The Healthcare Quality Book : Vision Strategies and Tools.

Intro -- Brief Contents -- Detailed Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Part I The Foundation of Healthcare Quality -- Chapter 1 Healthcare Quality And The Patient -- Chapter 2 Basic Concepts of Healthcare Quality -- Chapter 3 Variation In Medical Practice And Implications For Quality -- Chapter 4 Quality Improvement: Foundation, Processes, Tools, And Knowledge Transfer Techniques -- Part II Healthcare Quality At The Organization And Microsytem Levels -- Chapter 5 Data Collection -- Chapter 6 Statistical Tools for Quality Improvement -- Chapter 7 Physician And Provider Profiling -- Chapter 8 The Culture Connection: Hardwiring Consistent Quality Delivery -- Chapter 9 Measuring and Improving Patient Experiences of Care -- Chapter 10 Dashboards and Scoreboards: Tools For Creating Alignment -- Chapter 11 Patient Safety and Medical Errors -- Chapter 12 Creating A Culture Of Safety And High Reliability -- Chapter 13 Information Technology: Implications For Healthcare Quality -- Chapter 14 Leadership for Quality -- Chapter 15 Organizational Quality Infrastructure: How Does An Organizations Staff Quality? -- Chapter 16 Implementing Quality As The Core Organizational Strategy -- Chapter 17 Implementing Healthcare Quality Improvement: Changing Clinician Behavior -- Part III Healthcare Quality In The Enviroment And Emerging Trends -- Chapter 18 The Quality Improvement Landscape -- Chapter 19 Accreditation: Its Role In Driving Accountability in Healthcare -- Chapter 20 How Purchasers Select and Pay For Value: The Movement To Value-Based Purchasing -- Transforming The Healthcare System For Improved Quality -- Index -- About the Editors -- About the Contributors.

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