Surgical Quality Improvement

✍ Scribed by Rachel R. Kelz, Sandra L. Wong (eds.)

Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Year: 2017
Tongue: English
Leaves: 141
Series: Success in Academic Surgery
Edition: 1
Category: Library

No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.

✦ Synopsis

This book teaches the theories and concepts behind surgical quality improvement and explains the skills and traits needed to become a high quality provider.

The editors aim to teach and inspire the reader to achieve high quality outcomes and strive for continuous improvement.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-ix
Quality Improvement in Surgery....Pages 1-8
The Science of Quality Improvement....Pages 9-26
Measuring Surgical Quality....Pages 27-38
Are You Capable of Providing High Quality Care?....Pages 39-44
Surgical Quality Improvement: Local Quality Improvement....Pages 45-53
How to Address a Quality Problem....Pages 55-63
Barriers and Pitfalls in Quality Improvement....Pages 65-74
Conflict Resolution....Pages 75-83
Teaching Quality Improvement....Pages 85-94
Is ‘Quality Science’ Human Subjects Research?....Pages 95-100
Academic Careers in Quality Improvement....Pages 101-110
National Quality Improvement: Federal Regulation, Public Reporting, and the Surgeon....Pages 111-123
The Public Perception of Quality Improvement in Surgery....Pages 125-132
Back Matter....Pages 133-136

✦ Subjects

Practice and Hospital Management;Surgery;Health Administration

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