Leadership by example : coordinating government roles in improving healthcare quality / Committee on Enhancing Federal Healthcare Quality Programs ; Janet M. Corrigan, Jill Eden, and Barbara M. Smith, Editors.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Committee on Enhancing Federal Healthcare Quality Programs.

Contributor:

Corrigan, Janet.

Eden, Jill.

Smith, Barbara M.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Medical policy--United States.

Medical policy.

National health services--United States.

National health services.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (206 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, DC : National Academies Press, c2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The federal government operates six major health care programs that serve nearly 100 million Americans. Collectively, these programs significantly influence how health care is provided by the private sector. Leadership by Example explores how the federal government can leverage its unique position as regulator, purchaser, provider, and research sponsor to improve care - not only in these six programs but also throughout the nation (TM)s health care system. The book describes the federal programs and the populations they serve: Medicare (elderly), Medicaid (low income), SCHIP (children), VHA (veterans), TRICARE (individuals in the military and their dependents), and IHS (native Americans). It then examines the steps each program takes to assure and improve safety and quality of care. The Institute of Medicine proposes a national quality enhancement strategy focused on performance measurement of clinical quality and patient perceptions of care. The discussion on which this book focuses includes recommendations for developing and pilot-testing performance measures, creating an information infrastructure for comparing performance and disseminating results, and more. Leadership by Example also includes a proposed research agenda to support quality enhancement. The third in the series of books from the Quality of Health Care in America project, this well-targeted volume will be important to all readers of To Err Is Human and Crossing the Quality Chasm - as well as new readers interested in the federal government (TM)s role in health care.

Contents:

Overview of the government health care programs

Coordinating the roles of the federal government to enhance quality of care

Performance measures

Building stronger information capabilities

A research agenda to support quality enhancement processes.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786610183036

9780309168885

0309168880

9781280183034

1280183039

9780309516938

0309516935

OCLC:

923259004