Elizabeth R. Ransom, Maulik S. Joshi, David B. Nash, and Scott B. Ransom, Editors
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HEALTHCARE QUALITY BOOK
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SECOND EDITION VISION, STRATEGY, AND TOOLS
Elizabeth R. Ransom, Maulik S. Joshi, David B. Nash, and Scott B. Ransom, Editors
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CONTENTS IN BRIEF
FOREWORD..............................................................................................xiii
PREFACE...................................................................................................xv
III Science and Knowledge Foundation
1 Healthcare Quality and the Patient, by Maulik S. Joshi and Donald Berwick............................................................................3
2 Basic Concepts of Healthcare Quality, by Leon Wyszewianski ...................................................................................................25
3 Variation in Medical Practice and Implications for Quality, by David J. Ballard, Robert S. Hopkins III, and David Nicewander ...................................................................................................43
4 Quality Improvement: The Foundation, Processes, Tools, and Knowledge Transfer Techniques, by Kevin Warren ....................63
III Organization and Microsystem
5 Milestones in the Quality Measurement Journey, by Robert C. Lloyd .........................................................................87
6 Data Collection, by John J. Byrnes ..........................................109
7 Statistical Tools for Quality Improvement, by Jerod M. Loeb, Stephen Schmaltz, Linda S. Hanold, and Richard G. Koss ......131
8 Physician and Provider Profiling, by David B. Nash, Adam Evans, and Richard Jacoby ..................................................................169
9 Measuring and Improving Patient Experiences of Care, by Susan Edgman-Levitan .............................................................187
10 Dashboards and Scorecards: Tools for Creating Alignment, by Michael D. Pugh ......................................................................217
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11 Patient Safety and Medical Errors, by Frances A. Griffin and Carol Haraden..........................................................................243
12 Information Technology Applications for Improved Quality, by Richard E. Ward .......................................................................269
13 Leadership for Quality, by James L. Reinertsen .......................311
14 Organizational Quality Infrastructure: How Does an Organization Staff Quality?, by A. Al-Assaf..............................331
15 Implementing Quality as the Core Organizational Strategy, by Scott B. Ransom, Thomas J. Fairchild, and Elizabeth R. Ransom .................................................................................................349
16 Implementing Healthcare Quality Improvement: Changing Clinician Behavior, by Valerie Weber and John Bulger ............377
IIII Environment
17 The Quality Improvement Landscape, by Jean Johnson, Ellen Dawson, and Kimberly Acquaviva ...................................407
18 Accreditation: Its Role in Driving Accountability in Healthcare, by Greg Pawlson and Paul Schyve............................................433
19 How Purchasers Select and Pay for Quality, by Francois de Brantes ..................................................................457
INDEX...................................................................................................475
ABOUT THE AUTHORS ...............................................................................491
C o n t e n t s i n B r i e fvi
DETAILED CONTENTS
FOREWORD..............................................................................................xiii
PREFACE ..................................................................................................xv
III Science and Knowledge Foundation
1 Healthcare Quality and the Patient, by Maulik S. Joshi and Donald Berwick............................................................................3 Important Reports........................................................................4 A Focus on the Patient .................................................................6 Lessons Learned in Quality Improvement....................................7 Case