Implementing continuous quality improvement in health care
Subtitle: a global casebook
By: Curt McLaughlin, Julie K. Johnson, and William A. Sollecito
Contributors: Johnson, Julie K.; Sollecito, William A.
Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Learning
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Sudbury, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 392
ISBN-13: 9780763795368
Subjects: Health Care Quality Assurance; Methods; Delivery of Health Care; Organization & administration; Organizational Case Studies; Quality control; Medical care; Total quality management; Case studies
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 363-370) and index.
Table of contents: title: West Florida Regional : an early application; title: Holtz Children's Hospital : reducing central line infections; title: Clemson's Nursing Home : QIO and restraint reduction; title: CQI in malaria control in Fhana; title: The Intermountain way to positively impact costs; title: Planning a transition : the chief quality and safety officer; title: Planning a transition : the chief quality and safety officer; title: Dr. Charles Bethe, DO, Network Med. Dir; title: Forthright Medical Center : social marketing and the surgical checklist; title: Princes Court Hospital : a private Malaysian hospital prepares for a pandemic of H1N1; title: Patriot County, OH Health Department : improving financial management; title: Quality in pediatric subspecialty; title: Folic acid forification around the world; title: Quality and outcomes : NICE; title: NC accreditation in local health departments; title: Hard to kill a 15-year old; title: Baldrige specifications; title: Stent vs. bypass : expanding the evidence base; title: Cal Mason, COO, Metro Children's Hospital : planned experimentation in CQI; title: Houston Medical Center bed tower : quality and the built environment.