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Defining quality patient care is a complex and often confusing issue. This article describes one hospital's experience in applying quality improvement theories to inpatient clinical nutrition practice. The key to measuring quality was the use of standardized practice guidelines. In this article, terms such as continuous quality improvement are clarified and fundamental assumptions such as ''quality...