The healthcare quality book :  vision, strategy, and tools / 
Maulik S. Joshi, Elizabeth R. Ransom, David B. Nash, and Scott B. Ransom, editors. 
 - Third edition. 
 - xxi, 617 pages :  illustrations ;  26 cm 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/> Foreword --  Preface --  The Foundation of Healthcare Quality : --  Healthcare Quality and the Patient /  Basic Concepts of Healthcare Quality /  Variation in Medical Practice and Implications for Quality /  Quality Improvement: Foundation, Processes, Tools, and Knowledge Transfer Techniques /  Healthcare Quality at the Organization and Microsystem Levels : --  Data Collection /  Statistical Tools for Quality Improvement /  Physician and Provider Profiling /  The Culture Connection: Hardwiring Consistent Quality Delivery /  Measuring and Improving Patient Experiences of Care /  Dashboards and Scorecards: Tools for Creating Alignment /  Patient Safety and Medical Errors /  Creating a Culture of Safety and High Reliability /  Information Technology: Implications for Healthcare Quality /  Leadership for Quality /  Organizational Quality Infrastructure: How Does an Organization Staff Quality? /  Implementing Quality as the Core Organizational Strategy /  Implementing Healthcare Quality Improvement: Changing Clinician Behavior /  Healthcare Quality in the Environment and Emerging Trends : --  The Quality Improvement Landscape /  Accreditation: Its Role in Driving Accountability in Healthcare /  How Purchasers Select and Pay for Value: The Movement to Value-Based Purchasing /  Transforming the Healthcare System for Improved Quality /  Index..  Maulik S. Joshi and Donald Berwick --  Leon Wyszewianski --  David J. Ballard, Briget da Graca, Robert S. Hopkins III, and David Nicewander --  Kevin Warren --  John J. Byrnes --  Stephen Schmaltz, Linda S. Hanold, Richard G. Koss, and Jerod M. Loeb --  David B. Nash, Richard Jacoby, and Bettina Berman --  Quint Studer --  Susan Edgman-Levitan --  Michael D. Pugh --  Frances A. Griffin --  Edward A. Walker --  Ferdinand Velasco --  James L. Reinertsen --  A. Al-Assaf --  Scott B. Ransom and Elizabeth R. Ransom --  Valerie Weber and Jaan Sidorov --  Kimberly D. Acquaviva and Jean E. Johnson --  Diane Storer Brown and Kevin Park --  François de Brantes --  Steffanie Bristol and Maulik S. Joshi --  Part I.  1.  2.  3.  4.  Part II.  5.  6.  7.  8.  9.  10.  11.  12.  13.  14.  15.  16.  17.  Part III.  18.  19.  20.  21. 
<br/><br/> "As healthcare reform continues to transform US healthcare delivery and processes, one thing remains the same: the importance of quality. This book brings together a team of internationally prominent contributors who provide expertise on current strategies, tactics, and methods for understanding quality in a comprehensive way. The book provides a solid foundation on the components and importance of quality, while incorporating techniques to continuously improve and transform a healthcare system."--Publisher's website. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>1567935907 9781567935905 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2013031975 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Medical care--Quality control.--United States<br/>Health services administration--Quality control.--United States<br/>Total quality management--United States<br/>Total quality management--Administration<br/>Quality of Health Care--organization & administration
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>RA399.A3  / H433 2014 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>362.1068