{"product_id":"curing-health-care-new-strategies-for-quality-improvement-paperback-softback-9780787964528","title":"Curing Health Care; New Strategies for Quality Improvement (Paperback \/ softback) 9780787964528","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eCuring Health Care\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eNew Strategies for Quality Improvement\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"This book is recommended for managers wanting to enhance service quality and productivity. By avoiding mistakes and useless units of activity, gains in productivity occur as quality improves.\" \u003cbr\u003e  — \u003ci\u003eHealthcare Financial Management\u003c\/i\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eCuring Health Care\u003c\/i\u003e is a marvelous book on the applications of the principles of industrial quality improvement to health care.\"\u003cbr\u003e  — \u003ci\u003eHMO Practice\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eCuring Health Care\u003c\/i\u003e should be on every health executive's 'must-read' list.\"\u003cbr\u003e  — \u003ci\u003eHospital and Health Services Administration\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eDonald M. Berwick (Author), A. Blanton Godfrey (Author), Jane Roessner (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780787964528, Wiley\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 13 December 2002\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e336 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.6 x 2.2 cm, 0.464 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eApplying Quality-Assurance Methods\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Report on the National Demonstration Project on Quality Improvement in Health Care\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book is recommAnded for managers wanting to enhance service quality and productivity. By avoiding mistakes and useless units of activity, gains in productivity occur as quality improves.\u003cbr\u003e--\u003cb\u003eHealthcare Financial Management\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLearn how health care organizations can use the quality improvement process to help regain control and hope in a time of frustration and skyrocketing costs. In ten key lessons, the authors demonstrate what works and does not work in actual practice. They present case examples of specific health care improvement projects ranging from transport of critically ill infants to quick turnaround of emergency lab specimens and to the generation of accurate Medicare bills.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eForeword ix\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJoseph M. Juran\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface to the Paperback Edition: Ten Things We Know Now That We Wish We Had Known Then xiii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface xxxiii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Authors xli\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. Symptoms of Stress in the Health Care System 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. Applying Quality Management to Health Care 18\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. Foundations of Quality Management 29\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. Using the Scientific Method to Define Problems 46\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5. Organizing Quality Improvement Teams 67\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6. The Diagnostic Journey 75\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7. Implementing Successful Remedies 109\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8. Holding and ExtAnding the Gains 134\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9. Ten Key Lessons for Quality Improvement 144\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAfterword: Reflections on the Future 159\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDavid A. Garvin\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eResource A: Participants in the National Demonstration Project 167\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eResource B: A Primer on Quality Improvement Tools 177\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePaul E. Plsek\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eResource C: Three Project report 221\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eResource D: Key Readings in Quality Improvement 275\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 281\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Social services \u0026amp; welfare, criminology [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Social services \u0026amp; welfare, criminology\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Social%20services%20\u0026amp;%20welfare,%20criminology%20%5BJK%5D%22\"\u003eJK\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Jossey-Bass","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52410672513304,"sku":"9780787964528","price":34.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9780787964528.jpg?v=1784247809","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/curing-health-care-new-strategies-for-quality-improvement-paperback-softback-9780787964528","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}