Overview
This book introduces nursing leaders, health care administrators, and quality managers to outcomes research. Case studies included come from a wide variety of organizations and illustrate which practices best enhance patient outcomes and decrease costs.The book contains black-and-white illustrations.
Synopsis
This book introduces nursing leaders, health care administrators, and quality managers to outcomes research. Case studies included come from a wide variety of organizations and illustrate which practices best enhance patient outcomes and decrease costs.
John R. Meurer
This manual is the first edition of U.S. case studies about medical care quality control and outcomes assessment. The cases are based on applied research and continuous quality improvement and are oriented toward reengineering and changing processes of healthcare. The author achieves the worthwhile objective of providing a variety of methods for evaluating medical effectiveness and managing outcomes that might meet the unique needs of the reader's healthcare organization and patient population. The book is written by 41 experienced contributors for managers, medical and nursing directors, consultants, and researchers working in hospitals, healthcare systems, academic medical centers, clinics, consulting firms, and insurance companies. Specific chapters address issues in cardiology, rehabilitation, neurosurgery, trauma, pediatrics, HIV infection, and home health. Public health approaches are omitted. Unique features include an appendix on calculating vendor financial stability and another with practice guidelines for coronary arteriography and angiography. A valuable bibliography and resource directory on severity-of-illness measurement systems is added to one chapter. This book is an excellent manual of applied research and quality improvement techniques used by managers, clinicians, and healthcare consultants in a variety of healthcare organizations, to optimize patient outcomes. It is recommended for purchase by medical libraries and bookstores for healthcare professionals with a special interest in quality improvement, outcomes assessment, information systems, and practice guidelines.
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Reviewer: John R. Meurer, MD, MM(Medical College of Wisconsin)Description: This manual is the first edition of U.S. case studies about medical care quality control and outcomes assessment. The cases are based on applied research and continuous quality improvement and are oriented toward reengineering and changing processes of healthcare.
Purpose: The author achieves the worthwhile objective of providing a variety of methods for evaluating medical effectiveness and managing outcomes that might meet the unique needs of the reader's healthcare organization and patient population.
Audience: The book is written by 41 experienced contributors for managers, medical and nursing directors, consultants, and researchers working in hospitals, healthcare systems, academic medical centers, clinics, consulting firms, and insurance companies. Specific chapters address issues in cardiology, rehabilitation, neurosurgery, trauma, pediatrics, HIV infection, and home health. Public health approaches are omitted.
Features: Unique features include an appendix on calculating vendor financial stability and another with practice guidelines for coronary arteriography and angiography. A valuable bibliography and resource directory on severity-of-illness measurement systems is added to one chapter.
Assessment: This book is an excellent manual of applied research and quality improvement techniques used by managers, clinicians, and healthcare consultants in a variety of healthcare organizations, to optimize patient outcomes. It is recommended for purchase by medical libraries and bookstores for healthcare professionals with a special interest in quality improvement, outcomes assessment, information systems, and practice guidelines.
John R. Meurer
This manual is the first edition of U.S. case studies about medical care quality control and outcomes assessment. The cases are based on applied research and continuous quality improvement and are oriented toward reengineering and changing processes of healthcare. The author achieves the worthwhile objective of providing a variety of methods for evaluating medical effectiveness and managing outcomes that might meet the unique needs of the reader's healthcare organization and patient population. The book is written by 41 experienced contributors for managers, medical and nursing directors, consultants, and researchers working in hospitals, healthcare systems, academic medical centers, clinics, consulting firms, and insurance companies. Specific chapters address issues in cardiology, rehabilitation, neurosurgery, trauma, pediatrics, HIV infection, and home health. Public health approaches are omitted. Unique features include an appendix on calculating vendor financial stability and another with practice guidelines for coronary arteriography and angiography. A valuable bibliography and resource directory on severity-of-illness measurement systems is added to one chapter. This book is an excellent manual of applied research and quality improvement techniques used by managers, clinicians, and healthcare consultants in a variety of healthcare organizations, to optimize patient outcomes. It is recommended for purchase by medical libraries and bookstores for healthcare professionals with a special interest in quality improvement, outcomes assessment, information systems, and practice guidelines.3 Stars from Doody