Advanced performance improvement in health care : principles and methods /

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Author / Creator:Lighter, Donald E.
Imprint:Sudbury, Mass. : Jones and Bartlett Publishers, c2011.
Description:xviii, 441 p. : ill. ; 23 cm
Language:English
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Format: E-Resource Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/9106534
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ISBN:9780763764494 (pbk.)
0763764493 (pbk.)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:From the Back Cover: The Health Care Leader's Essential Guide to driving quality, value, and performance. Advanced Performance Improvement in Health Care: Principles and Methods provides healthcare educators, leaders, and clinicians with the specific knowledge and tools vital for creating and advocating for quality-centric, next-generation healthcare organizations. This unique compilation of management, analytical, and statistical methods and techniques serves as a comprehensive guide to harnessing today's technology and developing a culture of quality that delivers sustainable, quantifiable value in healthcare organizations. Amidst a deepening crisis in U.S. health care, Advanced Performance Improvement provides a results-oriented approach to rehabilitating an ailing healthcare system. With his innovative, instructive strategies, the author offers a welcome road map to guide meaningful change in the industry and to equip healthcare managers to meet 21st century challenges. Offers a comprehensive methodology for improving quality in healthcare organizations. Details a process analysis toolkit with dozens of proven techniques. Illustrated with easy-to-follow diagrams and flow charts. Provides best practices for measuring value and performance. Includes extensive discussion of medical informatics, Lean, Six-Sigma, and more.

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