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Applying quality management in healthcare : a systems approach / Patrice L. Spath.
Holman Biotech Commons RA399.A1 K455 2022
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Spath, Patrice, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Quality Assurance, Health Care--organization & administration.
- Health Services Administration.
- Total Quality Management.
- Medical Subjects:
- Quality Assurance, Health Care--organization & administration.
- Health Services Administration.
- Total Quality Management.
- Physical Description:
- xix, 351 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
- Edition:
- Fifth edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Chicago, Illinois : Health Administration Press ; Washington, DC : Association of University Programs in Health Administration, [2022]
- Summary:
- "This book examines the real-world tools and techniques necessary for improving systems that affect patient care outcomes. The author explains how to explore and modify interconnected systems to make lasting changes that benefit the entire organization"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Quality management fundamentals
- Role of policy in advancing quality
- Recognizing system complexity and relationships
- Understanding system behavior
- Creating a supportive environment
- Fostering collaboration and teamwork
- Establishing system direction
- Setting improvement goals in complex systems
- Measuring process and system performance
- Using data analytic techniques to evaluate performance, with Naveen Kumar / Designing and implementing improvements
- Using improvement teams and tools
- Making healthcare safer for patients.
- Notes:
- Preceded by Applying quality management in healthcare / Patrice L. Spath, Diane L. Kelly. Fourth edition. [2017].
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Murray Galt Motter Memorial Fund.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Spath, Patrice. Applying quality management in healthcare
- ISBN:
- 9781640552777
- 1640552774
- OCLC:
- 1242021754
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