the health care managers guide to continuous quality

The Health Care Manager's Guide to Continuous Quality

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Leebov, Wendy / Ersoz, Clara Jean / Ersoz, Jean, PUBLISHER: Jossey-Bass, Health care organizations are increasingly embracing continuous quality improvement as essential to the continued delivery of high-quality patient care. Surprisingly, there is little information available for managers who must translate the principles of continuous improvement into practical reality. "The Health Care Manager's Guide to Continuous Quality Improvement" supplies managers with guidelines to make customer-driven management and continuous improvement an everyday routine.

U.S. Health Law and Policy : A Guide to the Current

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Caldwell, Donald H., Jr., PUBLISHER: Jossey-Bass, This annotated bibliographic guide to the literature of health care law offers the health care administrator, corporate benefits manager, physician, or attorney a key to the door of health care policy and law. This edition focuses on evaluating the materials--many not widely disseminated--about evolving corporate structures such as managed care organizations and their numerous progeny. Also addressed are topics such as health care liability, patient access to health care, environmental issues, legal issues arising in the context of AIDS, and privacy of patient records.

Nursing for Public Health: Population Based Care

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Lindsay / Craig, Pauline M. / Lindsay, Grace, PUBLISHER: Churchill Livingstone, As the largest group of health care professionals, nurses have a growing influence on the health of the population. This is a key book in making the transition from individualised care to population-based care. It provides a greater understanding of health care policy and gives a comprehensive overview of health policy, economics, and epidemiology using an evidence-based approach. Determinants of health, measures of health, and health promotion are examined. The issues of communicable diseases, screening, minority groups and purchasing, and commissioning of health services are also addressed. This book is the first comprehensive text on public health nursing at this level and will be ofinterest to health visitors, district nurses, school nurses and practice nurses, as well as senior student nurses and nurse managers in secondary and tertiary care.

North American Health Care Policy in the s

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: King, Arthur / Thornton, Robert K., PUBLISHER: John Wiley & Sons, Considers conceptual and empirical issues in the design of national health policy ranging from a discussion of broad principles through specific aspects of health to evaluations of proposals for reforming the U.S. health care system. Contains comparative studies concerned with some details of Canadian and American health care. Reviews the current U.S. situation and suggests guidelines for policymakers who will shape the future of the health care delivery system.

The Dark Walls of Medicine: A View from the Window

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: O'Neal, Kenneth, PUBLISHER: Authorhouse, THE BOOK TAKES A GLIMPSE OF HEALTH CARE ISSUES FROM THE AUTHORS PERSPECTIVE DURING HIS FORMATIVE YEARS, HIS YEARS IN PRACTICE, AND WHAT HE CALLS THE CURRENT DARK WALLS OF MEDICINE-- AS WE HAVE SOME 47 MILLION AMERICANS WITHOUT HEALTH CARE INSURANCE, NUMEROUS OTHERS WHO ARE UNDERINSURED, THE RISING COST OF HEALTH CARE, AND HOW THESE SITUATIONS HAVE LED TO HIS STRONG BELIEF THAT WE NEED AN OVERHAUL IN THE WAY HEALTH CARE IS DELIVERED IN THIS NATION. THE AUTHOR SETS FORTH A PROPOSAL THAT HE FEELS WOULD ALLOW FOR UNIVERSAL ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE FOR ALL, WHILE ENSURING QUALITY AND COST EFFECTIVE SERVICES. HE TAKES A LOOK AT HOW HEALTH CARE IS DELIVERED IN OTHER NATIONS AS WELL. FINALLY HE LOVES AMERICA AND BELIEVES THAT WE CAN, AS A NATION, CONTINUE TO BE THE LEADER IN HEALTHCARE IN THE WORLD.

Researching the People's Health

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Williams, G. / Popay, Jennie / Williams, Gareth, PUBLISHER: Routledge, "Researching the People's Health" examines two related issues: the role of social research in the rapidly changing world of health services, and the relationship between lay and expert knowledge in public health and health care. The book examines these issues against the background of long-term transformations in patterns of health and illness and rapid changes in the strategic management and commissioning of health services. In doing so the book makes a contribution to the continuing and urgent debates on the assessment of health needs, the organization and delivery of health care, and the politics of health service organization and funding.

Managed Health Care

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Robinson, Ray / Steiner, Andrea, PUBLISHER: Open University Press, Healthcare in the United States has undergone a managed care revolution. The approach has transformed the way in which health services are financed and delivered. Arising from this experience, techniques such as utilization management, physician profiling and disease management are attracting attention worldwide. Many management consultants, pharmaceutical companies and policy analysts advocate managed care as the way forward for improving the performance of healthcare systems. In this headlong rush, far too little attention has been paid to the research evidence on managed care. This book carries out a systematic review of the high quality research evidence on managed care in the US. Through a detailed analysis of the research literature they assess the performance of managed care in terms of its impact on utilization, costs, health promotion and screening, quality of care and other key indicators. Following this analysis, they consider the development of managed care approaches in the NHS with particular reference to the early research evidence primary care based, total purchasing pilot projects.

Customer Service in Health Care: A Grassroots Approach to

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Baird, Kristin, PUBLISHER: Jossey-Bass, A sensible resource for learning the key information and skills it takes to transform any health care organization to deliver superior customer service at all levels of the organization.

Pocket Guide to Infection Prevention and Save Practice

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Schaffer, Susan D., PUBLISHER: C.V. Mosby, POCKET GUIDE TO INFECTION PREVENTION AND SAFE PRACTICE provides nurses and other health care workers with a valuable and compact resource. This pocket guide meets the health care provider's needs for readily accessible information to prevent transmission of organisms during routine practice, handle significant employee exposure to infectious disease, and determine when employees should be excluded from patient care. It assists them in implementing the most current, research-based recommendations for safe practice and helps the nurse teach patients effective infection control measures. The book contains three units: trends and regulations in infection control; infection control strategies; and infection control and nursing procedures, with content presented in an easily accessible outline format.

Health, Civilization and the State: A History of Public

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Porter, Dorothy, PUBLISHER: Routledge, "Health, Civilization and the State" examines the social, economic and political issues of public health provision in historical perspective. Focusing on Britain, Continental Europe and the United States, Dorothy Porter provides a comprehensive outline of the development of public health care from the ancient world to the modern state. Covering a broad range of historical issues, the book includes discussion of: pestilence, public order and morality in pre-modern times; the Enlightenment and its effects; health care centralization in Victorian Britain; localization of health care in the United States; population issues and family welfare; the rise of the classic welfare state; and current attitudes towards public health as we approach the twenty-first century.

The Complete Self-Care Guide to Homeopathy, Herbal Remedies

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Feingold, Ellen, PUBLISHER: Homeopathy Center of Delaware, Everything you need to know about essential natural alternatives for good health.

Managing the Health Care Professional

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: McConnell, Charles R., PUBLISHER: Jones & Bartlett Publishers, Managing the Health Care Professional goes beyond standard management theory to give you a clear picture of the characteristics that make professionals unique as employees and thus deserving of treatment that addresses their professionalism. Under the guidance of best-selling author Charles R. McConnell, this practical, results-oriented, how-to guide identifies specific points of departure in how professionals approach the job, how they relate to their organization and its objectives, and how they respond to a manager's leadership, and other aspects that make them unique.

Meal Preparation and Training: The Health Care

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Klinger, Judith Lannefeld, PUBLISHER: Slack, This book identifies and examines training techniques for the kitchen. Designed specifically for the therapist or health care professional, techniques demonstrated should be utilized by health care professionals to teach those with physical disabilities or the elderly how to understand and perform tasks in the kitchen successfully. Some issues addressed in the book include kitchen planning, meal planning, nutrition, safety, stress, and more. Materials are provided to help with kitchen and home planning. The book looks at how to deal with clients in their homes, working with children, hospice, and dealing with individuals with physical and cognitive limitations and elderly from a health care professional's perspective. Meal Preparation and Training: The Health Care Professional's Guide is divided into several sections. Part I assesses the situation - the types of patients as well as the caregivers and family - then focuses on specific disabilities and problems including a client with arthritis, chronic pain, etc. Part II is involved with the kitchen and the home, from safety and modifications to transporting items. Part III focuses on equipment, appliances, nutrition, shopping, and includes a guide to teaching recipes. Part IV provides help for the health care professional and caregivers with extensive support materials. These include funding, agencies and organizations, sources for equipment and materials, general references, and forms and plans for making equipment. The forms and plans may be photocopied, enlarged if desired, and are designed for use with clients.

Illustrated Guide to Home Health Care

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Springhouse Publishing, PUBLISHER: Springhouse Corporation, Home care instructions for patients and their families are explained completely and in simple terms. Large typeface throughout helps readers with impaired vision. Illustrations enhance comprehension. The first section covers the fundamentals of home care, including how to properly handle a hospital bed, feed patients who have difficulty eating, administer medications, provide incontinence care, perform exercises, learn or teach how to use crutches and canes, and more. The second section gives concise instructions for specific procedures, such as oxygen therapy, I.V. therapy, suctioning, tracheostomy care, respiratory therapy, parenteral nutrition, cast care, colostomy care, and more.

Illustrated Guide to Diagnostic Tests

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Springhouse Publishing / Schull, Patricia / Springhouse, PUBLISHER: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, This newly revised edition reflects important changes in technology and the effects of managed care and home health care. New information includes the latest CT and MRI scans; color-tabbed guide to adult, geriatric, and pediatric laboratory test values; 15-page appendix of teaching aids for patient preparation; 12-page, illustrated guide to home testing, including HIV screening, ovulation testing, pregnancy verification, glucose monitoring, and more; illustrated collection techniques for blood and urine samples; and a guide to color-top collection tubes. Included are more than 550 laboratory tests and diagnostic procedures.

Water Quality - Management of a Natural Resource

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Perry, James / Perry / Perry, Jim, PUBLISHER: Wiley-Blackwell, Once a purely technical sub-discipline of hydrology, water quality management is now a social and political discipline, with concerns ranging from ensuring adequate health standards to preserving biological diversity and ecosystem integrity. This book goes beyond the technical manuals and specialty publications to provide support and guidance for the everyday decisions made by water-quality managers. Water Quality: Management of a Natural Resource addresses the rarely touched upon social, biophysical, land-use and policy considerations, which reflect the issues that confront managers and decision-makers. In a series of incisive reviews, experts address key topics in modern water resource management and case studies illustrate the successes and failures of past management efforts. Water Quality: Management of a Natural Resource develops and presents a management view requiring an awareness of: the social context of management, new ecological theories, and how policy is implemented in different situations and countries.

The Juice Lady's Guide to Juicing for Health: Unleashing the

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Calbom, Cherie, PUBLISHER: Avery Publishing Group, A practical A-to-Z guide to the prevention and treatment of the most common health disorders. Written by nutritionist and juicing expert Cherie Calbom, "The Juice Ladyas Guide to Juicing for Health, Revised Edition," shows you how to use fresh juice to lose weight, boost energy, and achieve the glow of health. With helpful guidelines for buying and using a juice machine, Cherie also explains how to put that machine to work with delicious recipes and easy-to-understand nutritional programs for more than fifty health conditions. These research-backed programs include the best combinations of fruits and vegetables for each disorder, along with a diet plan and other health tips that can help you fight off disease. This revised edition provides updated health and nutritional information on many conditions, including ADHD, cancer, chronic fatigue syndrome, diabetes, fibromyalgia, multiple sclerosis, and much more. Supporting the nutritional programs with a unique diet plan, special cleansing regimens, and detailed appendices packed with useful information, "The Juice Ladyas Guide to Juicing for Health" gives you a total approach to healthanow, and for the rest of your life.

Community Health Nursing: Advocacy for Population Health

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Clark, Mary Jo Dummer, PUBLISHER: Prentice Hall, Now more than ever-locally, nationally, globally-society is in need of community health services. This book emphasizes the application of community health nursing as it relates to specific populations, settings, and community health problems. Theoretically and scientifically sound, as well as practical and applicable, this resource is a thorough introduction to the specialty. Unit I sets the stage for practice by describing the context in which community health nursing occurs. Unit II examines community health nursing as a specialized area of practice, exploring its population focus and the attributes and features making it unique. Unit III presents common processes used in community health nursing. Unit IV examines community health nursing care provided to special population groups. Unit V presents community health nursing practice in specialized settings. Finally, Unit VI focuses on community health nursing practice related to common population health problems. For nurse generalists-who need to function in any setting, providing care to individuals, families, communities, and population groups. Acquista Ora

The Hair Bible: A Complete Guide to Health and Care

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Kingsley, Philip, PUBLISHER: Aurum Press, Providing a complete guide to preserving and enhancing the health and appearance of hair, this guide explains how to identify hair type and select shampoos and conditioners to match it; how to avoid the dangers inherent in potentially damaging processes, such as dying, permanent waving, coloring, and bleaching; and the use of brushes, curlers, and pins. Everyday problems such as split ends and dandruff are addressed as are less common problems that may be the result of allergies, ill health, or climate. There are chapters on babies' and children's hair, and issues that may arise in pregnancy or old age are covered. Whether hair is viewed as a crowning glory, a problem that just won't go away, or something that's going away all too fast, this book provides answers to just about any hair question.

Medical Astrology: A Guide to Planetary Pathology

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Hill, Judith A., PUBLISHER: Stellium Press, A complete detailed guide to ancient and classical medical astrology. Includes diagnosis, surgery dates, onset patterns, antidotes, death transits, the four elements and the three modes, effects of planets and lunar nodes in all signs. The Planetary Health Chart and nine key points of health assessment. Few books ever written in this field are as useful to the student.

Energy 101: The Key to Understanding Holistic Health

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Meryl, Jan, PUBLISHER: Booklocker.com, Jan Meryl presents information received from spirit guides in thousands of psychic channeled readings about how and why blocks to health andhappiness reside in the human energy field, but can be cleared. This is a must read for health care professionals and patients.

Residential Choices and Experiences of Older Adults:

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Krout, John A. / Wethington, Elaine, PUBLISHER: Springer Publishing Company, Based on the "Pathways to Life Quality" longitudinal research study, this book explores the ways in which older adults' residential choices impact their health and well-being. The study examines the factors associated with life quality for persons living on their own in the local community, as well as those in various housing arrangements such as a continuing care retirement facility, adult home, income-subsidized housing, and senior apartments. Topics include plans and adjustment to moving; role identities; social relationships, participation, and integration; health and activity patterns; and coping with life events.

Charting Made Incredibly Easy!

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Springhouse, PUBLISHER: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Now nurses can chart the Incredibly Easy way with this remarkable reference. They'll find easy-to-follow directions for charting thoroughly and accurately in all clinical situations. And they'll learn to improve speed and efficiency, reduce legal risks, and meet requirements for licensing, accreditation, and reimbursement. Contents include charting basics: understanding charting, the nursing process, plans of care, and charting systems; charting in contemporary health care: acute care, home health care, longterm care, and rehabilitation; and special topics: enhancing charting, avoiding legal pitfalls, and documenting procedures.

The Pocket Idiot's Guide to Medicare Part D

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Epstein, Lita, PUBLISHER: Alpha Books, A prescription for the right health care. Although Medicare Part D, the federal program to subsidize the cost of prescription drugs, went into effect in January , beneficiaries are still confused by it. With "The Pocket Idiot's Guide(tm) to Medicare Part D," readers have all the information they need to pick the plan that's right for them in one handy book that takes them through the process step by step, including what's covered, who's eligible, and understanding costs. *Complements "The Complete Idiot's Guide(r) to Social Security and Medicare, Second Edition," also by Lita Epstein *Includes screenshots of the Medicare online tool to help readers choose the right plan *Beneficial to seniors, their families, and pharmacists

Everyday Wellness

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Beidler, Marilyn S., PUBLISHER: La Jolla Health Coach, Written by a professional health coach with a lifelong passion for healing, Everyday Wellness is a fun, easy-to-read guide to nutrition, fitness, and stress management. It covers a wide range of subjects, from cleansing internally to cultivating gratitude, from nontoxic beauty products to heart-healthy fats. No matter where you are on your journey to health, you'll find a wise and inspirational guide in Everyday Wellness. About the Author As a health coach, Marilyn Beidler helps people from all walks of life to achieve optimal health. She lives in San Diego, California.

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