Jesse M. Pines

Helen Burstin

Jane Hyatt Thorpe

A comprehensive guide to improving outcomes and value-based care In today’s rapidly evolving healthcare landscape, delivering high-quality care is increasingly critical. Edited by leading experts in the field, Quality Measurement in Healthcare is an essential resource for understanding how to define, implement, and leverage quality measurement to drive meaningful improvements in patient outcomes. Bridging the gap between theory and practice, this comprehensive book equips readers with the tools to evaluate care delivery, address disparities, enhance patient safety, and navigate the complexities of value-based care and payment policy. With 15 expertly curated chapters divided into four sections—defining quality, measuring quality, driving change, and future evolution—Quality Measurement in Healthcare provides a detailed exploration of the history, methodologies, and applications of quality measurement. The chapters delve into critical topics such as patient-reported outcomes, electronic health records, diagnostic accuracy, and rural healthcare challenges. Empowering readers to identify care gaps, implement targeted interventions, and achieve accountability, all while advancing equitable access and optimizing outcomes, Quality Measurement in Healthcare: Provides an international perspective, with lessons applicable to healthcare systems worldwide Contains focused chapters on cutting-edge topics such as patient-reported outcomes, diagnostic accuracy, and rural healthcare Examines disparities in healthcare and strategies to address them through quality metrics Includes real-world examples highlighting the connections between theoretical concepts and practical application Lists discussion questions at the end of each chapter to foster reflection in academic and professional settings Written by globally recognized experts in public health, policy, and quality improvement, Quality Measurement in Healthcare is perfect for undergraduate and graduate public health students, as well as professionals in healthcare quality measurement, quality improvement, and policy.

Quality Measurement in Healthcare

Worth W. Everett

This useful handbook provides a concise compilation of the evidence supporting diagnostic testing and clinical decision rules in emergency care. Clinical decision rules are now widely recognised as best practice for the ordering of diagnostic tests in the emergency department. Aimed at all physicians working with emergency and acute patients, the book begins with an overview of how to evaluate a diagnostic test using an evidence-based approach, followed by an explanation of the clinical decision rules and the methods of assessing the strength and applicability of the clinical prediction rule. These introductory chapters are followed by sections covering the following clinical areas: * Traumatic Injuries * Cardiology * Infectious Disease * Surgical and Abdominal Complaints * Urology * Neurology * Ophthalmology, Hematology, Rheumatology * Pulmonology. For each test and clinical decision rule, the most current and best available studies in the literature are discussed and applied to emergency department and acute care patients in addressing the question at hand, followed by an overall recommendation on how to use the test or rule in the clinical context. Evidence-Based Emergency Care is an accessible and extremely useful reference for physicians at all levels to use in applying an evidence-based approach to ordering and interpreting tests in an acute care environment.

Diagnostic Testing and Clinical Decision Rules

Evidence-Based Emergency Care

William J. Brady

Christopher P. Holstege

Alexander B. Baer

Containing high quality images, this book presents the common visual diagnoses that are either pathognomonic or suggestive of specific illnesses. Organized randomly as a patient would present their 'chief complaint' rather than neatly into topics, this book is an invaluable aid for all health care personnel who manage patients in acute care settings. This book is also ideal for national examination review.

Jesse M. Pines

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