Introduction to Healthcare Quality Management, Third Edition By Patrice Spath

Introduction to Healthcare Quality Management, Third Edition

By  Patrice Spath

Instructor Resources: Test bank, PowerPoint slides, answers to the in-book questions, and a PDF of the American College of Healthcare Executives / NPSF Lucian Leape Institute guide Leading a Culture of Safety: A Blueprint for Success.

This updated third edition of Introduction to Healthcare Quality Management explains the basic principles and techniques of quality management in healthcare.

Real-world case studies and other examples exemplify the ongoing shift to value-based healthcare, which has driven change in the applications and attitudes providers use to improve their organizations' clinical, safety, and patient satisfaction outcomes. More than ever, healthcare specialists must know how to apply the principles of quality management—measurement, assessment, and improvement.

Patrice Space, president of Brown-Spath & Associates, a healthcare publishing and training company, provides readers with the information they need to shape change in quality management routines. Created to support students and professionals, the book focuses on calculating and bettering the practical and patient service aspects of healthcare delivery. Thoroughly amended with updated references, examples, case studies, activities, and supplementary resources.

This edition includes new content on:

• Strategies for managing quality in population health care
• Use of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement's Triple Aim blueprint
• Value-based reimbursement models
• Patient-centered discharge planning and case management
• Improving initiatives aimed at bettering patient health
• External regulations and accreditation standards
• Healthcare application of improvement models from other industries