Healthcare quality book 3rd edition pdf

Elizabeth R. Ransom, Maulik S. Joshi, David B. Nash, and Scott B. Ransom, Editors

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“Some of the best minds in healthcare” Nancy M. Schlichting, President and CEO, Henry Ford Health System

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AUPHA HAP Editorial Board

Sandra Potthoff, Ph.D., Chair University of Minnesota

Simone Cummings, Ph.D. Washington University

Sherril B. Gelmon, Dr.P.H., FACHE Portland State University

Thomas E. Getzen, Ph.D. Temple University

Barry Greene, Ph.D. University of Iowa

Richard S. Kurz, Ph.D. Saint Louis University

Sarah B. Laditka, Ph.D. University of South Carolina

Tim McBride, Ph.D. St. Louis University

Stephen S. Mick, Ph.D. Virginia Commonwealth University

Michael A. Morrisey, Ph.D. University of Alabama—Birmingham

Dawn Oetjen, Ph.D. University of Central Florida

Peter C. Olden, Ph.D. University of Scranton

Lydia M. Reed AUPHA

Sharon B. Schweikhart, Ph.D. The Ohio State University

Nancy H. Shanks, Ph.D. Metropolitan State College of Denver

Health Administration Press, Chicago

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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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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

The healthcare quality book : vision, strategy, and tools / [edited by] Elizabeth R. Ransom ... [et al.].—2nd ed.

p. ; cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-1-56793-301-7 (alk. paper) 1. Medical care—United States—Quality control. 2. Health services administration—

United States—Quality control. 3. Total quality management—United States. I. Ransom, Elizabeth R. [DNLM: 1. Quality of Health Care—organization & administration—United States. 2. Health Services Administration—United States. 3. Total Quality Management—organization & admin- istration—United States. W 84 AA1 H443 2008]

RA399.A3H433 2008 362.11068—dc22

2008017268

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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