Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Medical care
Languages : en
Pages : 732
Book Description
The Medical Outcomes & Guidelines Sourcebook
Author: Cardiovascular Outcomes
Author: Dominick L. FlareyPublisher: Jones & Bartlett Learning
ISBN: 9780834211384
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 310
Book Description
A collection of the most current and innovative presentations in path-based collaborative practices, this second of two volumes focuses on the design, implementation and analysis of outcomes in cardiovascular care. As in Health Care Outcomes, the authors present two to three standard clinical pathways for each DRG, and then show how those pathways can be manipulated to alter outcomes. Cardiovascular Outcomes covers a full range of medical and surgical cardiovascular outcomes. A comprehensive collection of critical pathways and outcomes maps being used by leading hospitals and health care agencies around the country, this is an important reference for developing path-based care models or revising critical paths and outcomes maps.
Surgical Research
Author: Hans TroidlPublisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 1461218888
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 685
Book Description
A unique reference manual for academic surgeons, this book discusses every facet of surgical research. From getting grant money to choosing a topic, reviewing the literature, planning and conducting research, and reporting results.
Official Gazette of the United States Patent and Trademark Office
Author: Handbook of Quality Management in Behavioral Health
Author: George StrickerPublisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 1461541956
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 410
Book Description
For the first time in history, behavioral health providers are expected to understand and participate in activities intended to access and improve the quality of services they provide. This handbook is designed as a general resource in the field of behavioral health quality management for a very diverse group of readers, including graduate and undergraduate students, payors, purchasers and administrators within managed care organizations, public sector service system planners and managers, applied health services researchers and program evaluators. This volume provides a comprehensive context for the development of quality management (QM) in health services - behavioral health in particular - as well as an overview of tools, techniques, and programs reflecting QM in practice. It also offers perspectives on both internally- and externally-based QM activities.
Behavioral Outcomes & Guidelines Sourcebook
Author: Kenneth M. CoughlinPublisher: Faulkner & Gray, Incorporated
ISBN: 9781579871222
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 788
Book Description
Patient-Reported Outcomes in Performance Measurement
Author: David CellaPublisher: RTI Press
ISBN: 193483114X
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 97
Book Description
Patient-reported outcomes (PROs) are measures of how patients feel or what they are able to do in the context of their health status; PROs are reports, usually on questionnaires, about a patient's health conditions, health behaviors, or experiences with health care that individuals report directly, without modification of responses by clinicians or others; thus, they directly reflect the voice of the patient. PROs cover domains such as physical health, mental and emotional health, functioning, symptoms and symptom burden, and health behaviors. They are relevant for many activities: helping patients and their clinicians make informed decisions about health care, monitoring the progress of care, setting policies for coverage and reimbursement of health services, improving the quality of health care services, and tracking or reporting on the performance of health care delivery organizations. We address the major methodological issues related to choosing, administering, and using PROs for these purposes, particularly in clinical practice settings. We include a framework for best practices in selecting PROs, focusing on choosing appropriate methods and modes for administering PRO measures to accommodate patients with diverse linguistic, cultural, educational, and functional skills, understanding measures developed through both classic and modern test theory, and addressing complex issues relating to scoring and analyzing PRO data.
The 1997 Medical Outcomes and Guidelines Sourcebook
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ISBN: 9781881393665
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 800
Book Description
Clinical Guidelines from Conception to Use
Author: Martin EcclesPublisher: Radcliffe Publishing
ISBN: 9781857754261
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 122
Book Description
Presents a clear and concise overview of the current issues surrounding clinical practice guidelines.
Ensuring Quality Cancer Care
Author: Institute of Medicine and National Research CouncilPublisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309173140
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
We all want to believe that when people get cancer, they will receive medical care of the highest quality. Even as new scientific breakthroughs are announced, though, many cancer patients may be getting the wrong care, too little care, or too much care, in the form of unnecessary procedures. How close is American medicine to the ideal of quality cancer care for every person with cancer? Ensuring Quality Cancer Care provides a comprehensive picture of how cancer care is delivered in our nation, from early detection to end-of-life issues. The National Cancer Policy Board defines quality care and recommends how to monitor, measure, and extend quality care to all people with cancer. Approaches to accountability in health care are reviewed. What keeps people from getting care? The book explains how lack of medical coverage, social and economic status, patient beliefs, physician decision-making, and other factors can stand between the patient and the best possible care. The board explores how cancer care is shaped by the current focus on evidence-based medicine, the widespread adoption of managed care, where services are provided, and who provides care. Specific shortfalls in the care of breast and prostate cancer are identified. A status report on health services research is included. Ensuring Quality Cancer Care offers wide-ranging data and information in clear context. As the baby boomers approach the years when most cancer occurs, this timely volume will be of special interest to health policy makers, public and private healthcare purchasers, medical professionals, patient advocates, researchers, and people with cancer.