Medicare
Medicare

Author: Institute of Medicine

Publisher: National Academies Press

Published: 1990-02-01

Total Pages: 462

ISBN-13: 0309042305

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Health care for the elderly American is among our nation's more pressing social issues. Our society wishes to ensure quality health care for all older people, but there is growing concern about our ability to maintain and improve quality in the face of efforts to contain health care costs. Medicare: A Strategy for Quality Assurance answers the U.S. Congress' call for the Institute of Medicine to design a strategic plan for assessing and assuring the quality of medical care for the elderly. This book presents a proposed strategic plan for improving quality assurance in the Medicare program, along with steps and timetables for implementing the plan by the year 2000 and the 10 recommendations for action by Congress. The book explores quality of careâ€"how it is defined, measured, and improvedâ€"and reviews different types of quality problems. Major issues that affect approaches to assessing and assuring quality are examined. Medicare: A Strategy for Quality Assurance will be immediately useful to a wide audience, including policymakers, health administrators, individual providers, specialists in issues of the older American, researchers, educators, and students.

Quality Assurance Policies & Procedures for Ambulatory Health Care
Quality Assurance Policies & Procedures for Ambulatory Health Care

Author: Judith M. Bulau

Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Learning

Published: 1990

Total Pages: 372

ISBN-13: 9780834201385

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This manual is a comprehensive quality assurance resource applicable for use in various health care systems, such as ambulatory care settings, HMOs, PPOs, and by primary care providers, specialty providers, and regulatory agencies. Quality Assurance Policies & Procedures for Ambulatory Health Care enables these ambulatory health care systems to develop appropriate quality assurance programs and assists them in reviewing, supplementing, or revising existing quality assurance programs. Clear and concise, with step-by-step procedures for implementing each policy. It includes more than 100 sample forms, reports, letters, job descriptions, and other practical tools to save time and increase efficiency.

Measuring the Quality of Health Care
Measuring the Quality of Health Care

Author: The National Roundtable on Health Care Quality

Publisher: National Academies Press

Published: 1999-02-23

Total Pages: 42

ISBN-13: 0309570689

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The National Roundtable on Health Care Quality was established in 1995 by the Institute of Medicine. The Roundtable consists of experts formally appointed through procedures of the National Research Council (NRC) who represent both public and private-sector perspectives and appropriate areas of substantive expertise (not organizations). From the public sector, heads of appropriate Federal agencies serve. It offers a unique, nonadversarial environment to explore ongoing rapid changes in the medical marketplace and the implications of these changes for the quality of health and health care in this nation. The Roundtable has a liaison panel focused on quality of care in managed care organizations. The Roundtable convenes nationally prominent representatives of the private and public sector (regional, state and federal), academia, patients, and the health media to analyze unfolding issues concerning quality, to hold workshops and commission papers on significant topics, and when appropriate, to produce periodic statements for the nation on quality of care matters. By providing a structured opportunity for regular communication and interaction, the Roundtable fosters candid discussion among individuals who represent various sides of a given issue.

Quality Assurance of Health Services
Quality Assurance of Health Services

Author: Hannu Vuori

Publisher:

Published: 1982

Total Pages: 140

ISBN-13:

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This report presents a policy- and methodology-oriented discussion of factors involved in developing and analyzing quality assurance in European health care. Data are taken from research literature and interviews with representatives of national health authorities, professional organizations, and research and educational institutions. The first chapter of this report discusses a suggested conceptual framework, for a program of health care quality assurance, derived from evaluative research and industrial quality control. The second, third, and fourth chapters deal with three major variables in the framework: environment, conceptualization, and methodology. Examples of different approaches to quality assurance are given, and sources of information and measurement instruments and criteria are examined. The fifth chapter presents conclusions concerning the trends and state of quality assurance in health care. A bibliography of 179 items is appended. (FG)

Improving Healthcare Quality in Europe Characteristics, Effectiveness and Implementation of Different Strategies
Improving Healthcare Quality in Europe Characteristics, Effectiveness and Implementation of Different Strategies

Author: OECD

Publisher: OECD Publishing

Published: 2019-10-17

Total Pages: 447

ISBN-13: 9264805907

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This volume, developed by the Observatory together with OECD, provides an overall conceptual framework for understanding and applying strategies aimed at improving quality of care. Crucially, it summarizes available evidence on different quality strategies and provides recommendations for their implementation. This book is intended to help policy-makers to understand concepts of quality and to support them to evaluate single strategies and combinations of strategies.

Computer-stored Ambulatory Record (COSTAR)
Computer-stored Ambulatory Record (COSTAR)

Author: Barnett, G. Octo

Publisher:

Published: 1976

Total Pages: 48

ISBN-13:

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Summarizes a 70-page report of the same title describing the first successful automated medical record in a Health Maintenance Organization, the Harvard Community Health Plan.

Patient Safety and Quality
Patient Safety and Quality

Author: Ronda Hughes

Publisher: Department of Health and Human Services

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 592

ISBN-13:

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"Nurses play a vital role in improving the safety and quality of patient car -- not only in the hospital or ambulatory treatment facility, but also of community-based care and the care performed by family members. Nurses need know what proven techniques and interventions they can use to enhance patient outcomes. To address this need, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), with additional funding from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, has prepared this comprehensive, 1,400-page, handbook for nurses on patient safety and quality -- Patient Safety and Quality: An Evidence-Based Handbook for Nurses. (AHRQ Publication No. 08-0043)." - online AHRQ blurb, http://www.ahrq.gov/qual/nurseshdbk/

Quality and Safety in Women's Health Care
Quality and Safety in Women's Health Care

Author:

Publisher: Amer College of Obstetricians &

Published: 2010-01-01

Total Pages: 112

ISBN-13: 9781934946930

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In 1994, ACOG published "Quality Assessment and Improvement in Obstetrics and Gynecology", which joined a long line of publications developed by the College to inform and assist Fellows who participate in peer review and quality improvement activities. This revision, "Quality and Safety in Women's Health Care", is intended to serve as a primer for obstetricians and gynaecologists starting or managing quality improvement programs within their hospital departments or ambulatory practices by focusing on the following areas: quality and safety in the inpatient setting; clinical competence; quality and safety in the outpatient setting; and, data analysis tools. This manual is presented in five parts. Provided in the appendixes are resources that include the 2009 Report of the Presidential Task Force on Patient Safety in the Office Setting and the World Health Organization's Surgical Safety Checklist. It is hoped that this publication will complement the guidelines, practice bulletins and committee opinions from the college and jointly serve as the foundation for continuous quality improvement and evidence-based best practices in obstetrics and gynecology.

Emergency Department Leadership and Management
Emergency Department Leadership and Management

Author: Stephanie Kayden

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2015

Total Pages: 375

ISBN-13: 1107007399

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Written for a global audience, by an international team, the book provides practical, case-based emergency department leadership skills.

Building a Successful Ambulatory Care Practice
Building a Successful Ambulatory Care Practice

Author: Mary Anne Kliethermes

Publisher: Amer Soc of Health System

Published: 2011-01-05

Total Pages: 298

ISBN-13: 9781585282449

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Let ASHP's new book be your blueprint to a thriving ambulatory care practice, whether it's health-system, physician, or community based. Get comprehensive, practical guidance on all your questions in this single, easy-to-use guide that covers ambulatory care practice from the ground up. With this new, essential resource, get comprehensive guidance on creating and managing an ambulatory care clinic, from building a business model to clinical practice, risk management and liability, reimbursement, marketing, and credentialing. Topics integrated in a challenging case study throughout the book include: * How do I write a business plan? * What do I need to do to manage risk and liability? * Why do we need a marketing strategy? * Who handles reimbursements? * What credentials do we need? Led by editors Mary Ann Kliethermes and Tim Brown, with contributions from experts in ambulatory practice, you can get everything you and your team needs in one place -- and you'll know the information is tested and trusted. Included with the book is a complementary online toolkit with forms, templates, and additional resources for a truly interactive experience. (A password is required and is on the inside cover of your book.)