Quality management in health care : principles and methods /
Lighter, Donald E.
Quality management in health care : principles and methods / Donald E. Lighter, Douglas C. Fair. - 2nd ed. - Sudbury, Mass. : Jones and Bartlett, c2004. - xv, 589 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
Rev. ed. of: Principles and methods of quality management in health care / Donald E. Lighter, Douglas C. Fair. 2000.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The rationale for quality improvement in health care -- Group processes in health care quality improvement -- Process orientation in health care -- Statistical process control -- Statistical process control approaches -- Advanced statistical process control -- Advanced statistical applications in continuous quality improvement -- Clinical processes -- Strategies for implementing quality improvement -- Making continuous quality improvement work -- Legal and regulatory issues in quality improvement -- The future of continuous quality improvement in health care.
9780763732189 0763732184
2003023651
Medical care--Quality control.
Medical care--Quality control--Statistical methods.
Medical care--Quality control.--United States
Quality Assurance, Health Care--organization & administration.
Statistics--methods.
Total Quality Management--methods.
RA399.A1 / L54 2004
362.1/0973
W 84.1 / L723q 2004
Quality management in health care : principles and methods / Donald E. Lighter, Douglas C. Fair. - 2nd ed. - Sudbury, Mass. : Jones and Bartlett, c2004. - xv, 589 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
Rev. ed. of: Principles and methods of quality management in health care / Donald E. Lighter, Douglas C. Fair. 2000.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The rationale for quality improvement in health care -- Group processes in health care quality improvement -- Process orientation in health care -- Statistical process control -- Statistical process control approaches -- Advanced statistical process control -- Advanced statistical applications in continuous quality improvement -- Clinical processes -- Strategies for implementing quality improvement -- Making continuous quality improvement work -- Legal and regulatory issues in quality improvement -- The future of continuous quality improvement in health care.
9780763732189 0763732184
2003023651
Medical care--Quality control.
Medical care--Quality control--Statistical methods.
Medical care--Quality control.--United States
Quality Assurance, Health Care--organization & administration.
Statistics--methods.
Total Quality Management--methods.
RA399.A1 / L54 2004
362.1/0973
W 84.1 / L723q 2004