Quality improvement can be effectively guided by the use of a simple scale that focuses on cutting the number of errors in half in order to move to a higher quality level. Appropriate quality improvement techniques vary by quality level.
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Indiana school districts will face funding deficits for the next 3 years. Identifying creative solutions today is the best answer.
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After a long decline, the US economy is moving into recovery mode. Employment growth will soon follow.
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In spite of the 2001-2002 recession, US labor force employment grew by nearly 10% in the last decade.
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The long-run changes in the components of GDP are a key to the business cycle and economic prosperity. The U.S. faces structural and cyclical challenges that the president and congress need to address.
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Tough economic times increase the demand for redistribution of income. Significant changes threaten to do more long-term harm than good for most who benefit from a growing economy.
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The world is not in worse condition today than it was a decade ago. Only by moving past the unrealistically utopian views of the turn of the century can we make progress in addressing the challenges we face.
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