Medical Quality Management: Theory and Practice: . - Softcover

Acmq, American College Of Medical Qualit; Varkey, Prathibha

Softcover

ISBN 10: 076376034X ISBN 13: 9780763760342

Verlag: JONES & BARTLETT PUB INC, 2009

Inhaltsangabe

This new comprehensive resource Medical Quality Management: Theory and Practice addresses the needs of physicians, medical students, and other health care professionals for up to date information about medical quality management. In reviewing the key principles and methods that comprise the current state of medical quality management in U.S. health care, this text provides a concise summary of quality improvement, patient safety and quality measurement methodologies. This textbook also describes the current state of global networks and computing technologies, and provides an overview of ethics, legislation, policy making, accreditation and utilization management techniques as it relates to quality improvement. including general approaches and methods, support systems, regulatory constructs, and common outcomes. Complete with case studies, executive summaries, and figures and tables, this is a necessary guide for all executives and medical directors, academicians and students, as well as all physicians and other health professionals in clinical practice.

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Über die Autorinnen und Autoren

The American College of Medical Quality was founded in Pennsylvania in 1973 as the American College of Utilization Review Physicians. In 1991 the name was changed to the American College of Medical Quality to reflect the evolving changes in the specialty. Annual Founders Award winners have included such influential contributors to the specialty as Avedis Donabedian, John Williamson, William Jessee, Robert Brook, and Donald Berwick.

Prathibha Varkey, MD, MPH, MHPE is the editor for Medical Quality Management: Theory and Practice. Prathibha Varkey is an Associate Chair in the Department of Medicine and an Associate Professor of Medicine, Preventive Medicine and Medical Education at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: JONES & BARTLETT PUB INC
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2009
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 076376034X
• ISBN 13: 9780763760342
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 231
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