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Author : National Partnership for Reinventing Government (U.S.)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 68 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Administrative agencies
ISBN : UIUC:30112047204034
Author : Robert Crow,Brandi Nicole Hinnant-Crawford,Dean T. Spaulding
Publisher : Myers Education Press
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2019-05-23
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781975500979
The Educational Leader’s Guide to Improvement Science: Data, Design and Cases for Reflection is a collection illustrating applied organizational problem-solving using methods of improvement science in educational leadership. Early chapters introduce improvement science and then the reader is led through a logical sequence of inquiry, presented with cases of educational dilemma matched with principles of improvement science and provided examples of research methodology applied in context. Because improvement science research is so quickly becoming a signature pedagogy and core subject area of inquiry in the field of educational leadership, the literature is still scant in its coverage of improvement science models; it is the purpose of this publication to fill the void by providing concrete examples, through case studies, of instances where improvement research methods and analyses can be embedded to enhance and strengthen efforts at organizational improvement. This text concentrates on the elements faculty, students, and administrators need; specific models where improvement science frameworks enhance the reliability and validity of improvement or quality enhancement efforts. Perfect for courses such as: Introduction to Improvement Science, Seminar/Practicum in Educational Leadership, Introduction to Program Evaluation, Educational Research for Administrators, Action Research for School Practitioners, Educational Research, School Improvement, and Teacher Leadership.
Author : Susan Skochelak
Publisher : Elsevier Health Sciences
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2020-05-06
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780323694674
The first textbook devoted to this emerging area, Health Systems Science now brings you fully up to date with today’s key issues and solutions. This increasingly important branch of health care explores how health care is delivered, how health care professionals work together to deliver that care, and how the health system can improve patient care and health care delivery. Along with basic and clinical sciences, health systems science is rapidly becoming a crucial 'third pillar' of medical science, with an emphasis on understanding the role of human factors, systems engineering, leadership, and patient improvement strategies that will help transform the future of health care and ensure greater patient safety. In this 2nd Edition, new chapters, new exercises, and new information help you acquire the knowledge and skills you need for success in today’s challenging healthcare system. The first comprehensive text for mastering health systems science, offering practical coverage of all of the factors in the lives of patients that influence their well-being, the structures and processes of the health system itself, societal factors, communication, and information technology. NEW to this edition: New content on systems thinking, ethics and legal issues, and international care models further define and address this new important component of health care education; additional exercises; and expanded information on the patient experience and private practice. Complete coverage of patient safety, quality improvement, value in health care, teamwork, stewardship of health care resources, population health, clinical informatics, care coordination, leadership, and health care financing/reform. Patient improvement strategies incorporate checklists, information technology, team training, and more. A consistent chapter template provides clear coverage of each topic, including Learning Objectives, Chapter Outline, Core Chapter Content, Summary, Questions for Reflection, and Annotated Bibliography and References. Developed by the American Medical Association’s Accelerating Change in Medical Education Consortium, and authored by a team that includes AMA staff members working with individuals from the Consortium member schools.
Author : Reneè Roberts-Turner,Rahul K. Shah
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 333 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2021-05-21
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9783030707804
This text will act as a quick quality improvement reference and resource for every role within the healthcare system including physicians, nurses, support staff, security, fellows, residents, therapists, managers, directors, chiefs, and board members. It aims to provide a broad overview of quality improvement concepts and how they can be immediately pertinent to one's role. The editors have used a tiered approach, outlining what each role needs to lead a QI project, participate as a team member, set goals and identify resources to drive improvements in care delivery. Each section of the book targets a specific group within the healthcare organization. Pocket Guide to Quality Improvement in Healthcare will guide the individual, as well as the organization to fully engage all staff in QI, creating a safety culture, and ultimately strengthening care delivery.
Author : Cynthia A. Oster
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 335 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2024-06-29
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9783031531583
Author : Amit Kaura
Publisher : Mosby
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2015-06-03
Category : HEALTH & FITNESS
ISBN : 9780723439424
Crash Course - your effective everyday study companion PLUS the perfect antidote for exam stress! Save time and be assured you have all the core information you need in one place to excel on your course and achieve exam success. A winning formula now for over 15 years, each volume has been fine-tuned to make your life easier. Especially written by junior doctors - those who understand what is essential for exam success - with all information thoroughly checked and quality assured by expert Faculty Advisers, the result is a series of books which exactly meets your needs and you know you can trust. This essential recent addition to the series clearly brings together the related disciplines of evidence-based medicine, statistics, critical appraisal and clinical audit - all so central to current study and to modern clinical practice. It starts with the basics that every student needs to know and continues into sufficient detail to satisfy anyone contemplating their own research studies. Excel in Student Selected Component (SSC) assessments and that dreaded evidence-based medicine and statistics exam! Ensure you know how to prepare the highest quality reports and maximize your chances of getting published. If you are not sure: why you need to know the standard deviation of a sample when to use a case-control study and when a cohort study what to say to your patient who asks about the benefits and harms of a drug how to argue the case for the inclusion of a drug on the hospital formulary how to make audit and quality improvement work for you, ...then this groundbreaking book is for you! Answer these and hundreds of other questions and lay a foundation for your clinical practice that will inform every consultation over a lifetime in medicine.
Author : Lloyd P. Provost,Sandra K. Murray
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 480 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2011-10-04
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780470902585
The Health Care Data Guide is designed to help students and professionals build a skill set specific to using data for improvement of health care processes and systems. Even experienced data users will find valuable resources among the tools and cases that enrich The Health Care Data Guide. Practical and step-by-step, this book spotlights statistical process control (SPC) and develops a philosophy, a strategy, and a set of methods for ongoing improvement to yield better outcomes. Provost and Murray reveal how to put SPC into practice for a wide range of applications including evaluating current process performance, searching for ideas for and determining evidence of improvement, and tracking and documenting sustainability of improvement. A comprehensive overview of graphical methods in SPC includes Shewhart charts, run charts, frequency plots, Pareto analysis, and scatter diagrams. Other topics include stratification and rational sub-grouping of data and methods to help predict performance of processes. Illustrative examples and case studies encourage users to evaluate their knowledge and skills interactively and provide opportunity to develop additional skills and confidence in displaying and interpreting data. Companion Web site: www.josseybass.com/go/provost
Author : Kern Alexander,Ruth Arnet,Martina Becker,Elisabetta Fiocchi Malaspina,Christoph Beat Graber,Tina Huber-Purtschert,Caroline Kopp,Luisa Lichtenberger,Matthias Mahlmann,Sophie-Katharina Matjaz,Matthias Oesch,Peter Georg Picht,Giulia Rossi,David Roth,Madeleine Simonek,Goran Studen,Andreas Thier,Felix Uhlmann
Publisher : sui generis Verlag
Page : 484 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2022-07-01
Category : Law
ISBN : 9783907297261
Author : Meghan B. Lane-Fall,Lee A Fleisher
Publisher : Elsevier Health Sciences
Page : 161 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2018-02-10
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780323581431
This issue of Anesthesiology Clinics focuses on Quality Improvement and Implementation Science, with topics including: Applying implementation science principles to perioperative care; Emergency checklists in perioperative care; Human factors applied to perioperative process improvement; Handoffs in perioperative care; Use of simulation in performance improvement; Developing capacity to do improvement science work; Developing multicenter registries to advance quality science; Rethinking clinical workflow; data-driven quality improvement; and Scaling quality improvement at the health system level.
Author : Christopher E. Dandoy,Joanne M. Hilden,Amy L. Billett,Brigitta U. Mueller
Publisher : Springer
Page : 378 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2017-06-06
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9783319537900
This volume provides a concise yet comprehensive overview of patient safety issues and quality improvement for the pediatric hematology/oncology/stem cell transplant practice. The book reviews patient safety in complex healthcare delivery systems, delineates the various safety issues affecting pediatric hematology/oncology patients, and discusses quality improvement methods and improvement science that allow the reader to implement and sustain change in their home institution. The text also explores mechanisms to measure quality and safety outcomes, allowing the provider to implement proven processes shown to minimize harm to patients. Written by experts in the field, Patient Safety and Quality in Pediatric Hematology/Oncology and Stem Cell Transplantation is a valuable resource for healthcare professionals treating pediatric hematology, oncology and stem cell transplant patients.
Author : Angelo P. Giardino,Lee Ann Riesenberg,Prathibha Varkey
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 385 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2020-08-31
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9783030480806
This comprehensive medical textbook is a compendium of the latest information on healthcare quality. The text provides knowledge about the theory and practical applications for each of the core areas that comprise the field of medical quality management as well as insight and essential briefings on the impact of new healthcare technologies and innovations on medical quality and improvement. The third edition provides significant new content related to medical quality management and quality improvement, a user-friendly format, case studies, and updated learning objectives. This textbook also serves as source material for the American Board of Medical Quality in the development of its core curriculum and certification examinations. Each chapter is designed for a review of the essential background, precepts, and exemplary practices within the topical area: Basics of Quality Improvement Data Analytics for the Improvement of Healthcare Quality Utilization Management, Case Management, and Care Coordination Economics and Finance in Medical Quality Management External Quality Improvement — Accreditation, Certification, and Education The Interface Between Quality Improvement and Law Ethics and Quality Improvement With the new edition of Medical Quality Management: Theory and Practice, the American College of Medical Quality presents the experience and expertise of its contributors to provide the background necessary for healthcare professionals to assume the responsibilities of medical quality management in healthcare institutions, provide physicians in all medical specialties with a core body of knowledge related to medical quality management, and serve as a necessary guide for healthcare administrators and executives, academics, directors, medical and nursing students and residents, and physicians and other health practitioners.
Author : Patricia R. Batchelor Chess
Publisher : Elsevier Health Sciences
Page : 594 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2024-02-26
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780443106842
Ace your neonatology board exams and prepare for clinical practice with Avery's Neonatology Board Review: Certification and Clinical Refresher, 2nd Edition. This up-to-date review tool follows the exam blueprint, is based on the trusted content found in Avery’s Diseases of the Newborn, and has been carefully tailored for effective exam review by renowned neonatologist and educator, Patricia Batchelor Chess, MD. Concise, relevant information is presented in a way that’s easy to study and remember, giving you an important advantage on this challenging exam, as well as in the daily, fast-changing practice of neonatology. The most up-to-date, thorough, and effective board review book for neonatology . . . Equips residents, fellows, and attending physicians with an efficient, comprehensive system for study, designed specifically to optimize performance on the board exam. Presents information in a high-yield, outline format highlighted by key points, graphs, tables, images, and algorithms. Includes expanded content on pulmonary mechanisms and on diversity and equity, reflecting the newly revised board exam core content outline. Contains more than 450 board-style questions and answers, both in print and interactively online, related to each chapter. Features board-style vignettes with full, discursive answers online. Written by experts in the field of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine and supporting subspecialists, representing a wealth of trusted insight and guidance. Based on new core content outline from neonatology board Expanded question bank Expanded content on pulmonary mechanisms and on diversity/equity
Author : Emily Fondahn,Thomas M. De Fer,Michael Lane,Andrea Vannucci
Publisher : Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Page : 350 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2016-03-03
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781469885377
Concise, portable, and user-friendly, The Washington Manual® of Patient Safety and Quality Improvement covers essential information in every area of this complex field. With a focus on improving systems and processes, preventing errors, and promoting transparency, this practical reference provides an overview of PS/QI fundamentals, as well as insight into how these principles apply to a variety of clinical settings. Part of the popular Washington Manual® series, this unique volume provides the knowledge and skills necessary for an effective, proactive approach to patient safety and quality improvement.
Author : Colin Elman,Michael Jensen
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 551 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2014-08-12
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781317937135
The Realism Reader provides broad coverage of a centrally important tradition in the study of foreign policy and international politics. After some years in the doldrums, political realism is again in contention as a leading tradition in the international relations sub-field. Divided into three main sections, the book covers seven different and distinctive approaches within the realist tradition: classical realism, balance of power theory, neorealism, defensive structural realism, offensive structural realism, rise and fall realism, and neoclassical realism. The middle section of the volume covers realism’s engagement with critiques levelled by liberalism, institutionalism, and constructivism and the English School. The final section of the book provides materials on realism’s engagement with some contemporary issues in international politics, with collections on United States (U.S.) hegemony, European cooperation, and whether future threats will arise from non-state actors or the rise of competing great powers. The book offers a logically coherent and manageable framework for organizing the realist canon, and provides exemplary literature in each of the traditions and dialogues which are included in the volume. Offering substantial commentary and analysis and including enhanced pedagogy to facilitate student learning, The Realism Reader will provide a 'one-stop-shop' for undergraduates and masters students taking a course in contemporary international relations theory, with a particular focus on realism.
Author : Peter Davey,Mark H. Wilcox,William Irving,Guy Thwaites
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 450 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2015-05-07
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780191004018
Antimicrobial agents are essential for the treatment of life-threatening infections and for managing the burden of minor infections in the community. In addition, they play a key role in organ and bone marrow transplantation, cancer chemotherapy, artificial joint and heart valve surgery. Unlike other classes of medicines, they are vulnerable to resistance from mutations in target microorganisms, and their adverse effects may extend to other patients (increased risk of cross-infection). As a consequence, there is a constant requirement for new agents, as well as practices that ensure the continued effective prescribing of licensed agents. The fully revised and updated seventh edition of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy is an essential guide to the principles of antimicrobial chemotherapy, the problem of resistance and its control through policies, antimicrobial stewardship and surveillance. The book provides an aid to informed, rational prescribing for common bacterial, fungal, parasitic and viral infections. Divided in five parts, the book cover issues specific to both the developed and developing world. Part 1 'General property of antimicrobial agents' discusses mechanisms of action and resistance to antibacterial, antifungal antiprotozoal, antiviral, and antiviral agents. Part 2 'Resistance to antimicrobial agents' provides guidance about the problem of resistance, mechanisms of acquired resistance and genetics of resistance. Part 3 'General principles of usage of antimicrobial agents' analyses the use of the laboratory, general principles of the treatment of infection, dosing in special groups (extremes of age, pregnancy, obesity), safe prescribing, prophylaxis and the role of policies in antimicrobial stewardship. Part 4 'Therapeutic use of antimicrobial agents' provides advice about the treatment of common infections which are described by anatomical. There are also chapters on the management of mycobacterial disease, viral infections, HIV/AIDS and parasitic infections. The final part of the book analyses the development and marketing of antimicrobial drugs. This seventh edition of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy continues to be a valuable resource for undergraduates and graduates requiring a thorough grounding in the scientific basis and clinical application of these drugs.
