Core Curriculum for Medical Quality Management
Contributors: American College of Medical Quality (Other Contributor)
Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Publishers
Published: February 2005
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 213
ISBN-13: 9780763730611
Subjects: Medicine: General Issues; United States; Nursing - Management & Leadership; Medical; Medical / Nursing; Total quality management; Quality of Health Care; Outlines, syllabi, etc; General; Health Care Delivery; organization & administration; Medical care; Quality control
First sentence: In 1914, Codman challenged hospitals and physicians to take responsibility for the outcomes of their patients.
Description: "Core Curriculum for Medical Quality Management addresses the needs of physicians, medical students, and other health care professionals for current information about medical quality management, principles, methods, programs, systems, and experiences. This book presents a true "state-of-the-nation" assessment of medical quality management and highlights the need for training of physicians who will lead the medical quality movement in the 21st century. Each contributing author is a recognized leader in medical quality management. The reader should find this to be a highly readable basic text to acquire a sound initial working knowledge of medical quality management."--Jacket.