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Implementing continuous quality improvement in health care : a global casebook

By: McLaughlin, Curtis P
Title By: Johnson, Julie K | Sollecito, William A
Material type: BookPublisher: Sudbury, Mass. : Jones & Bartlett Learning, c2012.Description: xxii, 392 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.ISBN: 9780763795368; 0763795364 (pbk.)Program: OPS958Subject(s): Medical care -- Quality control -- Case studies | Total quality management -- Case studies | Quality Assurance, Health Care -- methods | Delivery of Health Care -- organization & administration | Organizational Case StudiesDDC classification: 362.1068 MC IM Online resources: Location Map
Summary:
This collection of 18 case studies covers a broad range of subjects related to health care quality improvement efforts. Ideal as complement to the new Fourth Edition of Continuous Quality Improvement in Health Care, these case studies explore themes such as CQI in Ghana Malaria Control, CQI to reduce central line infections in pediatric hospital, a mother's advocacy group against medical errors, WHO Safe Surgery Saves Lives Campaign, The Malcolm Baldrige Award Process in Health Care, Comparison of NICE and similar agencies for comparative effectiveness research, and much more.
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REGULAR University of Wollongong in Dubai
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REGULAR University of Wollongong in Dubai
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 363-370) and index.

West Florida Regional : an early application -- Holtz Children's Hospital : reducing central line infections -- Clemson's Nursing Home : QIO and restraint reduction -- CQI in malaria control in Fhana -- The Intermountain way to positively impact costs -- Planning a transition : the chief quality and safety officer -- Planning a transition : the chief quality and safety officer -- Dr. Charles Bethe, DO, Network Med. Dir -- Forthright Medical Center : social marketing and the surgical checklist -- Princes Court Hospital : a private Malaysian hospital prepares for a pandemic of H1N1 -- Patriot County, OH Health Department : improving financial management -- Quality in pediatric subspecialty -- Folic acid forification around the world -- Quality and outcomes : NICE -- NC accreditation in local health departments -- Hard to kill a 15-year old -- Baldrige specifications -- Stent vs. bypass : expanding the evidence base -- Cal Mason, COO, Metro Children's Hospital : planned experimentation in CQI-- Houston Medical Center bed tower : quality and the built environment.

This collection of 18 case studies covers a broad range of subjects related to health care quality improvement efforts. Ideal as complement to the new Fourth Edition of Continuous Quality Improvement in Health Care, these case studies explore themes such as CQI in Ghana Malaria Control, CQI to reduce central line infections in pediatric hospital, a mother's advocacy group against medical errors, WHO Safe Surgery Saves Lives Campaign, The Malcolm Baldrige Award Process in Health Care, Comparison of NICE and similar agencies for comparative effectiveness research, and much more.

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