Analyze Surgical Quality Indicators with this New Report; Healthcare Performance Improvement.DUBLIN, Ireland -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c43039) has announced the addition of "Healthcare Performance Improvement: Plans, Procedures & Policies" to their offering. Issues adversely affecting quality of care: * High variability or inconsistent treatment amongst or by professional care providers * Lack of standards or information not readily available through resources such as specialty consultation * Patients are not treated using current guidelines guidelines, n.pl a set of standards, criteria, or specifications to be used or followed in the performance of certain tasks. for care of a given condition - both undertreatment (including underuse underuse Health care The failure to provide a medical intervention when it is likely to produce a favorable outcome for a Pt–eg, failure to give influenza vaccine to an elderly Pt with DM. Cf Misuse, Overuse. of some drug classes) and inappropriate/excessive treatments or overuse overuse Health care The common use of a particular intervention even when the benefits of the intervention don't justify the potential harm or cost–eg, prescribing antibiotics for a probable viral URI. Cf Misuse, Underuse. are major drivers leading to adverse outcomes * Patient noncompliance noncompliance failure of the owner to follow instructions, particularly in administering medication as prescribed; a cause of a less than expected response to treatment. noncompliance - may be economic (unable to afford the cost of care or prescriptions) or related to adverse effects of drugs, unacceptable dietary restrictions or other difficult-to-follow recommendations such as frequent medication doses and cultural issues. The report 'Healthcare Performance Improvement: Plans, Procedures & Policies' covers strategies, example programs, forms, tools, and resources needed for an effective performance improvement program in a medical group, hospital or health plan. Key Topics Covered Include: * Disease management * Clinical Guidelines * DM in behavioral healthcare * Patient satisfaction * Performance improvement - quality in action * Plans * University Performance Improvement Plan - examples * Academic Medical Center Performance Improvement Plan - example * Academic Medical Center Quality Improvement & Patient Safety Committee functions/programs * Hospital (Community) Performance Improvement Plan, Policy & Procedure - example * CQI CQI Continuous Quality Improvement CQI Chartered Quality Institute (UK) CQI Clinical Quality Improvement CQI Channel Quality Indicator CQI Constant Quality Improvement CQI Canonical Query Language CQI Cost of Quality Improvement obstacle busting * Electronic medical records (EMR (ElectroMagnetic Radiation) The emanation of energy from everything in the universe. Although the EMR from electrical and electronic devices is typically measured for practical, every-day situations, every object, including humans, emanates energy. ) * Quality measures * Preventive health care interventions for high risk populations * Provider profiles: example indicators for tracking & trending data * Surgical Quality Indicators * Prevention Quality Indicators, AHRQ AHRQ, n.pr See Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. * Staff quality certification - resource * Survey sampling error - statistical estimates (table) * Quality Indicators - hospital-related * Respiratory Care Services - QI Indicators For more information visit http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c43039 |
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