Assessing quality health care : perspectives for clinicians /
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| Imprint: | Baltimore : Williams & Wilkins, c1992. |
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| Description: | xxii, 535 p. : ill. ; 26 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | E-Resource Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/1317946 |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction / Kerr L. White
- Sect. I. The Revolution in Health Care Delivery. Ch. 1. Historical Perspectives / Richard P. Wenzel. Ch. 2. The New Accreditation System: An Overview from the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations / James S. Roberts, Dennis S. O'Leary, Paul M. Schyve and William F. Jessee. Ch. 3. Clinical Quality: The Effective Relationship of Hospital Management and the Medical Staff / Hamilton Moses III and Robert M. Heyssel
- Sect. II. Organizing for Change. Ch. 4. Defining and Measuring the Quality of Health Care / Avedis Donabedian. Ch. 5. Setting Standards / Marguerite M. Jackson. Ch. 6. Decision Analysis and Meta-Analysis: Dealing with Information Overload / Mary D. Nettleman. Ch. 7. Severity of Illness and Other Confounders of Quality Measurement / Peter A. Gross. Ch. 8. Evaluating Clinical Studies / Bradley N. Doebbeling
- Sect. III. Quality Issues. Ch. 9. Access to Health Care / Robert L. Schiff, David Goldberg and David A. Ansell. Ch. 10. Hospitalwide Surveillance Activities / Michael D. Decker and Mitzi W. Sprouse. Ch. 11. Quality Improvement: Controlling the Risk of Adverse Events / R. Michael Massanari. Ch. 12. Ethical Issues in Measuring Quality Care / Robert F. Weir. Ch. 13. Small Area Variations, Practice Style, and Quality of Care / Noralou P. Roos and Leslie L. Roos
- Sect. IV. Approaches and Examples for Specific Departments. Ch. 14. Anesthesia / Franklin L. Scamman. Ch. 15. Critical Care Units / John W. Hoyt, Deborah J. Leisifer and Harry S. Rafkin. Ch. 16. Emergency Department / Beverly J. Ringenberg. Ch. 17. Hospital Dentistry / James J. Crall and Raymond P. White, Jr. Ch. 18. Obstetrics and Gynecology / Willie A. Andersen. Ch. 19. Ophthalmology / Ronald V. Keech and Thomas A. Weingeist. Ch. 20. Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery / Sidney T. Dana and Martha J. Ryan. Ch. 21. Pediatrics / Timothy R. Townsend. Ch. 22. Psychiatry / Michael A. Fauman. Ch. 23. Radiology / Donald L. Renfrew, Frank H. Weigelt and Robert C. Brown. Ch. 24. Surgery / Dennis M. Domsic, Edward E. Mason and Robert J. Gorry. Ch. 25. Urology / Bernard Fallon. Ch. 26. The Clinical Laboratory / Peter J. Howanitz and Joan H. Howanitz. Ch. 27. The Microbiology Laboratory / Michael A. Pfaller. Ch. 28. The Pharmacy and Drug Usage / John P. Burke and Stanley L. Pestotnik.
