Eleanor G. Gilpatrick, Gilpatrick, Eleanor Gilpatrick

Quality Improvement Projects in Health Care

Problem Solving in the Workplace

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book provides a review of basic terminology and offers guidelines to the untrained researcher for carrying out `nuts-and-bolts' quality improvement research. Fourteen case studies involving actual health care situations help to demonstrate how such a research project can be implemented.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Sage Publications
• Seitenzahl: 408
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Dezember 1998
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 660g
• ISBN-13: 9780761911678
• ISBN-10: 0761911677
• Artikelnr.: 21910527

Inhaltsangabe

PART ONE: BASIC CONCEPTS AND MANUAL
Basic Concepts
Does the Problem Really Exist?
Finding and Verifying Causes
Finding Solutions
Implementing Solutions and Making Them Operational
PART TWO: CASES
Getting Nursing Home Residents into Physical Therapy in a Timely Fashion
Patients Waiting for Radiation during Scheduled Visits
Late Notification of Critical Values by a Hospital Laboratory
Time Spent in Rehabilitation by Amputation Patients in a Municipal Hospital
Incomplete Laboratory Referrals in an HMO Center
HMO Patients¿ Problems with Crutches and Canes
Dealing with Hemolyzed Blood Samples in a Hospital Laboratory
Errors in Filling Prescriptions in a Hospital Pharmacy
A Labor-Management Health and Safety Committee
Nurse Attendance at Mandated Classes in an Outpatient Department
Compliance with Discussions and Documentation of Advance Directives in a
Home Care Agency
Use of a Reminder Letter To Encourage Follow-Up Visits
Use of an Internal Audit in an Intermediate Care Facility
Use of Data on Unusual Occurrences in an Emergency Medical Service