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On September 28, 2006, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Oklahoma Foundation for Medical Quality (OFMQ) sponsored a one-day summit on the impact of hospital leadership on quality and quality improvement. The summit’s goals were to explore actions that hospital leaders can take to improve clinical performance and to identify tools that can achieve sustained quality. After the summit, participants received a survey that polled views on one of the recommended tools, as well as ideas on topics for further research. Common themes that emerged were:
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