Medicare : New Directions in Quality-Assurance Proceedings.

Medicare : New Directions in Quality-Assurance Proceedings.

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Main Author: Staff, Institute of Medicine
Other Authors: Donaldson, Molla S., Harris-Wehling, Jo
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington : National Academies Press, 1991
Subjects:
Medicare > Congresses.
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Medicare
  • Copyright
  • Acknowledgments
  • Contents
  • PART I Introduction
  • 1 Introduction
  • QUALITY OF CARE AND QUALITY ASSURANCE FOR MEDICARE
  • THE INSTITUTE OF MEDICINE STUDY
  • THE INSTITUTE OF MEDICINE CONFERENCE ON MEDICARE: NEW DIRECTIONS IN QUALITY ASSURANCE
  • THE CONFERENCE AGENDA
  • 2 The Institute of Medicine Report
  • CHARGES TO THE COMMITTEE
  • DEFINING QUALITY OF CARE
  • FINDINGS
  • Health Care and Health of the Elderly
  • Burden of Harm
  • Approaches to Quality Assurance
  • Peer Review Organizations
  • Capacity Building
  • A STRATEGY FOR MEDICARE QUALITY ASSURANCEMission and Goals of Medicare Program
  • Medicare Program to Assure Quality
  • REFERENCES
  • PART II New Directions: More Professionalism, Less Regulation
  • New Directions: More Professionalism, Less Regulation
  • INTRODUCTION
  • 3 More Professionalism, Less Regulation: The Committee View
  • PROFESSIONALISM
  • RESPONSIVENESS TO OUTCOMES
  • COMPETITIVENESS
  • PRIDE
  • CONCLUSIONS
  • REFERENCES
  • 4 More Professionalism, Less Regulation: A Response
  • PROGRAMMATIC CONSIDERATIONS
  • PRACTICE PARAMETERS
  • AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION (AMA) GUIDELINES FOR QUALITY ASSURANCERESEARCH AND PEER REVIEW
  • CONCLUSION
  • REFERENCE
  • PART III New Directions: Organization- and System-Focused Quality Improvement
  • New Directions: Organization- and System-Focused Quality Improvement
  • INTRODUCTION
  • REFERENCES
  • 5 Organization- and System-Focused Quality Improvement: The Committee View
  • QUALITY IMPROVEMENT AND OUTCOMES
  • THE ROLE QUALITY IMPROVEMENT PLAYS
  • REFERENCES
  • 6 Organization- and System-Focused Quality Improvement: A Response
  • QUALITY IMPROVEMENT POLICY AT WEST PACES FERRY HOSPITALRELATING QUALITY ASSURANCE TO QUALITY IMPROVEMENT
  • THE INSTITUTE OF MEDICINE REPORT FROM A CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT PERSPECTIVE
  • Continuous Improvement as a Preferred Model
  • The Power of Locally Developed Initiatives
  • Quality Improvement Education
  • Supportive Methods of Public Review and Oversight
  • Community Hospitals as Focal Points of Quality Improvement
  • SUMMARY
  • REFERENCES
  • PART IV New Directions: Improved Decisionmaking by Patients and Clinicians
  • New Directions: Improved Decisionmaking by Patients and CliniciansINTRODUCTION
  • 7 Improved Decisionmaking by Patients and Clinicians: The Committee View
  • FIRST-ORDER RESEARCH
  • APPLYING THE RESULTS OF EFFECTIVENESS RESEARCH TO PATIENT CARE
  • SHARED DECISIONMAKING
  • BARRIERS AND INCENTIVES TO IMPROVEMENT
  • SUMMARY
  • REFERENCES
  • 8 Improved Decisionmaking by Patients and Clinicians: A Response
  • PATIENT PERSPECTIVES ON HEALTH CARE QUALITY
  • INFORMATION NEEDS
  • ISSUES CONCERNING PATIENT INFORMATION
  • SUMMARY
  • REFERENCES

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