Writing to Improve Healthcare: An Author?s Guide to Scholarly Publication, First Edition

This new book is a 'what and how to' guide to writing for successful scholarly publication in the emerging fields of healthcare improvement and patient safety. While there are many useful authors’ aids for scholarly biomedical publication, none focuses explicitly on these relatively new fields. It offers practical advice that includes preparation and organization of a scholarly healthcare improvement manuscript, where to submit it to find the most likely interested editor and journal, how to take full advantage of coauthors’ working together effectively, and strategies for authors to reach a broader health professions readership.

David P. Stevens, M.D. is Adjunct Professor, Center for Leadership and Improvement, Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, Lebanon, NH; Editor Emeritus, BMJ-Quality and Safety, BMJ Group, London, UK; and Senior Fellow, Institute for Healthcare Improvement, Cambridge, MA