The Florence prescription : from accountability to ownership : the next frontier for patient satisfaction, workplace productivity, and employee loyalty
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat42400
by Joe Tye ; with Dick Schwab.
--Solon, IA:
Values Coach
, c2009.
- Call Number
- W 84.41 T979f 2009
- Location
- Dickson Building
- Call Number
- W 84.41 T979f 2009
- Author
- Tye, Joe
- Other Authors
- Schwab, Dick
- Responsibility
- by Joe Tye ; with Dick Schwab
- Place of Publication
- Solon, IA
- Publisher
- Values Coach
- Date of Publication
- c2009
- Physical Description
- 208 p.
- ISBN
- 9781887511278
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Delivery of Health Care
- Health Services Administration
- Patient Satisfaction
- Quality Improvement
- Work Engagement
- Format
- Book
- Location
- Dickson Building
- Loan Period
- 3 weeks
Getting it done : experienced healthcare leaders reveal field-tested strategies for clinical and financial success
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat25940
--Chicago, IL:
Health Administration Press
, c2011.
- Call Number
- WX 150.1 G394 2011
- Location
- Halifax Infirmary
- Call Number
- WX 150.1 G394 2011
- Other Authors
- Cohn, Kenneth H
- Fellows, Steven A
- Place of Publication
- Chicago, IL
- Publisher
- Health Administration Press
- Date of Publication
- c2011
- Physical Description
- 270 p.
- Series Title
- ACHE management series
- ISBN
- 9781567934144
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Hospital Administration
- Hospital-Physician Relations
- Quality Improvement
- Organizational Case Studies - United States
- Contents
- Saving lives by improving processes of care / Jeffrey Fried -- Disaster preparedness for healthcare professionals / Carl W. Taylor -- Overcoming rural healthcare challenges / Charles F. Rinker II -- Building and sustaining a culture of safety / Kenneth H. Cohn, Carol L. Sale, and Gary R. Yates -- Launching an innovation revolution in healthcare / Philip A. Newbold and Diane S. Stover -- Engaging physicians in collaborative supply cost management / Natalia Wilson, Anand Joshi, and Eugene Schneller -- Documentation as destiny : a tool for survival / Robert S. Hendler -- Collaborative approaches to emergency department call / Drew Erra and Michael Hogue -- Healthcare leadership : challenges and solutions / Edward J. O’Connor, Jeremy Mann, and C. Marlena Fiol -- Breaking down silos : the successful collaboration of two feuding healthcare partners / Ralph Jacobson -- The role of a physician executive in facilitating collaboration / Robert Reid -- Building a functional operating room culture / Stanley Mandel and Susan S. Phillips -- Innovations to address disruptive physician behavior / Susan Lapenta, Larry Harmon, and Mel Belding -- Coaching healthcare teams to improved performance / Elizabeth R. Becker and Ashley Wendel -- Engaging physicians to adopt and use electronic health records and computerized physician order entry / Joel C. Berman and Michael Green -- Physician integration : the SSM vision / William Thompson ... [et al.].
- Format
- Book
- Location
- Halifax Infirmary
- Copies
- 1
- Loan Period
- 3 weeks
Handbook of systems and complexity in health
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat32410
Joachim P. Sturmberg, Carmel M. Martin, editors.
--New York, NY:
Springer
, c2013.
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Location
- Online
Systems and complexity theory plays critical roles in such varied fields as computer science, the physical sciences, meteorology, and economics--and yet health care has yet to take full advantage of what it has to offer. What the theory offers is on rich display as the Handbook of Systems and Complexity in Health presents a revolutionary approach to reforming basic practice and large-scale care delivery, based on the concept of health care as a complex, self-organized, and self-interactive syst…
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Other Authors
- Sturmberg, Joachim P
- Martin, Carmel M
- Responsibility
- Joachim P. Sturmberg, Carmel M. Martin, editors
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2013
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xxii, 954 p. : 269 ill., 165 ill. in color)
- ISBN
- 9781461449980
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Quality Improvement
- Systems Analysis
- Subjects (LCSH)
- Practice of medicine
- Physics
- Engineering
- Abstract
- Systems and complexity theory plays critical roles in such varied fields as computer science, the physical sciences, meteorology, and economics--and yet health care has yet to take full advantage of what it has to offer. What the theory offers is on rich display as the Handbook of Systems and Complexity in Health presents a revolutionary approach to reforming basic practice and large-scale care delivery, based on the concept of health care as a complex, self-organized, and self-interactive system. The book's opening section provides readers with a thorough grounding in systems and complexity theory from scientific, historical, epistemological, and technical perspectives, complete with the principles and mathematics behind it. From there, contributors offer models of innovation and improvement in service delivery, disease prevention and health promotion, cost-effectiveness, communication, quality control--in short, a more efficient and equitable future for health care. And one particularly intriguing chapter suggests opportunities for complexity theory in refining the drug prescription process. A sampling of the coverage: Understanding health and illness from a complexity perspective. A methodology for analyzing medical data. Modeling illness and recovery with nonlinear dynamics. Clinical applications: inflammation, diabetes, panic disorder, pain, domestic violence, cardiovascular disorders, and the art of the consultation. Complexity science at the bedside: continuous multiorgan variability monitoring in critically ill patients. Primary care as a complex adaptive system. Researchers in health services research, health policy, and health administration will find in the Handbook of Systems and Complexity in Health a new way of viewing health and illness, and potentially a new way to organize health care delivery.
- Contents
- 1. Complexity in Health - An Introduction -- 2. Complexity, uncertainty and mess as the links between science and the humanities in healthcare -- Part 1 - Complexity Theory and Methods -- 3. Understanding Complex Systems -- 4. The Complex Nature of Knowledge -- 5. Mathematical Principles: Tales of Tails -- 6. Modelling -- 7. A methodology for the analysis of medical data -- 8. Psychological Rhythmicities -- 9. Modeling Illness and Recovery with Nonlinear Dynamics -- Part 2 - Dynamics in Human Health -- 10. Homeostasis: The Dynamic Self-regulatory Process that Maintains Health and Buffers against Disease -- 11. Fractals in Physiology & Medicine -- 12. Bio-complexity: challenging reductionism -- Part 3 - Concepts of Health -- 13. Trying to Make Sense of Health -- 14. Picture Health -- 15. Health - A personal complex-adaptive state -- 16. Understanding Health By Building Better Bio-Medical Models -- 17. Health a systems and complexity based definition -- Part 4 Clinical Application -- 18. Complexities of the Consultation -- 19. Inflammation through a Psychoneuroimmunological Lens -- 20. Diabetes control: insights from complexity science -- 21. Complexity and the onset of psychosis -- 22. Understanding intimate partner violence through its dynamics -- 23. Multi-level interdependencies and constraints in panic disorder: Many triggers, few responses -- 24. Nonlinear Relations of Cardiovascular Risk Factors to Neuropsychological Function and Dementia -- 25. Pain and Complex Adaptive System Theory -- 26. Complexity in Movement Disorders: A Systems Approach to Intervention -- 27. Avoidable hospitalizations in older adults -- 28. Continuous Multiorgan Variability Monitoring in Critically Ill Patients Complexity Science at the Bedside -- Part 5 - Health Services -- 29. An overview of complexity theory: understanding primary care as a complex adaptive system -- 30. Real-time Analytics and Quality of Care -- 31. Medical Sociology and Case-Based Complexity Science: A User's Guide -- 32. The Drug Prescription Process: a Network Medicine Approach -- 33. Applications of Complex Dynamics, an Approach to Refractory Health Policy Interventions -- 34. Designing for Health Promotion, Social Innovation and Complexity: The CoNEKTR Model for Wicked Problems -- 35. The Dynamical Behaviours of Diseases in Africa -- Part 6 - Health System -- 36. Health Transition Funds Initiatives: Implications for Health System Reform and Evaluation -- 37. Putting complexity to work - supporting practitioners in health systems -- 38. Implementing Adaptive Health Practice ' A Complexity-Based Philosophy of Health Care -- 39. Mayo Clinic: Making Complex Healthcare Simpler -- 40. Embracing Uncertainty: Complexity Inspired Innovations at Billings Clinic -- 41. A Complexity Science Perspective of Organizational Behavior in Clinical Microsystems -- 42. Reverse the Epidemic Tides of Unhealthy Habits: Personal, Professional and Leadership Challenges -- 43. Health Professions Education: Complexity, Teaching and Learning -- 44. Understanding Clinical Complexity through conversational learning in medical social networks: Implementing User Driven Health care -- Part 7 The Future of Healthcare -- 45. Making sense from complex systems theories, models and analytics to adapting actions and practices in health and health care -- 46. Modeling the Paradox of Primary Care -- 47. Health Care Reform the need for a complex adaptive systems approach -- 48. A Complexity Science Approach to Healthcare Costs and Quality -- 49. Opportunities in Delivery of Preventive Services in Retail Settings -- 50. Complexity Science in the Future of Behavioral Medicine -- 51. Systems Medicine A New Model for Healthcare -- Epilogue -- References -- Index.
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
The Healthcare Efficiency Revolution : A Mid-Level Managers’ Manual for Professional Development
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat46482
Ziv Gil.
--Cham:
Springer
, c2021.
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Access
- NEW Springer 2021
- Location
- Online
In recent years, improving efficiency in healthcare facilities in general, and in hospitals specifically, has become increasingly important. This book provides essential information on the powerful performance results that can be achieved when patient-centered efficiency reforms are implemented within health management systems. Created for departmental and institutional healthcare professionals, this book offers intuitive guidelines, technical tools, and work procedures to comprehensively analy…
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Author
- Gil, Ziv
- Responsibility
- Ziv Gil
- Place of Publication
- Cham
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2021
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xxx, 127 p.) : 108 illus., 97 illus. in color
- ISBN
- 9783030612320
- 9783030612313 (Print ed.)
- 9783030612337 (Print ed.)
- 9783030612344 (Print ed.)
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Change Management
- Efficiency, Organizational
- Health Facility Administration
- Organizational Innovation
- Quality Improvement
- Specialty
- Health Services Administration
- Abstract
- In recent years, improving efficiency in healthcare facilities in general, and in hospitals specifically, has become increasingly important. This book provides essential information on the powerful performance results that can be achieved when patient-centered efficiency reforms are implemented within health management systems. Created for departmental and institutional healthcare professionals, this book offers intuitive guidelines, technical tools, and work procedures to comprehensively analyze all aspects of current operations and reconfigure assets in pursuit of serving more patients, reducing costs, and generating revenues. This work is particularly valuable as its focuses on the most basic service unit in any given hospital (department/unit) and on methodologies for enhancing management practice and creating internal cultures of continual change and ongoing development. The book provides effective and lasting solutions that reduce E.R. and physician consultation wait times, complications and hospital readmissions, and laboratory tests performed, as well as increase O.R. productivity, annual numbers of patients served, and overall rates of staff and patient satisfaction. Also addressed are how best to handle moments of crisis (such as COVID-19); ethical and legal concerns; and the hiring, development, promotion, and empowerment of staff. Dedicated sections analyze ways to minimize disruptive behavior among physicians, nurses, and other personnel, and present strategies for improving department meetings, particularly in an era of social distancing. The book also describes how to maximize outcomes through multi-disciplinary approaches, the use of core performance metrics, ongoing data collection and analysis, simple reporting protocols, transparency, and the adoption of technological aids, including dedicated apps. Everything presented in this work has been put into practice. They achieved substantial and sustainable improvements in service delivery – all with little or no change in staff, budgets, and other resources already at hand. This book will help specialists and medical managers in the healthcare market to more effectively use their own resources to achieve levels of performance and success objectives they might otherwise have thought were unattainable.
- Contents
- Premises -- Deconstruction -- Smells like Team Spirit -- Management 360 -- Prelude to Action -- Real Problems Real Solutions -- Metrics -- Crises -- Considerations.
- Access
- NEW Springer 2021
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
High performance healthcare : using the power of relationships to achieve quality, efficiency and resilence
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat24744
Gittell, Jody Hoffer.
--New York, NY:
McGraw-Hill
, 2009.
- Call Number
- HD 58.9 G536h 2009
- Location
- Halifax Infirmary
- Call Number
- HD 58.9 G536h 2009
- Author
- Gittell, Jody Hoffer
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Publisher
- McGraw-Hill
- Date of Publication
- 2009
- Physical Description
- 335 p.
- ISBN
- 9780071621762
- Subjects (LCSH)
- Industrial management
- Format
- Book
- Location
- Halifax Infirmary
- Loan Period
- 3 weeks
Hospital Transformation : From Failure to Success and Beyond
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat44487
Derek Burke, Prasad Godbole, Andrew Cash, editors.
--Cham:
Springer
, c2019.
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Location
- Online
This book discusses the factors that contribute to the success of hospitals from a theoretical, practical and operational perspective to allow hospital managers both clinical and non-clinical at all levels to achieve success via a turnaround process where necessary. A robust performance management framework is detailed to make this success sustainable. Case studies where appropriate support the relevant chapters. Chapters can be read sequentially or as a stand-alone chapter. Hospital Transforma…
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Other Authors
- Burke, Derek
- Godbole, Prasad
- Cash, Andrew
- Responsibility
- Derek Burke, Prasad Godbole, Andrew Cash, editors
- Place of Publication
- Cham
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2019
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xi, 134 p.) : 14 illus., 11 illus. in color
- ISBN
- 9783030154486
- 9783030154479 (Print ed.)
- 9783030154493 (Print ed.)
- 9783030154509 (Print ed.)
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Health Care Reform
- Hospital Administration - trends
- Organizational Innovation
- Quality Improvement
- Specialty
- Health Services Administration
- Abstract
- This book discusses the factors that contribute to the success of hospitals from a theoretical, practical and operational perspective to allow hospital managers both clinical and non-clinical at all levels to achieve success via a turnaround process where necessary. A robust performance management framework is detailed to make this success sustainable. Case studies where appropriate support the relevant chapters. Chapters can be read sequentially or as a stand-alone chapter. Hospital Transformation: From Failure to Success and Beyond enables readers to develop their hospital management skills. Issues of patient care, resource allocation, staff management, leadership, risk management, infection control, and financial sustainability are all covered. This book is relevant to hospital administrators, clinicians involved in hospital management, independent consultants, and healthcare providers responsible for day to day operations of healthcare facilities.
- Contents
- Part I. Requirements of Basic Healthcare Globally -- 1. Regulatory Requirements for Healthcare Globally -- 2. Opportunities and Challenges in Global Healthcare -- Part II. Models of Healthcare Provision -- 3. Models of Healthcare in Developed and Developing Countries -- Part III. Provision of Effective, Safe and Good Quality Care -- 4. How Do Hospitals Deliver Safe, Effective and High Quality Care? -- Part IV. Identifying Failure -- 5. Transforming Hospital Accreditation: From Assurance to Improvement -- 6. Key Features in Identifying Failing Hospitals -- 7. The Illness of the Health Care Systems -- 8. The Political Economy of Health Reforms in Chile: A Case Study of the Privatization Process -- Part V. The Turnaround Process -- 9. The Role of Medical Leadership in the Hospital Turnaround Process -- 10. Public Health Service Governance: Principles and Framework -- 11. Hospital Transformation: How Is it Done? -- Part V.I Sustainability -- 12. Sustainable Hospital Transformation and Beyond -- Part VII. Overcoming the Challenge -- 13. The National Health Service in the UK.
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Improving Quality of Care in Family Planning : A Research and Advocacy Agenda for India
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat42522
Jay Satia, Kavita Chauhan.
--Singapore:
Springer
, c2018.
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Location
- Online
In this book the authors review initiatives in improving the quality of care for family planning in India and bring them to the broader forum of policy-level discussions. The global Family Planning 2020 (FP2020) framework argues for voluntary rights-based family planning programmes. The rights-based approach builds on the bedrock of quality of care, which means listening to what women want, treating individuals with dignity and respect and ensuring that everyone has access to full information a…
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Author
- Satia, Jay
- Other Authors
- Chauhan, Kavita
- Responsibility
- Jay Satia, Kavita Chauhan
- Place of Publication
- Singapore
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2018
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xxix, 196 p.) : 10 illus. in color
- ISBN
- 9789811081323
- 9789811081316 (print ed.)
- 9789811081330 (print ed.)
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Consumer Advocacy
- Family Planning Policy
- Family Planning Services
- Quality Improvement
- Quality of Health Care
- Other Subjects
- India
- Abstract
- In this book the authors review initiatives in improving the quality of care for family planning in India and bring them to the broader forum of policy-level discussions. The global Family Planning 2020 (FP2020) framework argues for voluntary rights-based family planning programmes. The rights-based approach builds on the bedrock of quality of care, which means listening to what women want, treating individuals with dignity and respect and ensuring that everyone has access to full information and high quality care. Improving the quality of care in family planning services in a country like India is crucial from individual, national and global considerations. This book critically discusses and evaluates the various interventions undertaken so far and the reasons for success and failure. It also synthesizes current research studies in India, identifies gaps and presents a research agenda to bridge this gap and accelerate progress towards improving quality of care in family planning. It presents a comprehensive framework that underscores the importance of health systems and community environments in creating enabling, motivating and empowering roles for providers and clients. The examples and perspectives presented in this book make a strong case for adoption into policy frameworks and scaling up of quality of care efforts, and identifying research priorities for strengthening the response to family planning. This book greatly contributes towards enhancing the quality of family planning care at the grass-roots level in low resource settings and is of interest to researchers and practitioners of public health, particularly community health, maternal and child health, and social work.
- Contents
- 1. The Need to Improve Quality of Care in India’s Family Planning -- 2. What is Quality? Quality of Care Frameworks -- 3. Steps Taken by the Government of India to Improve Quality of Care -- 4. Steps Taken by NGOs and the Private Sector to Improve Quality of Care -- 5. Review of Research Studies -- 6. Consensus Building on Quality of Care Priorities -- 7. Operationalizing the Action and Advocacy Agenda for Quality of Care -- 8. Developing a Research Agenda for Accelerating Progress on Improving Quality of Care -- 9. Enhancing Demand for Quality of Care in Family Planning -- Annexure 1: Delphi Questionnaire -- Annexure 2: Clients at the Centre of Quality of Care -- Annexure 3: Community Engagement for Demanding Quality of Care in Family Planning -- Annexure 4: Interventions/Research for Creating Demand for Quality of Care by Clients -- Annexure 5: Enhancing Programme Accountability for Quality of Care -- Annexure 6: Evidence-Based Advocacy to Support Demand for Quality of Care.
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Indoor Environmental Quality and Health Risk toward Healthier Environment for All
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat44855
Reiko Kishi, Dan Norbäck, Atsuko Araki, editors.
--Singapore:
Springer
, c2020.
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Location
- Online
This volume discusses the effects of indoor air environment and pollution in modern buildings on human health. Highlighting epidemiological studies and the determining factors, it offers proposals for improving indoor air quality (IAQ) in different environments. Focusing not only on homes and offices, but also vehicles and aircrafts, it details practical methods of measuring and assessing indoor air quality. Written by pioneering researchers, Indoor Environmental Quality and Health Risk toward …
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Other Authors
- Kishi, Reiko
- Norbäck, Dan
- Araki, Atsuko
- Responsibility
- Reiko Kishi, Dan Norbäck, Atsuko Araki, editors
- Place of Publication
- Singapore
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2020
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (viii, 333 p.) : 75 illus., 50 illus. in color
- ISBN
- 9789813291829
- 9789813291812 (Print ed.)
- 9789813291836 (Print ed.)
- 9789813291843 (Print ed.)
- ISSN
- 2364-8333
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Air Pollutants
- Air Pollution, Indoor
- Environmental Exposure
- Environmental Health
- Preventive Medicine
- Quality Improvement
- Specialty
- Environmental Health
- Abstract
- This volume discusses the effects of indoor air environment and pollution in modern buildings on human health. Highlighting epidemiological studies and the determining factors, it offers proposals for improving indoor air quality (IAQ) in different environments. Focusing not only on homes and offices, but also vehicles and aircrafts, it details practical methods of measuring and assessing indoor air quality. Written by pioneering researchers, Indoor Environmental Quality and Health Risk toward Healthier Environment for All is a valuable resource for both new and established researchers as well as students seeking a comprehensive overview of the facts on indoor air quality and health. Also is also of interest to hygiene experts in industry, occupational health and safety professionals, governmental public health sectors and school physicians.
- Contents
- Part I. Introduction -- 1. Importance of Indoor Environmental Quality on Human Health toward Achievement of the SDGs -- Part II. Epidemiological Studies on Indoor Air Quality and Health -- 2. Sick Building/House Syndrome -- 3. Associations with Home Environment for Asthma, Rhinitis and Dermatitis -- 4. Offices -- 5. The Indoor Environment in Schools, Kindergartens and Day Care Centres -- 6. In-Vehicle Exposures at Transportation and the Health Concerns -- Part III. Factors Determining Indoor Air Qualities and Their Health Impacts -- 7. Aldehydes, Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs), and Health -- 8. Semi-Volatile Organic Compounds (SVOCs): Phthalates and Phosphorous Frame Retardants and Health Risks -- 9. Microbial Agents in the Indoor Environment: Associations with Health -- 10. Dampness, Indoor Mould and Health -- 11. Particles Matter, Nitrogen Dioxide and Sulfur Dioxide -- 12. Combustion and Cookstoves -- 13. Indoor Thermal Environment and Cardiovascular Diseases -- Part IV. Provision for Improving Indoor Environment Quality and Health -- 14. Housing Performance and Equipment for Healthy Indoor Environment -- 15. Sick Building Syndrome (SBS), Personality, Psychosocial Factors and Treatment -- 16. Guidelines and Regulations for Indoor Environmental Quality -- Part V. Conclusion -- 17. Future Directions of Research on Indoor Environment, Indoor Air Quality (IAQ), and Health.
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
A Journey Towards Patient-Centered Healthcare Quality : Patients, Families and Caregivers, Voices of Transformation
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat45068
Jean Moody-Williams.
--Cham:
Springer
, c2020.
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Location
- Online
This book provides valuable insight into emerging trends in healthcare delivery patient, family and caregiver engagement and the intersection of the two. It is unique in that it not only incorporates patient’s voice but provides context in the application of patients’ families and caregivers in healthcare transformation and the future of healthcare models. It is suited toward not only promoting empathy toward patients but also challenging the reader to learn and think about the future of health…
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Author
- Moody-Williams, Jean
- Responsibility
- Jean Moody-Williams
- Place of Publication
- Cham
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2020
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xii, 113 p.) : 7 illus., 6 illus. in color
- ISBN
- 9783030263119
- 9783030263102 (Print ed.)
- 9783030263126 (Print ed.)
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Caregivers
- Delivery of Health Care
- Patient Participation
- Patient-Centered Care
- Professional-Family Relations
- Quality Improvement
- Specialty
- Health Services Administration
- Abstract
- This book provides valuable insight into emerging trends in healthcare delivery patient, family and caregiver engagement and the intersection of the two. It is unique in that it not only incorporates patient’s voice but provides context in the application of patients’ families and caregivers in healthcare transformation and the future of healthcare models. It is suited toward not only promoting empathy toward patients but also challenging the reader to learn and think about the future of healthcare and the value of patient’s voice in policy making and decisions about healthcare. It provides valuable information on quality improvement, consumer experience and emerging careers in this area with practical information and interventions. Nurses and other members of the care team play a critical role in the evolving models of care and must stay abreast of emerging trend to ensure that patients’ needs are met while contributing to meeting the quality and economic goals of the organizations and care settings in which they work. This book will help to ensure that they remain abreast of changing trends in quality improvement, quality measurement, cost, health information technology and patient and family engagement so that they are in a position to lead their teams and organizations. Direct accounts from patients, family and caregivers who want their “voices” heard are incorporated throughout the book.
- Contents
- 1. Understanding Patient and Family Engagement in Health Care -- 2. Consideration for Special Settings and Situations -- 3. Pursuing Continuous Quality Improvement -- 4. A Quest for Patient Safety -- 5. Consumer Information for Patients, Families, and Caregivers -- 6. Quality Measures for Patient, Family, and Caregiver Engagement -- 7. Considerations for Family and Caregivers and Crucial Conversations -- 8. Careers, Education, and Certifications in Patient and Family Engagement -- Appendix A: Roadmap for Patient and Family Engagement in Healthcare Practice and Research: Actions You Can Do Today -- Appendix B: To Err Is Human: Building a Safer Health System -- Appendix C: Crossing the Quality Chasm: A New Health System for the Twenty-First Century.
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Leadership for smooth patient flow : improved outcomes, improved service, improved bottom line
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat34982
Kirk Jensen ... [et al.].
(3rd ed.)
--Chicago, IL:
Health Administration Press
, c2007.
- Call Number
- WX 162 L434 2007
- Location
- Aberdeen Hospital
- Call Number
- WX 162 L434 2007
- Author
- Jensen, Kirk, 1952-
- Responsibility
- Kirk Jensen ... [et al.]
- Edition
- 3rd ed.
- Place of Publication
- Chicago, IL
- Publisher
- Health Administration Press
- Date of Publication
- c2007
- Physical Description
- xvii, 182 p.
- Series
- ACHE management series
- Series Title
- Management series (Ann Arbor, Mich.)
- ISBN
- 9781567932652
- 1567932657
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Appointments and Schedules
- Patient Care Management - organization & administration
- Quality Improvement
- Contents
- Defining flow -- The benefits of flow -- The business case for flow -- Leadership for flow -- Theories and measurements of flow -- Toolkit: strategies for a systems approach.
- Format
- Book
- Location
- Aberdeen Hospital
Lean hospitals : improving quality, patient safety and employee satisfaction
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat53721
Graban, Mark.
--New York, NY:
CRC Press
, 2008.
- Call Number
- WX 157 G727 2008
- Location
- IWK Health Sciences Library
- Call Number
- WX 157 G727 2008
- Author
- Graban, Mark
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Publisher
- CRC Press
- Date of Publication
- 2008
- Physical Description
- 252 p.
- ISBN
- 9.78E+12
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Hospital Administration - economics
- Hospital Administration - methods
- Efficiency, Organizational
- Patient Safety
- Quality Improvement
- Total Quality Management
- Format
- Book
- Location
- IWK Health Sciences Library
- Copies
- 1
- Loan Period
- 2 weeks
Lean hospitals : improving quality, patient safety, and employee satisfaction
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat13179
Mark Graban.
--Boca Raton, FL:
CRC Press
, c2009.
- Call Number
- WX 157 G727L 2009
- Location
- Cape Breton Regional
- Call Number
- WX 157 G727L 2009
- Author
- Graban, Mark
- Responsibility
- Mark Graban
- Place of Publication
- Boca Raton, FL
- Publisher
- CRC Press
- Date of Publication
- c2009
- Physical Description
- xxiii, 252 p.
- ISBN
- 9781420083804
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Hospital Administration - economics
- Hospital Administration - methods
- Efficiency, Organizational
- Patient Safety
- Quality Improvement
- Total Quality Management
- Contents
- The case for lean hospitals -- Overview of lean for hospitals -- Value and waste -- Observing the process and value streams -- Standardized work as a foundation of lean -- Lean methods: visual management, 5S, and Kanban -- Proactive root cause problem solving -- Preventing errors -- Improving flow -- Engaging and leading employees -- Getting started with lean -- A vision for a lean hospital.
- Format
- Book
- Location
- Cape Breton Regional
Lean hospitals : improving quality, patient safety, and employee satisfaction
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat24757
Graban, Mark.
--New York, NY:
CRC Press
, 2008.
- Call Number
- WX 157 G727l 2008
- Location
- Halifax Infirmary
- Nova Scotia Hospital
- Call Number
- WX 157 G727l 2008
- Author
- Graban, Mark
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Publisher
- CRC Press
- Date of Publication
- 2008
- Physical Description
- 252 p.
- ISBN
- 9781420083804
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Hospital Administration - economics
- Hospital Administration - methods
- Efficiency, Organizational
- Patient Safety
- Quality Improvement
- Total Quality Management
- Format
- Book
- Location
- Halifax Infirmary
- Nova Scotia Hospital
- Copies
- 2
- Loan Period
- 3 weeks
Mastering leadership : an integrated framework for breakthrough performance and extraordinary business results
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat44688
Robert J. Anderson, William A. Adams.
--Hoboken, NJ:
Wiley
, c2016.
- Call Number
- HD 57.7 A529 2016
- Location
- Dickson Building
- Halifax Infirmary
- Call Number
- HD 57.7 A529 2016
- Author
- Anderson, Robert J.,1955-
- Other Authors
- Adams, W. A. (Bill)
- Responsibility
- Robert J. Anderson, William A. Adams
- Place of Publication
- Hoboken, NJ
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Date of Publication
- c2016
- Physical Description
- xxxi, 342 pages : illustrations
- ISBN
- 9781119147190
- 1119147190
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Leadership
- Quality Improvement
- Staff Development
- Specialty
- Leadership
- Contents
- A universal model of leadership and the leadership circle profile assessment -- The promise of leadership: meeting the high bar of expectations -- Leadership effectiveness and business performance: the primary competitive advantage -- Mastery and maturity, consciousness and complexity: the leadership development agenda -- Stages of development: the backbone of the universal model of leadership -- Five levels of leadership: structures of mind and performance -- The universal model and metrics: global leadership, cross-cultural, and gender application -- The leadership system: the central organizing system -- Reactive leadership: an insufficient triumph of development -- Reactive leadership at work: from patriarchy to partnership -- Creative leadership: fulfilling the promise of leadership -- Six leadership practices: spiritual boot camp for leaders -- Integral leadership: built for complexity, designed for transformation -- Unity: journey’s end, development turned upside down.
- Format
- Book
- Location
- Dickson Building
- Halifax Infirmary
- Copies
- 2
- Loan Period
- 3 weeks
Medical Quality Management : Theory and Practice
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat46341
Angelo P. Giardino, Lee Ann Riesenberg, Prathibha Varkey, editors.
(Third edition)
--Cham:
Springer
, c2021.
- Available Online
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- Access
- NEW Springer 2021
- Location
- Online
This comprehensive medical textbook is a compendium of the latest information on healthcare quality. The text provides knowledge about the theory and practical applications for each of the core areas that comprise the field of medical quality management as well as insight and essential briefings on the impact of new healthcare technologies and innovations on medical quality and improvement. The third edition provides significant new content related to medical quality management and quality impr…
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Other Authors
- Giardino, Angelo P.
- Riesenberg, Lee Ann
- Varkey, Prathibha
- Other Authors
- American College of Medical Quality
- Responsibility
- Angelo P. Giardino, Lee Ann Riesenberg, Prathibha Varkey, editors
- Edition
- Third edition
- Place of Publication
- Cham
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2021
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xxv, 367 p.) : 35 illus., 18 illus. in color
- ISBN
- 9783030480806
- 9783030480790 (Print ed.)
- 9783030480813 (Print ed.)
- 9783030480820 (Print ed.)
- Specialty
- Health Services Administration
- Abstract
- This comprehensive medical textbook is a compendium of the latest information on healthcare quality. The text provides knowledge about the theory and practical applications for each of the core areas that comprise the field of medical quality management as well as insight and essential briefings on the impact of new healthcare technologies and innovations on medical quality and improvement. The third edition provides significant new content related to medical quality management and quality improvement, a user-friendly format, case studies, and updated learning objectives. This textbook also serves as source material for the American Board of Medical Quality in the development of its core curriculum and certification examinations. Each chapter is designed for a review of the essential background, precepts, and exemplary practices within the topical area. With the new edition of Medical Quality Management: Theory and Practice, the American College of Medical Quality presents the experience and expertise of its contributors to provide the background necessary for healthcare professionals to assume the responsibilities of medical quality management in healthcare institutions, provide physicians in all medical specialties with a core body of knowledge related to medical quality management, and serve as a necessary guide for healthcare administrators and executives, academics, directors, medical and nursing students and residents, and physicians and other health practitioners.
- Contents
- 1. Introduction -- 2. Basics of Quality Improvement -- 3. Quality Measurement -- 4. Patient Safety -- 5. Health Informatics -- 6. Data Analytics for the Improvement of Health Care Quality -- 7. Utilization Management, Case Management, and Care Coordination -- 8. Organization Design and Management -- 9. Economics and Finance in Medical Quality Management -- 10. External Quality Improvement: Accreditation, Certification, and Education -- 11. The Interface Between Quality Improvement and Law -- 12. Ethics and Quality Improvement.
- Access
- NEW Springer 2021
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
The organization of critical care : an evidence-based approach to improving quality
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat33606
Damon C. Scales, Gordon D. Rubenfeld, editor.
--New York:
Humana Press
, c2014.
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Location
- Online
The origin of modern intensive care units (ICUs) has frequently been attributed to the widespread provision of mechanical ventilation within dedicated hospital areas during the 1952 Copenhagen polio epidemic. However, modern ICUs have developed to treat or monitor patients who have any severe, life-threatening disease or injury. These patients receive specialized care and vital organ assistance such as mechanical ventilation, cardiovascular support, or hemodialysis. ICU patients now typically o…
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Other Authors
- Scales, Damon C
- Rubenfeld, Gordon D
- Responsibility
- Damon C. Scales, Gordon D. Rubenfeld, editor
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Publisher
- Humana Press
- Date of Publication
- c2014
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (ix, 284 pages)
- Series Vol.
- 18
- Series Title
- Respiratory medicine (New York, N.Y.)
- ISBN
- 9781493908110 (electronic bk.)
- 9781493908103
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Critical Care - organization & administration
- Evidence-Based Medicine
- Quality Improvement
- Subjects (LCSH)
- Critical care medicine
- Abstract
- The origin of modern intensive care units (ICUs) has frequently been attributed to the widespread provision of mechanical ventilation within dedicated hospital areas during the 1952 Copenhagen polio epidemic. However, modern ICUs have developed to treat or monitor patients who have any severe, life-threatening disease or injury. These patients receive specialized care and vital organ assistance such as mechanical ventilation, cardiovascular support, or hemodialysis. ICU patients now typically occupy approximately 10% of inpatient acute care beds, yet the structure and organization of these ICUs can be quite different across hospitals. In The Organization of Critical Care: An Evidence-Based Approach to Improving Quality, leaders provide a concise, evidence-based review of ICU organizational factors that have been associated with improved patient (or other) outcomes. The topics covered are grouped according to four broad domains: (1) the organization, structure, and staffing of an ICU; (2) organizational approaches to improving quality of care in an ICU; (3) integrating ICU care with other healthcare provided within the hospital and across the broader healthcare system; and (4) international perspectives on critical care delivery. Each chapter summarizes a different aspect of ICU organization and targets individual clinicians and healthcare decision makers. A long overdue contribution to the field, The Organization of Critical Care: An Evidence-Based Approach to Improving Quality is an indispensable guide for all clinicians and health administrators concerned with achieving state-of-the-art outcomes for intensive care.
- Contents
- Part I. Organizing Intensive Care -- Organizational Change in Critical Care: The Next Magic Bullet? -- Origins of the Critically Ill: The Impetus for Critical Care Medicine -- Intensivist and Alternative Models of ICU Staffing -- Health Professionals in Critical Care -- Computers in Intensive Care -- Integrating Subspecialty Expertise in the Intensive Care Unit -- Part II. Improving Intensive Care -- Quality Improvement in the Intensive Care Unit -- Facilitating Interactions Between Healthcare Providers in the ICU -- Teamwork and Leadership in the Critical Care Unit -- Caring for ICU Providers -- Part III. Integrating Intensive Care -- Rationing Without Contemplation: Why Attention to Patient Flow Is Important and How to Make It Better -- Rapid Response Systems -- The Chronically Critically Ill -- Regionalization of Critical Care -- Part IV. Critical Care: Global and Future Perspectives -- International Perspectives on Critical Care -- Critical Care in Low-Resource Settings -- Disaster Planning for the Intensive Care Unit: A Critical Framework.
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Patient-Centered Primary Care : Getting From Good to Great
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat44386
Alexander Blount.
--Cham:
Springer
, c2019.
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Location
- Online
There have been great strides made in designing the administrative structures of patient-centered care, but it is still difficult to design truly patient-centered clinical routines that the entire healthcare team can enact. The kind of partnership, in which patients are fully part of the team that guides their own care, goes against so much of the training and socialization of health professionals and, for that matter, the expectations of many patients. This is particularly true for patients we…
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- Author
- Blount, Alexander
- Responsibility
- Alexander Blount
- Place of Publication
- Cham
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2019
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xxv, 243 p.) : 8 illus.
- ISBN
- 9783030176457
- 9783030176440 (Print ed.)
- 9783030176464 (Print ed.)
- 9783030176471 (Print ed.)
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Patient-Centered Care
- Physician-Patient Relations
- Primary Health Care
- Quality Improvement
- Specialty
- Health Services Administration
- Abstract
- There have been great strides made in designing the administrative structures of patient-centered care, but it is still difficult to design truly patient-centered clinical routines that the entire healthcare team can enact. The kind of partnership, in which patients are fully part of the team that guides their own care, goes against so much of the training and socialization of health professionals and, for that matter, the expectations of many patients. This is particularly true for patients we sometimes call “complex.” In other contexts, we call them “high utilizers,” “disadvantaged,” “heartsink patients,” or “people with trauma histories.” Blount calls them “multiply-disadvantaged” patients. To successfully serve these patients requires our best versions of team-based care, including behavioral health and care management team members, though every member of the team needs help in engaging these patients and mutual support in adapting to the rapid changes in roles that new team approaches are creating. This book offers a summary of the approaches that are currently in growing use, such as health literacy assessment, motivational interviewing, appreciative inquiry, shared decision making, minimally disruptive care, trauma informed care, enfranchisement coaching, relationship-centered care, and family-informed care. Finally, it offers a transformative method, based on familiar elements, that is Transparent, Empowering, Activating, and Mutual: the T.E.A.M. Way.
- Contents
- Getting to Patient-Centered Care -- From a Squad to a Team: Creating Team-Based Care -- Behavioral Health and Care Enhancement: Building a Team to Do the Whole Job -- Getting from “Delivering Care to Patients” to “Partnership with Patients” -- When the Doctor-Patient Divide is a Chasm -- Bridging the Chasm: The Current State of the Art -- “T” is for Transparent -- “E” is for Empowering -- “A” is for Activating -- “M” is for Mutual -- Growing and Retaining an Expert Team -- Quality Improvement, Data, and Partnership -- Articulating the Model.
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Patient Safety and Quality Improvement in Healthcare : A Case-Based Approach
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat46514
Rahul K. Shah, Sandip A. Godambe, editors.
--Cham:
Springer
, c2021.
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Access
- NEW Springer 2021
- Location
- Online
This text uses a case-based approach to share knowledge and techniques on how to operationalize much of the theoretical underpinnings of hospital quality and safety. Written and edited by leaders in healthcare, education, and engineering, these 22 chapters provide insights as to where the field of improvement and safety science is with regards to the views and aspirations of healthcare advocates and patients. Each chapter also includes vignettes to further solidify the theoretical underpinnings…
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- View e-Book
- Other Authors
- Shah, Rahul K.
- Godambe, Sandip A.
- Responsibility
- Rahul K. Shah, Sandip A. Godambe, editors
- Place of Publication
- Cham
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2021
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xix, 383 p.) : 129 illus., 118 illus. in color
- ISBN
- 9783030558291
- 9783030558284 (Print ed.)
- 9783030558307 (Print ed.)
- 9783030558314 (Print ed.)
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Organizational Case Studies
- Organizational Culture
- Patient Safety
- Quality Improvement
- Safety Management
- Abstract
- This text uses a case-based approach to share knowledge and techniques on how to operationalize much of the theoretical underpinnings of hospital quality and safety. Written and edited by leaders in healthcare, education, and engineering, these 22 chapters provide insights as to where the field of improvement and safety science is with regards to the views and aspirations of healthcare advocates and patients. Each chapter also includes vignettes to further solidify the theoretical underpinnings and drive home learning. End of chapter commentary by the editors highlight important concepts and connections between various chapters in the text. Patient Safety and Quality Improvement in Healthcare: A Case-Based Approach presents a novel approach towards hospital safety and quality with the goal to help healthcare providers reach zero harm within their organizations.
- Contents
- Introduction: A Case-Based Approach to Quality Improvement -- Organizational Safety Culture: The Foundation for Safety and Quality Improvement -- Creation of Quality Management Systems: Frameworks for Performance Excellence -- Reliability, Resilience, and Developing a Problem-Solving Culture -- Building an Engaging Toyota Production System Culture to Drive Winning Performance for our Patients, Caregivers, Hospitals, and Communities -- What to Do When an Event Happens: Building Trust in Every Step -- Communication with Disclosure and Its Importance in Safety -- Using Data to Drive Change -- Quality Methodology -- Designing Improvement Teams for Success -- Handoffs: Reducing Harm Through High Reliability and Inter-Professional Communication -- Safety II: A Novel Approach to Reducing Harm -- Bundles and Checklists -- Pathways and Guidelines: An Approach to Operationalizing Patient Safety and Quality Improvement -- Accountable Justifications and Peer Comparisons as Behavioral Economic Nudges to Improve Clinical Practice -- Diagnostic Errors and Their Associated Cognitive Biases -- An Improvement Operating System: A Case for a Digital Infrastructure for Continuous Improvement -- Patient Flow in Healthcare: A Key to Quality -- It Takes Teamwork: Consideration of Difficult Hospital-Acquired Conditions -- Human Factors in Healthcare -- Workforce Safety -- Changing the Improvement Paradigm for Our Kids.
- Access
- NEW Springer 2021
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Pediatric and Congenital Cardiac Care. Volume 1, Outcomes Analysis
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat38901
Paul R. Barach, Jeffery P. Jacobs, Steven E. Lipshultz, Peter C. Laussen, editors.
--London:
Springer
, c2015.
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Location
- Online
This book is the first in a two-volume set of textbooks and focuses on outcomes analysis in pediatric cardiac care, supporting the coverage of quality improvement and patient safety in its sister title. There has been a huge research effort undertaken in pediatric and congenital cardiac care to understand and measure what is done, to establish collaborative definitions and tools of measurement, and to determine robust benchmarks and methodologies to analyze outcomes. This book concentrates on i…
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Other Authors
- Barach, Paul R
- Jacobs, Jeffery P
- Lipshultz, Steven E
- Laussen, Peter C
- Responsibility
- Paul R. Barach, Jeffery P. Jacobs, Steven E. Lipshultz, Peter C. Laussen, editors
- Place of Publication
- London
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2015
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xxii, 515 p. : 100 illus., 52 illus. in color)
- ISBN
- 9781447165873
- 9781447165866 (print ed.)
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Data Collection
- Heart Diseases - therapy
- Outcome Assessment, Health Care
- Quality Improvement
- Statisitics as Topic
- Abstract
- This book is the first in a two-volume set of textbooks and focuses on outcomes analysis in pediatric cardiac care, supporting the coverage of quality improvement and patient safety in its sister title. There has been a huge research effort undertaken in pediatric and congenital cardiac care to understand and measure what is done, to establish collaborative definitions and tools of measurement, and to determine robust benchmarks and methodologies to analyze outcomes. This book concentrates on implementation science in terms of continuous quality improvements and safety science and systems. Pediatric and Congenital Cardiac Care: Volume 1, Outcomes Analysis reveals the remarkable developments that have been seen in the fields of pediatric cardiology and cardiac surgery. This unique collaboration between four Editors from disparate medical disciplines (cardiac surgery, cardiology, anesthesia, and critical care) incorporates an international community of scholarship with articles by luminaries and cutting edge thinkers on the current and future status of pediatric and congenital cardiac care. The goal of this and its companion volume is to understand and advance the profession and its activities, to use common terms, and to improve the management of risk and safety in order to enhance pediatric and congenital cardiac care.
- Contents
- Part I Introduction -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Introduction: The History of Statistics in Medicine and Surgery -- 3 Introduction: Using Data to Drive Change and Improvement: The Legacy of Florence Nightingale -- 4 Introduction: Quality Improvement and Databases in the Context of Professionalism -- Part II Nomenclature and Taxonomies -- 5 Nomenclature for Congenital and Pediatric Cardiac Disease: Historical Perspectives and the International Pediatric and Congenital Cardiac -- 6 Defining Terms in Lists of Nomenclature -- 7 Illustrating Terms in Lists of Nomenclature -- Part III Databases 8 Databases for Assessing the Outcomes of the Treatment of Patients with Congenital and Pediatric Cardiac Disease: The Perspective of Cardiac Surgery -- 9 Databases for Assessing the Outcomes of the Treatment of Patients with Congenital and Pediatric Cardiac Disease: The Perspective of Cardiology -- 10 Databases for Assessing the Outcomes of the Treatment of Patients with Congenital and Pediatric Cardiac Disease: The Perspective of Anesthesia -- 11 Databases for Assessing the Outcomes of the Treatment of Patients with Congenital and Pediatric Cardiac Disease: The Perspective of Critical Care -- 12 Early Database Initiatives: The Fyler Codes -- 13 The Academic Database: Lessons Learned from the Congenital Heart Surgeons’ Society Data Center -- 14 Clinical Versus Administrative Data -- 15 Databases for Pediatric Cardiac Transplantation: The United Network for Organ Sharing/Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients (UNOS/SRTR) and the Pediatric Heart Transplant Study (PHTS) -- 16 Databases for Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation and Ventricular Assist Devices -- 17 The United Kingdom National Congenital Heart Disease Audit -- 18 The Pediatric Cardiac Care Consortium: The End of an Era and Beginning of a New Mission -- 19 Pediatric Cardiac Catheterization Databases -- 20 Pediatric Electrophysiology Databases -- 21 Using Data to Drive Improvement and Build the Science of Nursing -- 22 Data Standards of the American College of Cardiology Foundation (ACCF) and the American Heart Association (AHA) and the Universal Pediatric Cardiac Dataset -- 23 Ethical Issues Confronting Outcomes Analysis and Quality Assurance -- Part IV Stratification of Complexity -- 24 Statistical Issues in the Analysis and Interpretation of Outcomes for Congenital Cardiac Surgery -- 25 Real Time Monitoring of Risk- Adjusted Surgical Outcomes for Congenital Heart Disease -- 26 Risk Adjustment for Congenital Heart Surgery -1 (RACHS-1) for Evaluation of Mortality in Children Undergoing Cardiac Surgery -- 27 The Aristotle Complexity Score: A Tool to Evaluate Performance in Congenital Heart Surgery -- 28 Empirically Based Tools for Analyzing Mortality and Morbidity Associated with Congenital Heart Surgery -- Part V Verifi cation of Data Completeness and Accuracy of Data -- 29 Verification of Data Completeness and Accuracy -- Part VI Subspecialty Collaboration -- 30 Linking Databases -- Part VII Longitudinal Follow-Up -- 31 Use of National Death Registries to Empower Databases in Reporting Longitudinal Follow-Up -- 32 Quality of Life: The Need for a National Database -- 33 Longitudinal Follow-Up Studies in the Pediatric Heart Network -- 34 The Value of National Institutes of Health (NIH) Registry-Based Research in Identifying Childhood Cardiac Disease Outcomes: The Pediatric Cardiomyopathy Registry Experience -- Part VIII Public Reporting of Data -- 35 Public Reporting of Cardiac Data: Pros, Cons, and Lessons for the Future -- 36 Public Reporting of Pediatric Cardiac Data -- 37 Communication Chaos: How Incomplete and Conflicting Information Prevents Improved Outcomes for Patients with Pediatric and Congenital Cardiac Disease (and What We Can Do About It) -- Index.
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Pediatric and Congenital Cardiac Care. Volume 2, Quality Improvement and Patient Safety
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat38899
Paul R. Barach, Jeffery P. Jacobs, Steven E. Lipshultz, Peter C. Laussen.
--London:
Springer
, c2015.
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Location
- Online
This book is the second in a two-volume set of textbooks and focuses on quality improvement and patient safety, supporting the coverage of outcomes analysis in its sister title. There has been a huge research effort undertaken in pediatric cardiac care to understand and measure what is done, to establish collaborative definitions and tools of measurement, and to determine robust benchmarks and methodologies to analyze outcomes. This book concentrates on implementation science in terms of contin…
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Other Authors
- Barach, Paul R
- Jacobs, Jeffery P
- Lipshultz, Steven E
- Laussen, Peter C
- Responsibility
- Paul R. Barach, Jeffery P. Jacobs, Steven E. Lipshultz, Peter C. Laussen
- Place of Publication
- London
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2015
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xxii, 456 p. : 99 illus., 45 illus. in color)
- ISBN
- 9781447165668
- 9781447165651 (print ed.)
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Data Collection
- Heart Diseases - therapy
- Outcome Assessment, Health Care
- Quality Improvement
- Statisitics as Topic
- Abstract
- This book is the second in a two-volume set of textbooks and focuses on quality improvement and patient safety, supporting the coverage of outcomes analysis in its sister title. There has been a huge research effort undertaken in pediatric cardiac care to understand and measure what is done, to establish collaborative definitions and tools of measurement, and to determine robust benchmarks and methodologies to analyze outcomes. This book concentrates on implementation science in terms of continuous quality improvements and safety science and systems. Pediatric and Congenital Cardiac Care: Volume 2 - Quality Improvement and Patient Safety reveals the remarkable developments that have been seen in the fields of pediatric cardiology and cardiac surgery. This unique collaboration between four Editors from disparate medical disciplines (cardiac surgery, cardiology, anesthesia, and critical care) incorporates an international community of scholarship with articles by luminaries and cutting edge thinkers on the current and future status of pediatric and congenital cardiac care. The goal of this and its companion volume is to understand and advance the profession and its activities, to use common terms, and to improve the management of risk and safety in order to enhance pediatric and congenital cardiac care.
- Contents
- Introduction -- Selection, Training and Mentoring of Cardiac Surgeons -- Improving Pediatric Cardiac Care with Continuous Quality Improvement Methods and Tools -- Quality Improvement in Pediatric Cardiology: The National Pediatric Cardiology Quality Improvement Collaborative -- Teams, Team Training, and the Role of Simulation -- The Cardiac Intensive Care Unit and Operating Room Continuum: Quality and Safety in the Cardiac Intensive Care Unit -- Professional Formation of Physicians Focused on Improving Care -- Surgical Volume and Outcome Relationship in Pediatric Cardiac Surgery -- The Pediatric Perioperative Cardiac Arrest (POCA) Registry -- Reporting in Pediatric Resuscitation: Get With the Guidelines-Resuscitation Registry -- Addressing Nutrition and Growth in Children with Congenital Heart Disease -- Patients as Observers and Reporters in Support of Systems and Patient Safety -- Failure to Rescue and Failure to Perceive in Pediatric Cardiac Surgery: Lessons Learned from Aviation -- Quality Improvement in Noninvasive Imaging: Present and Future Initiatives -- Improving Clinical Outcomes in Pediatric Cardiology -- The Impact of Continuous Quality Improvement on Pediatric Cardiac Surgery -- Leadership and Quality Improvement -- A Brief Description of the Role of the Federal Government in the Improvement of Healthcare Costs and Quality in the United States -- Lessons Learned from the Public -- Inquiry into Children's Heart Surgery at the Bristol Royal Infirmary and the English Safe and Sustainable Cardiac Review -- Lean in the Cardiac Intensive Care Unit -- Local Improvement Teams -- Implementation Science: The Next Frontier -- Leadership, Surgeon Well-Being and Other Non-Technical Aspects of Pediatric Cardiac Surgery -- Quality and Safety in a Children's Hospital -- The Children's Hospital of Michigan Quality and Safety Journey: Making Safety First and Making It Last -- Resilience and Systems Engineering -- Measuring and Assessing Adverse Medical Events -- The Role of Communication and Patient Handovers in Pediatric Cardiac Care Centers -- The Role of Technology and Medical Devices in Enhancing Pediatric Cardiac Critical Care Outcomes -- Human Factors and Outcomes in Pediatric Cardiac Surgery -- Information Management and Hospital Enterprise Information Systems -- Towards Effective Data Utilization in Congenital Cardiac Critical Care -- Clinical Decision Making -- Design of Cardiac Surgery Operating Rooms and the Impact of the Built Environment -- Simulation-Based Training to Enhance Patient Safety in Pediatric Cardiovascular Care -- Epilogue: A Vision for the Future.
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
