Medicare : new directions in quality assurance : proceedings of an invitational conference /

Medicare : new directions in quality assurance : proceedings of an invitational conference /

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Imprint:Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 1991.
Description:1 online resource (x, 207 pages) : illustrations, charts
Language:English
Subject:
Medicare -- Congresses.
Medicare.
Quality Assurance, Health Care -- trends.
Medicare.
United States.
Electronic books.
Congress.
Conference papers and proceedings.
Conference papers and proceedings.
Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11213369
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Other authors / contributors:Donaldson, Molla S.
Harris-Wehling, Jo, 1941-
Lohr, Kathleen N., 1941-
ISBN:0585084742
9780585084749
128020396X
9781280203961
9786610203963
6610203962
0309583098
9780309583091
0309044294
9780309044295
Digital file characteristics:data file
Notes:Includes bibliographical references.
English.
Print version record.
Summary:Sections of this new book address ideas about how to move toward increasing professionalism, implementing organization and system-focused quality improvement, better decision making by patients and clinicians, patient outcomes orientation, and public accountability and program evaluation. Other sections explore research questions and capacity building in the field of quality assessment and improvement, the epidemiology and quality problems, and legal issues in quality assessment.
Other form:Print version: Medicare--new directions in quality assurance. Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 1991 0309044294
Table of Contents:
  • The Institute of Medicine report / Steven A. Schroeder
  • New directions : more professionalism, less regulation / William S. Hoffman. The committee view / Leo M. Cooney, Jr. A response / Lonnie R. Bristow
  • New directions : organization- and system-focused quality improvement / Loring W. Wood. The committee view / James D. Mortimer. A response / Chip Caldwell
  • New directions : improved decisionmaking by patients and clinicians / Robert B. Copeland. The committee view / Paul F. Griner. A response / John Rother
  • New directions : a patient outcomes orientation / Charles J. Fahey. The committee view / Albert G. Mulley, Jr. A response / John E. Wennberg
  • New directions : public accountability and program evaluation / Marilyn Moon. The committee view / Maxwell J. Mehlman. A response / Duncan vB. Neuhauser.
  • Confronting special implementation issues / Mark R. Chassin
  • The epidemiology of quality problems / R. Heather Palmer
  • Legal concerns / Alice G. Gosfield
  • Translating the institute of medicine report strategy beyond Medicare / James S. Roberts
  • New directions : the research, training, and capacity building agendas / Edward B. Perrin
  • Research and capacity building : issues raised by the Institute of Medicine report / Harold S. Luft
  • The research agenda : an outside view / Sheldon Greenfield
  • The training and capacity building agendas : an outside view / Edward W. Hook
  • Response to the Institute of Medicine report recommendations / Molla S. Donaldson, Jo Harris-Wehling, and Kathleen N. Lohr.
  • A legislator's response to the institute of medicine report / David F. Durenburger
  • A legislator's response to the institute of medicine report / J. Roy Rowland
  • A physician's response to the institute of medicine report / Arnold S. Relman
  • An administration response to the institute of medicine report from the agency for health care policy and research / Linda K. Demlo
  • An administration response to the institute of medicine report from the health care financing administration / Thomas G. Morford
  • A peer review organization response to the institute of medicine report / William H. Monicref, Jr.
  • Where do we go from here? / Molla S. Donaldson, Jo Harris-Wehling, and Kathleen N. Lohr
  • Where do we go from here? / Ceylon S. Lewis, Jr.
  • Where do we go from here? / Jerome H. Grossman.

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