This book provides authoritative and comprehensive coverage of the tools and techniques of quality improvement. The book's core premise is that the key to effective improvement is centering all efforts on the needs of patients. The editors have assembled a nationally prominent group of contributors to provide the best available thinking in each area of quality.
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Scott B. Ransom, D.O., M.B.A., M.P.H., FACHE, is director of the Program for Health Improvement and Leadership Development and as associate professor with tenure in obstetrics, gynecology, health management and policy at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. Maulik S. Joshi, Dr.P.H., is president and chief executive officer of the Delmarva Foundation in Easton, Maryland. Delmarva is a not-for-profit, national, quality improvement organization. David B. Nash, M.D., M.B.A., is the Dr. Raymond C. and Doris N. Grandon Professor and chair of the department of health policy at Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia.
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The Healthcare Quality Book, Institute of Medicine, New York, Crossing the Quality Chasm, United States, Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations, Journal of the American Medical Association, National Academy Press, Spectrum Health, San Francisco, Harvard Business Review, Annals of Internal Medicine, Health Affairs, Medicaid Services, National Committee, Health Administration Press, Harvard Emergency Department Quality Study, National Quality Forum, Oakbrook Terrace, General Electric, Leapfrog Group, National Health Information, American College of Physician Executives, Joseph Hospital, Pugh Ettinger New!
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- Out of the Crisis by W. Edwards Deming on page 21, page 233, and page 253
- Definition of Quality and Approaches to Its Assessment (Explorations in Quality Assessment and Monitoring , Vol 1) by Avedis Donabedian on page 34, page 51, and page 21
- Enhancing Physician Performance: Advanced Principles of Medical Management by Scott B. Ransom on page 86, page 87, and page 276
- Leading Change by John P. Kotter on page 233, page 283, and page 301
- Juran's Quality Control Handbook by J.M. Juran on page 75, page 96, and page 253
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