Surgical Quality Improvement

1. Auflage 2017
ISBN: 978-3-319-23355-0
Verlag: Springer International Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 136 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 263 g

Reihe: Success in Academic Surgery

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.

Zielgruppe

Professional/practitioner

Autoren/Hrsg.

Wong, Sandra L.

Kelz, Rachel R.

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Chirurgie
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Krankenhausmanagement, Praxismanagement

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Quality Improvement in Surgery.- 2. The science of quality improvement.- 3. Measuring Surgical Quality.- 4. Are you capable of providing high quality care?.- 5. Surgical Quality Improvement: Local quality improvement.- 6. How to address a quality problem.- 7. Barriers and pitfalls in quality improvement.- 8. Conflict Resolution.- 9. Teaching quality improvement.- 10. Is 'quality science' human subjects research?.- 11. Academic careers in quality improvement.- 12. National Quality Improvement: Federal Regulation, Public Reporting, and the Surgeon.- 13. The public perception of quality improvement in surgery.

Über Autor(innen)

Rachel R. Kelz, MD MSCE

Associate Professor of Surgery

Associate Program Director, General Surgery Residency Program ACS NSQIP, Surgeon Champion Department of Surgery Center for Surgery and Health Economics University of Pennsylvania, Perelman School of Medicine