{"product_id":"9781118505533","title":"Health Care Quality Management Tools and Applications","description":"\u003ch1\u003eHealth Care Quality Management\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eTools and Applications\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eThomas K. Ross\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eMedical \/ Public Health\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn today’s challenging health care environment, health care organizations are faced with improving patient outcomes, redesigning business processes, and executing quality and risk management initiatives. \u003ci\u003eHealth Care Quality Management\u003c\/i\u003e offers an introduction to the field and practice of quality management and reveals the best practices and strategies health care organizations can adopt to improve patient outcomes and program quality.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eFilled with illustrative case studies that show how business processes can be restructured to achieve improvements in quality, risk reduction, and other key business results and outcomes\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eClearly demonstrates how to effectively use process analysis tools to identify issues and causes, select corrective actions, and monitor implemented solutions\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIncludes vital information on the use of statistical process control to monitor system performance (variables) and outcomes (attributes)\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eAlso contains multiple data sets that can be used to practice the skills and tools discussed and reviews examples of where and how the tools have been applied in health care\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eProvides information on root cause analysis and failure mode effects analysis and offers, as discussion, the clinical tools and applications that are used to improve patient care\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e By emphasizing the tools of statistics and information technology, this book teaches future health care professionals how to identify opportunities for quality improvement and use the tools to make those improvements.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThomas K. Ross, PhD,\u003c\/b\u003e is assistant professor of health services and information management in College of Allied Health Sciences at East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e07 January 2014\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eJossey-Bass\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781118505533\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback \/ softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e624\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e35.2\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44315703148684,"sku":"9781118505533","price":95.36,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9781118505533_34da9200-807c-40da-be0f-deab38424ec4.jpg?v=1780141217","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9781118505533","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}