Principles and Methods of Quality Management in Health Care

Unique in its comprehensive approach, Principles and Methods of Quality Management in Health Care explores modern quality management processes in health care using specific analytical methods. The first of its kind, this text introduces your students to numerous proven quantitative and qualitative tools they can apply in any health care setting. Just a sample of what your students will learn: What factors complicate the quality improvement approach to diseases, and the numerous ways analyzing disease states in quality improvement terms can be approached. How to structure effective teams to design and implement creative quality improvement solutions to marketplace challenges. How to outline an approach to quality improvement projects, including possible interventions, data sources, and performance and outcome measures. How the quality improvement approach to data collection and analysis differs from traditional methods of data analysis in health care. How adding the Statistical Process Control scientific approach can improve the validity of a quality improvement program. What the differences are between p- and np- charts, and the advantage of using one over the other.