Tools for Performance Measurement in Health Care: A Quick Reference Guide, 2nd Edition
2008. 148 pages with CD. ISBN: 978-1-59940-191-1
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A Doody's Core Title
Tools for Performance Measurement in Health Care: A Quick Reference Guide, Second Edition provides readers with a wide range of data collection tools and explanations on use--from basic to complex--and tells organizations how, when, and why to use the tools. This book also provides strategies and tips from the perspective of various health care settings and patient care populations on how to use performance measurement tools. In addition, the book and accompanying CD will take the reader through step-by-step instructions on how to use various tools for systems analyzes--taking a systems approach to identifying performance improvement needs, assisting organizations in appropriate assessment of clinical care, process measures, and patient, client, or resident care. The book provides the following information:
- Comprehensive examination of performance measurement and its relationship to performance improvement and patient safety
- Helpful, up-to-date information for organizations to use on performance measurement concepts when using tracer methodology in their own systems improvement plans
- Tips on how to measure a organization's performance and interpret the resulting data
- Examples from various health care organizations on how to use tools
- Detailed instructions on how and when to use various tools
- Helpful figures and sidebars set up for quick-glance reference
- Possible benefits for each tool
- Potential drawbacks for each tool
The supplementary CD is included with customizable forms to help health care organization's with using performance measurement tools for any process. Mathematical and statistical concepts are in a straightforward, easy-to-implement fashion to make performance measurement--and any resulting organizational improvement--easier to introduce into the health care organization's ongoing performance improvement activities.
Item Number:
TPMHC200
Price: $99.00
