Today's health care providers have more research findings and more technology available to them than ever before. But recent reports have raised serious doubts about the quality of health care in America. This book makes an urgent call for fundamental change to close the quality…
Misadventures in Health Care: Inside Stories presents an alternative approach to attributing the cause of medical error solely to the health care provider. That alternative, the systems approach, pursues why an incident occurs in terms of factors in the context of care that affe…
Misadventures in Health Care: Inside Stories presents an alternative approach to attributing the cause of medical error solely to the health care provider. That alternative, the systems approach, pursues why an incident occurs in terms of factors in the context of care that affe…
This volume considers human error as a phenomenon to be understood so it can be effectively addressed, thus enhancing safety. This involves challenging the presumption that to err is human and supplanting it with a synthesis of insights conveyed by stories from the rarely consid…
Great Health Care is enlightening and entertaining. It?s a must read for physicians, patients, health policymakers and administrators, and the interested public--anyone who wants to understand what great health care is, and how we might build it together. The authors share their…
Great Health Care is enlightening and entertaining. It's a must read for physicians, patients, health policymakers and administrators, and the interested public--anyone who wants to understand what great health care is, and how we might build it together. The authors share their…
This reader offers instant access to fifty classic and original readings in health policy and management. Compiled by experts, the editors introduce a framework setting out the key policy drivers and policy levers, giving a conceptual framework that provides context for each pie…
by Walshe, Kieran, Mahon, Ann, Chambers, Naomi
This reader offers instant access to 50 classic and original readings in health policy and management. Compiled by experts, the editors introduce a framework setting out the key policy drivers and policy levers, giving a conceptual framework that provides context for each piece.
"By using theories of Six Sigma and Lean methodology, this text presents solutions to fundamental problems in healthcare. This text breaks the system down into three fundamental areas: primary care, hospitals, and managed care. The author identifies the four critical issues that…
