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Implementing Continuous Quality Improvement in Health Care

Curtis P. McLaughlin; Julie K. Johnson; William A. Sollecito

©2012  
ISBN: 9780763795368

This collection of 18 case studies covers a broad range of subjects related to health care quality improvement efforts. Ideal as complement to the new Fourth Edition of Continuous Quality Improvement in Health Care, these case studies explore themes such as CQI in Ghana Malaria Control, CQI to reduce central line infections in pediatric hospital, a mother’s advocacy group against medical errors, WHO Safe Surgery Saves Lives Campaign, The Malcolm Baldrige Award Process in Health Care, Comparison of NICE and similar agencies for comparative effectiveness research, and much more.
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    Chapter 1 CONTINUOUS QUALITY IMPROVEMENT USING PLAN,
    DO, CHECK, ACT (PDSA/PDCA) AND QUALITY IMPROVEMENT
    TOOLS
    Author: Curtis McLaughlin

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  • 28 pages
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    Chapter 2 West Florida Regional Medical Center
    Author: Curtis P. McLaughlin

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  • 11 pages
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    Chapter 3 Holtz Children's Hospital: Reducing Central
    Line Infections
    Author: Gwenn E. McLaughlin

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    Chapter 4 Clemson’s Nursing Home: Working with the
    State Quality Improvement Organization’s
    Restraint Reduction Initiative
    Author: Franziska Rokoske; Jill A. McArdle; Anna P. Schenck

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    Chapter 5 CQI in Malaria Control in Ghana
    Author: Irene A. Agyepong; William A. Sollecito; Curtis P. McLaughlin

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    Chapter 6 ORGANIZING FOR CONTINUOUS QUALITY IMPROVEMENT
    Author: Curtis McLaughlin

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    Chapter 7 The Intermountain Way to Positively Impact
    Costs and Quality
    Author: Lucy A. Savitz

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    Chapter 8 Planning a Transition
    Author: Gwenn E. McLaughlin

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    Chapter 9 Dawn Meadow Hospital: Selecting Quality
    Measures for the Hospital Board
    Author: Joseph G. Van Matre; Karen E. Koch; Curtis P. McLaughlin

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    Chapter 10 Dr. Charles Bethe, DO, Network Medical Director
    Author: William Q. Judge; Curtis P. McLaughlin

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    Chapter 11 EDUCATIONAL AND SOCIAL-MARKETING APPLICATIONS
    IN CONTINUOUS QUALITY IMPROVEMENT
    Author: Curtis McLaughlin

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    Chapter 12 Forthright Medical Center: Social Marketing
    and the Surgical Checklist
    Author: Carol E. Breland

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    Chapter 13 Princes Court Medical Centre: A Private
    Malaysian Health Care Institution Prepares
    for a Pandemic of Influenza A (H1N1)
    Author: Roswitha M. Wolfram

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    Chapter 14 Financial Analysis and Quality Management
    in Patriot County, Ohio
    Author: Cheryll D. Lesneski

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    Chapter 15 Quality In Pediatric Subspecialty Care
    Author: William A. Sollecito; Peter A. Margolis; Paul V. Miles; Robert Perelman; Richard B. Colletti

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    Chapter 16 ASSESSMENT, INCENTIVES AND REGULATION
    Author: Curtis McLaughlin

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    Chapter 17 Folic Acid Fortification Decision Bounces
    Around the World
    Author: Curtis P. McLaughlin; Craig D. McLaughlin

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    Chapter 18 Continuing Improvement for the National
    Health Service Quality and Outcomes Framework
    Author: Curtis P. McLaughlin

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    Chapter 19 North Carolina Local Health Departments
    Accreditation Program
    Author: David Stone; Mary V. Davis

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    Chapter 20 The Lewis Blackman Hospital Patient Safety
    Act: It’s Hard to Kill a Healthy 15-Year-Old
    Author: Julie K. Johnson; Helen Haskell; Paul Barach

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    Chapter 21 Elk Hills Community Medical Center: Revising
    the Baldrige Award
    Author: Curtis P. McLaughlin

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    Chapter 22 PROCESS IMPROVEMENT RESEARCH
    Author: Curtis McLaughlin

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    Chapter 23 Stent vs. Bypass: Expanding the Evidence
    Base
    Author: Curtis P. McLaughlin; Craig D. McLaughlin

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    Chapter 24 Cal Mason, COO, Metro Children’s Hospital:
    Planned Experimentation in CQI
    Author: Lloyd P. Provost

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    Chapter 25 Houston Medical Center Bed Tower: Quality
    and the Built Environment
    Author: Debajyoti Pati; Thomas E. Harvey Jr.; Paul Barach

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