Although many hospitals have begun the long and dif ficult process of adapting to the concepts of total quality management, few have reported efforts to apply total quality management to a medical residency. We report here the initial results of the Western Pennsylvania Hos pital's efforts, as part of the hospital's conversion of its management structure to total quality management.
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