Reviews the evidence base for using audit and feedback to support improvement, summarising historical origins, guiding theories, and supporting evidence. This title is also available as open access on Cambridge Core....Lasīt vairāk
Microsystems are the building blocks of the healthcare system. They are the small functional frontline units that provide most healthcare to most people, be it a clinic or a ward. The microsystem improvement approach engages teams at the frontline of...Lasīt vairāk
Despite enormous efforts at healthcare improvement, major challenges remain in achieving optimal outcomes, safety, cost, and value. This Element introduces the concept of learning health systems, which have been proposed as a possible solution. Thoug...Lasīt vairāk
The main principles underpinning measurement for healthcare improvement are outlined in this Element. Although there is no single formula for achieving optimal measurement to support improvement, a fundamental principle is the importance of using mul...Lasīt vairāk
Introduces key principles of healthcare supply chains, with practical insights into their design, operation, and application as an improvement approach. This title is also available as open access on Cambridge Core. Creating a well-integrated...Lasīt vairāk
Design creativity describes the process by which needs are explored and translated into requirements for change. This Element examines the role of design creativity within the context of healthcare improvement. It begins by outlining the characterist...Lasīt vairāk
Ethics involves examining values and identifying what is good, right, and justified and why. Diverse values and ethical issues run through healthcare improvement, but they are not always recognised or given the attention they need. While much effor...Lasīt vairāk
Statistical process control methodology was developed by Walter Shewhart in the 1920s as part of his work on quality control in industry. Shewhart observed that quality is about hitting target specifications with minimum variation. While every proces...Lasīt vairāk
Sērija : Elements of Improving Quality and Safety in Healthcare
(Izdošanas datums: 28-Mar-2024, Hardback, Izdevniecība: Cambridge University Press, ISBN-13: 9781009521291)
Explores the role of statistical process control in offering an intuitive, practical, and robust approach to supporting efforts to improve healthcare. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core. Statistical process control...Lasīt vairāk
Sērija : Elements of Improving Quality and Safety in Healthcare
(Izdošanas datums: 15-Feb-2024, Hardback, Izdevniecība: Cambridge University Press, ISBN-13: 9781009462617)
Outlines how spread, scale-up, and sustainability can be approached in healthcare improvement to increase the reach and long-term success of interventions. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core. Few interventions that...Lasīt vairāk
Outlines how spread, scale-up, and sustainability can be approached in healthcare improvement to increase the reach and long-term success of interventions. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core. Few interventions that...Lasīt vairāk
This Element examines economic perspectives on improving quality and safety in healthcare. Though competition is generally recognised by economists as an important driver of improvement, it may not work so straightforwardly in healthcare in part be...Lasīt vairāk
Sērija : Elements of Improving Quality and Safety in Healthcare
(Izdošanas datums: 18-Jan-2024, Hardback, Izdevniecība: Cambridge University Press, ISBN-13: 9781009454209)
This Element examines economic perspectives on improving quality and safety in healthcare. Though competition is generally recognised by economists as an important driver of improvement, it may not work so straightforwardly in healthcare in part be...Lasīt vairāk
Lessons from service and system failures describe how governance and leadership each play a pivotal role in high-quality, safe care. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core. Lessons from service and system failures descr...Lasīt vairāk
Sērija : Elements of Improving Quality and Safety in Healthcare
(Izdošanas datums: 07-Dec-2023, Hardback, Izdevniecība: Cambridge University Press, ISBN-13: 9781009462587)
Lessons from service and system failures describe the pivotal roles played by governance and leadership in delivering high-quality, safe care. This Element sets out what the terms governance and leadership mean and how thinking about them has develop...Lasīt vairāk
This Element reviews the evidence for three workplace conditions that matter for improving quality and safety in healthcare: staffing; psychological safety, teamwork, and speaking up; and staff health and well-being at work. The authors propose that...Lasīt vairāk
Highlights successes and promising approaches but also the challenges in generating and using evidence to address overuse. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core-- Highlights successes and promising approaches but als...Lasīt vairāk
Simulation has been employed as an educational technique in healthcare, but is rapidly evolving as an approach for healthcare improvement. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core. Historically simulation was used as an e...Lasīt vairāk
Healthcare policy frequently invokes notions of cultural change as a means of achieving improvement and good-quality care. This Element unpacks what is meant by organisational culture and explores the evidence for linking culture to healthcare qualit...Lasīt vairāk
This Element introduces and critically reflects on the contribution of implementation science to healthcare improvement efforts. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core. This Element introduces and critically reflects on...Lasīt vairāk
