Total Quality Management Management, Total Quality Continuous Quality Management Management, Continuous Quality Six Sigma Six Sigma Sigma, Six Sigmas, Six Six Sigmas Sigma Metrics Metric, Sigma Metrics, Sigma Sigma Metric Lean Six Sigma Lean Six Sigma Lean Six Sigmas Six Sigma, Lean Six Sigmas, Lean

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Total Quality Management".

Health Care [N]
Health Services Administration [N04]
Organization and Administration [N04.452]
Total Quality Management [N04.452.955]
Quality of Health Care [N04.761]
Quality Assurance, Health Care [N04.761.700]
Total Quality Management [N04.761.700.675]
Health Care Quality, Access, and Evaluation [N05]
Quality Assurance, Health Care [N05.700]
Total Quality Management [N05.700.792]

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