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Fundamentals of Health Care Improvement: A Guide to Improving Your Patient's Care

Ogrinc, Gregory S. MD, MS
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Book Information
Edition: 3rd
Publisher: Joint Commission Resources
ISBN: 1-63585-037-1 (1635850371)
ISBN-13: 978-1-63585-037-6 (9781635850376)
New Edition: 1-63585-271-4
Old Edition: 1-59940-569-5
Binding: Softcover
Copyright: 2018
Publish Date: 03/18
Weight: 1.28 Lbs.
Pages: 189
Subject Class: M-A (Medical Administration and Health Policy)
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A New Edition of this Title is Available
Doody Star Rating: 4
Return Policy: Returns accepted up to 90 days provided no other recalls or return restrictions apply.
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Class Specifications
Discipline: Medical Prof
Subject Definition: Quality Assurance, Health Care; Quality Improvement
NLM Class: W 84.41
LC Class: RA399
Abstract: In an era when clinicians tend to spend more time at the computer than at the bedside or talking to patients in the clinic, the book s emphasis on careful observation and rapid-cycle testing in partnership with patients is important and refreshing. The authors blended, practical approach to teaching makes for an entertaining, engaging book. Don Goldmann, MD, Chief Scientific Officer, Emeritus, and Senior Fellow, Institute for Healthcare Improvement, from the Foreword to the third edition This third edition of Fundamentals of Health Care Improvement: A Guide to Improving Your Patients Care provides health care professional students and frontline staff with an invaluable resource as they explore systems improvements and make the critical journey to advance high reliability and quality patient care. Quality improvement methods arise out of questions, observations, analyses, research, and measurements. Interprofessional teams can develop the resulting data and implement changes to improve and sustain patient care in clinical settings. This third edition of Fundamentals of Health Care Improvement: A Guide to Improving Your Patients Care copublished with the Institute for Healthcare Improvement provides multiple resources, from vignettes of improvement teams identifying and responding to systems improvement needs, to study questions for practical application, to diagrams, figures, tables, and other tools that can be used on a daily basis to identify improvement opportunities and make concrete changes. New in this edition is an emphasis on interprofessional teamwork and patient engagement, information about the value equation, updated statistics and figures, and a new Appendix filled with tools and worksheets for doing quality improvement.

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