Improving Clinical Practice: Total Quality Management and the Physician (JOSSEY BASS/AHA PRESS SERIES) - Hardcover

Blumenthal, David; Scheck, Anne C.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0787900931 ISBN 13: 9780787900939

Publisher: Jossey-Bass, 1995

Synopsis

Improving Clinical Practice describes the diverse scientific methodologies that TQM employs, details practical applications of TQM as used in a number of clinical settings, and outlines the opportunities and challenges facing health care professionals who apply the principles of TQM. Written by the leading practitioners in the field, Improving Clinical Practice includes information on methods that provide health care professionals access to more rapid and reliable information about their patients, tools for involving patients more extensively in their own care, TQM techniques for care of patients with hypertension and other chronic illnesses, potential uses of TQM for improving surgical technique, and recommendations for making TQM function successfully in a health care setting.

About this title

From the Inside Flap

Despite its widespread success, many physicians, health care clinicians, researchers, and administrators have expressed skepticism concerning the application of Total Quality Management (TQM) to health care organizations. Improving Clinical Practice reveals how healthcare professionals can apply the proven techniques of Total Quality Management to enhance their clinical decision making and ultimately improve the quality of patient care. While most books on the subject concentrate on the administrative aspects of TQM, Improving Clinical Practice offers a clear-cut guide for implementing TQM as related directly to patient care. Grounded in science, the book stresses the application of validated data, solid statistical analysis, and the use of the experimental method.Improving Clinical Practice describes the diverse scientific methodologies that TQM employs, details practical applications of TQM as used in a number of clinical settings and outlines the opportunities and challenges facing health care professionals who apply the principles of TQM. Written by the leading practitioners in the field, Improving Clinical Practice includes information on:** methods that provide health care professionals access to more rapid and reliable information about their patients** tools for involving patients more extensively in their own care** TQM techniques to care for patients with hypertension and other chronic illnesses** the potential uses of TQM to improve surgical technique** recommAndations for making TQM function successfully in a health care setting** and much more.

From the Back Cover

This comprehensive reference details practical applications of TQM as used in a number of clinical settings and outlines the opportunities and challenges facing health care professionals who apply the principles of TQM. Written by the leading practitioners in the field, Improving Clinical Practice includes information on: methods that provide health care professionals rapid access to more reliable patient information; tools for involving patients more extensively in their own care; TQM techniques to care for patients with hypertension and other chronic illnesses; potential uses of TQM to improve surgical technique; and recommAndations for making TQM function successfully in a health care setting.

Edition details

• Publisher: Jossey-Bass
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0787900931
• ISBN 13: 9780787900939
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 310