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Oxford University Press Oxford Professional Practice Handbook of Quality
Book SynopsisQuality of care is an essential outcome in modern healthcare, and improving this care is an integral part of the daily work of all healthcare professionals.The Handbook of Quality Improvement in Healthcare systematically covers the most modern theories and methods of improvement and implementation science in a practical and easy to follow format. It focusses on key challenges in healthcare, such as developing safe person-centred care, ensuring equity of care, meeting the challenge of climate change, and ensuring that care is safe, effective, timely, and delivered efficiently.By using helpful case studies throughout, and providing ethical, psychological, and practical advice on quality of care, this pocket-sized handbook is the ideal guide to all in healthcare today.Table of Contents1: Introduction to quality in healthcare 2: Challenges for quality improvement 3: Improvement science 4: Implementation science and quality improvement 5: Equity and quality improvement 6: Sustainable quality improvement 7: Economics of quality improvement 8: Coproducing health and person centred care 9: Standards in healthcare 10: The lens of psychology 11: How to make change happen 12: Appreciation of systems 13: Understanding variation 14: Lens of knowledge 15: Strategies for measurement 16: Measurement of person centred care 17: Application of quality improvement - preparing your quality improvement project 18: Application of quality improvement - next steps 19: Quality improvement, research, ethics and publishing 20: Resource hyperlinks
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Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Research Handbook on Leadership in Healthcare
Book SynopsisThis timely Handbook provides a comprehensive and transdisciplinary overview of current research in the field of health leadership. Emphasising diverse perspectives and under-explored issues, it calls for a sustainable future embracing social justice, technological innovation and artificial intelligence, patient-centredness of care, and the fair treatment of workers.With contributions from over 90 experts in the field, this Handbook includes a wide range of key debates in healthcare leadership, focusing specifically on including voices from the Global South. Chapters explore the historical development of leadership theories and practices in healthcare, and identify cutting-edge initiatives which will shape the future of the discipline. International case studies examine critical issues including the handling of the Covid-19 pandemic, leadership of healthcare charities, and changes in the leadership contribution of healthcare professions in the 21st century. Addressing the challenging question of persistent variation in healthcare leadership quality, this Handbook scrutinises the impact of leadership at every level on an organisation’s culture. This Handbook will be an invaluable resource for scholars and students in health policy and management, business leadership, and the sociology of work. It will also be beneficial for healthcare practitioners and policy makers looking to deepen their understanding of effective management in the field. Trade Review‘With this book, Naomi Chambers has brought together renowned scientists whose research contributes to the evidence that great leadership is the key to better patient experiences at a lower cost. I recommend this book to anyone seeking knowledge about how collective, compassionate, ethical, connective and transformational leadership can be applied in everyday practice, or to anyone who has this as a research interest. It is profound work that is most welcome in an era where the scarcity of healthcare professionals is already manifesting itself daily.’ -- Kees Ahaus, Erasmus University Rotterdam, the Netherlands‘This comprehensive volume will be an important reference for scholars and researchers but also has much that will be of value to practising leaders in health care. The presentation of the theoretical components is wide-ranging, clear, and accessible and is combined with case studies and vignettes that bring it to life.’ -- Nigel Edwards, Nuffield Trust, UK‘This excellent major edited collection offers evidence-based insights into the complexity of healthcare leadership in turbulent times. International experts share research-based analysis of the context, theory and practice of leading health and care services and systems, together with a comprehensive set of international case studies of how best to develop healthcare leaders and leadership.’ -- Judith Smith, University of Birmingham, UKTable of ContentsContents: 1 Research Handbook on Leadership in Healthcare: Introduction Naomi Chambers PART I - THE HEALTHCARE LEADERSHIP LANDSCAPE 2 A brief history of healthcare leadership Stephanie Snow and Lawrence Benson 3 Healthcare leadership: cultures, climates and compassion Michael West and Suzie Bailey 4 The role of leaders in implementing health reforms Jean-Louis Denis and Susan Usher 5 Leadership insights in the creation of a global sustainable workforce Charlotte Refsum and Mark Britnell 6 Healthcare leadership in resource constrained environments Walter Mkumbuzi, Walter Mangezi and Crispen Sachikonye 7 Healthcare leadership with Political astuteness Justin Waring, Simon Bishop, Jenelle Clarke, Mark Exworthy and Jean Hartley 8 The contribution of leadership for effective integration of care Robin Miller, Axel Kaehne and Jon Glasby PART II – THEORIES & FRAMEWORKS FOR UNDERSTANDING LEADERSHIP IN THE HEALTHCARE CONTEXT 9 Psychodynamic leadership in healthcare settings Christos Plakiotis 10 Comrades in adversity: The role of action learning in healthcare leadership development Helen Baxter and Simon Moralee 11 The role of trait emotional intelligence in healthcare leadership Stephanie Russ, Matheus França Perazzo and Konstantinos V. Petrides 12 Addressing the adaptive challenges of leadership and organizational decision making in healthcare settings: A dynamic managerial capabilities perspective Gerard P Hodgkinson and Jane Ferguson 13 The relationship between transformational leadership, leadership agility, work engagement and adaptive performance – a theoretically informed empirical study Sandra C. Buttigieg, Maxine Vella Cassia and Vincent Cassar 14 Leadership for quality improvement Charlotte Overton, Joy Furnival, Anna Lewis, Ceri Feltblower and Jane Robinson 15 Insights from complexity theories for healthcare leadership Jo Maybin, Kiran Chauhan and Simon Newitt 16 Openness in healthcare leadership Graham Martin and Frances Wu 17 Healthcare board leadership and governance: conceptual framings and controversies Kristof Eeckloo and Melissa De Regge 18 Organisational Change for Advancing Women in Healthcare Leadership: Role of Stakeholders in Attaining Gender Equity Mariam Mousa, Kathleen Riach, Jacqueline Boyle, Helen Skouteris, Jenny Proimos and Helena Teede PART III – THE MORAL COMPASS OF HEALTHCARE LEADERSHIP: THE ROLES OF THE PUBLIC, THE PROFESSIONS AND THE REGULATORS 19 Leadership for patient-centred care Jeremy Taylor and Sophie Staniszewska 20 Ethical leadership in healthcare Jillian McCarthy and Karen Shawhan 21 Regulatory leadership: conducting mundane work to ‘tailor’ rules Lieke Oldenhof and Roland Bal 22 Leadership that promotes access to services for marginalized people: championing better health and care for people with disability Helen Dickinson and Catherine Smith 23 Cross cultural leadership Judit Csiszar, Akiko Otani, Feroza Dawood and Zhining Goh 24 The value proposition for nursing in the NHS – enabling a shift from cost pressure to public value Elaine Maxwell and Abigail Masterson 25 Leadership and governance of the response to Covid-19 in the UK Chris Ham PART IV – INTERNATIONAL CASE STUDIES 26 Leadership to manage mission drift: the case of health charities working in Africa Crispen Sachikonye and Ronnie Ramlogan 27 Leadership and team building in primary care: the experience of CASAP in Catalonia Alba Brugués, Atoni Peris and Tino Martí 28 New professions and leadership: the case of healthcare scientists in the UK Simon Moralee and Berne Ferry 29 Healthcare leadership on the front line: meanings, value and potential Wilma van der Scheer 30 Supporting the transition from individualistic to collective leadership: A longitudinal study of a university-healthcare partnership Roman Kislov, Gill Harvey and Mike Bresnen 31 The Nursing Now Campaign: Global evidence for advancing the status and profile of nurses in healthcare leadership Barbara Stilwell 32 Case Study of Leadership Crossing Borders: The Burma Skincare Initiative Su Mar Lwin and Christopher Griffiths PART V – HEALTHCARE LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT 33 Leader and leadership development for healthcare managers Ann Mahon 34 Social movements in healthcare: learning for leaders Stella Christou 35 Health system leadership development in selected African countries: challenges and opportunities Lucy Gilson, Jacinta Nzinga, Marsha Orgill and Zakaria Belrhiti, 36 Healthcare Leadership Development for Co-Creating Public Value Mirko Noordegraaf and Marlot Kuiper 37 Problems and opportunities in increasing the diversity of healthcare leaders: a narrative review of factors affecting promotion and retention for racially minoritised women Rakhi Chand 38 The use of data science by healthcare leaders Reza Salehnejad and Nathan Proudlove 39 Digital Leadership and Community Strategies to Transform Population Health Mohan Tanniru 40 At the heart of getting things done in complex health care ecosystems: leadership strategy, sensemaking and sensegiving Jeffrey Braithwaite, Peter Hibbert and Robyn Clay-Williams and Kate Churruca 41 From Paternalism to Mutualism Eco-Leadership: the cultural transformation of healthcare Simon Western 42 Conclusion to the Research Handbook on Leadership in Healthcare Naomi Chambers Index
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Innovative Staff Development in Healthcare
Book SynopsisThis book explains how staff development is an important element for a sustainable staff structure health care facilities. At the end each chapter the reader finds a to-do-list, to replicate the project. The book is devided into 4 parts: 1. Practicing culture change, 2. Learning emotional intelligence, 3. Establishing interprofessional collaboration and 4. How to create the future of healthcare. Anticipating these options and experiences will help leaders to inspire their teams with practical ideas.To find the right trainings for staff development can be time consuming. With this overview about international successful projects the reader has an update about innovations in healthcare and uses the knowledge for the reader's own team or healthcare institution. This book helps readers experiencing their own culture change in their organisation, and create the future of their team or facility with knowledge about how to develop a person-centred culture, how to implement the TeamProcessPerformance in their operation theatre, how to reduce stress by using simple HeartMath-methods. This book also informs on how to establish wellbeing at the workplace, and how to practice interprofessional collaboration to reduce mistakes and costs. Written by authors from UK, Turkey, USA, Scotland, Ireland and Germany, this book offers human resource managers a look beyond their national horizon and presents innovative international concepts. Table of Contents Introduction. Innovative and bold Staff Development in HealthcareChristiane MatzkeThe society and the healthcare system are part of a fundamental change. The issues are similar in the most industrial nations and nearly comparable despite the diversity in setup, structure and financing of the healthcare systems. The biggest driver for innovative and courageous staff development of the future are demography, globalization, community of knowledge, climate change, digitalization and more development of technology, and the impact of the Corona-pandemic. Most of these challenges can only be solved together in a cooperating world society.This chapter focuses on the healthcare system, it’s innovations out of two perspectives: the technical developments and social organizational needs for innovation. The challenges of modern staff development are described as well as the radical change with it’s exiting future options. PART 1. We love the challenge: culture change Chapter 1. Engaging Hearts and Minds to Advance Relationship-Based CulturesMary Koloroutis, Jayne FelgenTwo inspirational workshops were developed to engage the hearts and minds of health care organization leaders and staff members as a part of implementing Relationship-Based Care™. The workshops were designed to employ innovative teaching methods reflecting the adult learning principle that learning should be grounded in respect for the wisdom of the learner. Learners engaged in diverse exercises and reflective practices to apply and internalize the content. Curricula focused on relational competence rather than clinical or technical skills. Caring practices for self, for co-workers, and for patients and families were translated into behaviors. Participants learned practices to develop therapeutic and compassionate relationships with others. Organizational and departmental metrics demonstrated positive outcomes from the workshops including decreased staff turnover as measured by human resources and higher patient satisfaction scores on patient surveys. Susan Wessel, Chapter 2. Establishing Innovation Culture in Nursing: the butterfly effectYeliz DOGAN MERiHAim: Nurses should keep up with constant change and integrate innovation into their services in order to obtain effective and desirable results in their service provision activation of the process of innovation in nursing services reduces the cost of care and increases the quality of care.Material and Method: In order to activate the process of innovation in nursing services provided at Zeynep Kamil Hospital, a number of steps were completed. In the first step, nurses’ level of knowledge was improved through regular training, individual counseling was initiated using the coaching system, competitions were organized for making the process more interesting, and participation rate was increased with rewards. These implementations produced an inovation culture. Results: During the process of activating innovation at Zeynep Kamil Hospital, which was initiated in 2012, competitions and symposiums were held. In the 7 year period, nurses working at Zeynep Kamil Hospital completed 376 innovative projects. Each of these projects had an inventive quality and through these projects, the nurses were able to support novel and creative activities which increased the quality of care. The patenting process of 50 innovative projects was completed and studies were activated for producing new inventions. Conclusion: Regular training, role modeling, and scientific activities that introduce the process, make the process more interesting, and guide nurses are crucial for activating the innovation process in nursing. Keywords: Nursing, İnnovation, Process Yeliz DOGAN MERiHChapter 3. Veränderungsprozesse initiieren über die Entwicklung und Einführung von Führungsleitlinien – ein systemischer AnsatzUte Grießhaber-Paule; Bernhard HeuvelmannThe development of leadership guidelines was supported by the innovative approach of a system based project. With circular communication methods all levels of organization has been involved and irritated at the same time.This article describes, how a project a system of leaders – and all the other– consciously confronts with “interferences”. The unusual format of communication is described. The goal to change was not just supported, but from the beginning of the process present, visible and tangible. Organizational change means change of people, so instead of talking about change, we used interactions to challenge the attitude, behavior and communication of the participants. Personal reflection was needed to experience the way how we speak, listen, interact and function in a new way. Chapter 4. Pearls of Wisdom: The Evolution of a Healing Healthcare ModelEmily Witrak Nowak, Val LincolnHealthcare in the United States (US) continues to evolve at paces unprecedented historically. Increased use of integrative services (IS) for personal wellbeing has been a primary driver in the expansion to healthcare organizations in the US. The development, implementation and evaluation of IS programs within the acute care setting requires thoughtful leaders and teams. In this chapter the authors provide a step-wise description of the evolution of a healing healthcare model within a small community hospital in Minnesota. In this chapter, the authors describe one small community hospital’s development, implementation and evaluation of a holistic model of care in the acute care setting, and the evolution of the holistic model across the larger system. Opportunities for increased integration of concepts of holistic care into academic programs to assure adequate preparation of new healthcare professionals with the foundational skills and knowledge to meet the growing demand for these services are suggested. Chapter 5. A strategically engaged programme of person-centred culture development in health services: The courage of the Irish!Brendan McCormack, Lorna Peelo-Kilroe, Margaret Codd, Debbie BaldiePurpose of the projectIn 2017, a national programme was introduced by the Irish health service to enable cultures of person-centredness in all aspects of its health and social care. The aim was twofold: 1) develop multi-professional facilitators to lead person-centred culture change within their own services, and 2) provide a means for services to embed person-centred ways of working as the norm for how they do their business.Design and methodsCognitive and creative, transformational facilitation and practice development methods using co-design is used to enable participants to uncover the realities and possibilities of their workplace cultures. By using active learning and working with person-centred principles participants learn the skills of critical reflection and unpick their practices. ResultsThe results from this programme from year one demonstrated impacts in: consciousness raising; transformation of self; development of facilitation knowledge, skills and expertise; sharing responsibility for person-centredness; learning and doing. Progress is shown in terms of strategic commitment and support for this systematic approach to enabling cultures of personcentredness.ImplicationsThe programme offers learning in terms of focus, methodology, impact and the considerable support required to enable culture change at a programmatic, national level.Index Person-centred, person-centredness, workplace culture, facilitation, courage, support. Chapter 6. Practice Development: University Based EducationRenate Tewes, Lydia Ulrich, Irén HorvarthDue to the non-stop change processes in healthcare we are in need of professional change competencies. This gap is closed by a newly started course of practice development at the Protestant University of Applied Science in Dresden. This on-the-job training offers experienced nurses to study all the requirements for practice development and bring the knowledge directly back into the practice. The curriculum focuses on three aspects: 1. Evidence based knowledge (e.g. theories and concepts of nursing science, person-centredness approach, research methods, socially and institutional requirements for change), 2. Development of skills for analyzing, planning, putting into practice and evaluating the change processes, 3. Professional attitude (e.g. accountability for professional action, ethical standards, role clarity, social justice). The focus is on establishing creative learning cultures in hospitals, nursing homes and outpatient care. Beside a blended learning approach we train the soft skills in a newly build Simulation Center, which offers the students to foster their abilities to interact and argue with actors. These actors help the students to reflect their actions in a multifaceted feedback process. PART 2. We are bold – Emotional Intelligence pays off Chapter 7. empCARE- ein empathiebasiertes Entlastungstraining für Pflegende Ludwig Thiry, Vera LuxNursing is interaction work and beside cooperation work and subjective labor action it is very much emotional work. Patients experience existential threatening situations and react irrational in inconsistent. Nurses have to adjust to this changing situations to react in the best way. This can be emotionally exhausting. This phenomenon is described as “emotional dissonance” and one of the main burden in this profession.The economic pressure in healthcare and to ensure quality demands for standards. This also reduces the room of maneuver for subjective action. Emotional work is important, so nurses help patients to regulate their feelings. Therefor it is important, that nurses are able to regulate their own emotions. The empCare training helps nurses to deeply connect with themselves. EmpCare is an empathy based program to relief the strain. Studies showed the positive impact of the nurses health. We can conclude, that the empCare program is a good preventive method for a healthy nursing work life. Chapter 8. Wellbeing in the workplace pays offMary Jo KreitzerStress and burnout of healthcare providers has become a major healthcare issue that has implications for not only workforce projections, but the cost and quality of patient care and the lives of healthcare providers and their families. Increasingly, organizations are understanding the importance of creating cultures of wellbeing that both mitigate burnout and create conditions that support wellbeing and human flourishing. Factors contributing to wellbeing include health, purpose, relationships, community, safety and security and the environment. The Wellbeing Leadership Program is a creative blend of programming offered through the Bakken Center that includes 3 day-long retreats, independent study and online learning. The program emphasizes personal and leadership practices that are simple, concrete, powerful and inspiring. The series is based on the premise that leaders are needed at every level of the organization that have the knowledge, skills and capacity to advance wellbeing. Chapter 9. Stress was yesterday! Revitalising Care is today by the adoption of HeartMath® InterventionsSue Smith, Gawin AndrewsThis chapter describes a project to train trainers to deliver a one day workshop called Revitalising Care™. This workshop and the related support of one to one coaching aims to reduce stress, build resilience, help staff feel valued and revitalised, enhance teamwork and empowerment to create a more uplifting and harmonising environment. Nursing in the UK is facing numerous challenges, one of which is staff retention. The workshop including coaching, integrates breathing techniques, positive psychology and adopts emWave® technology to support staff to cope with stressful events proactively. The project was commissioned by the Scottish Government’s Directorate for the Chief Nursing Officer, Patients, Public and Health Professions (CNOPPP), in 2013 - 2015. An evaluation assessment instrument from the Institute of HeartMath (IHM ) USA called the ‘Personal and Organisational Quality Assessment’ (POQA) questionnaire was administered to 127 participants pre and post the workshop. Evidence of effectiveness of the programme is presented. A summary of lessons learnt and guidance for staff development professionals embarking on similar projects in the future is suggested. Advances in new technology accessed by the mobile phone for synchronising human autonomic nervous systems is suggested as a way forward for increasing collaboration, co-creation, conflict resolution and decision-making PART 3. We are a dream team – interprofessional collaborationChapter 10. Personalisierte Medizin im MOILT Sylvia Bochum, Christian Fegeler, Uwe MartensDigital transformation is moving forward and leads to new disciplines in healthcare, like precision oncology. This often needs the collaboration of persons with different knowledge, who see complex problems out of interprofessional perspectives to find solutions. At the MOLIT Institute for personalized medicine, physicians, biologists and computer scientists develop together innovative software solutions for precision oncology while working in an agile environment. Implementing agility into the teams not just need new ways to think and to work, but a general change in organizational structure and leadership. In such expert teams it might be a challenge to develop an alternative career model and also practice a coaching and facilitating leadership style not using top down decisions. Chapter 11. TeamProzessPerformance (TPP) im OP mit Gung Ho Thomas Röhrßen, Klaus WohlmeinerThe most projects in operation theatre focus on structural and process-related organization. This does not zoom on the real factor of productivity in the operation theatre, namely the professional competent, agile and communicative operation theatre team. There is an increase to emphasize on regulations outside the operation room, like operation plan, coordination and operation management including process supporting IT. Our approach of TeamProcessPerfomance (TPP) shows, how this interventions must be linked to the power of self-directed operation room team, to ensure a sustainable operation productivity. In our approach we combine “soft culture factors”, like sense-making, leading and agile team organization with the “hard process factors”. The optimization of the “hard” process factors could be reached by a central trigger-process and the measurement of so called short-cut process goals, which had been evaluated. Due to the generational value change, the skilled labor shortage und the decreasing job-satisfaction in many operation theatres, new integrated approaches are needed. That is why in future the soft-skills in operation projects must also be measured. Chapter 12. Interprofessionelle Ausbildungsstation: Grenzen überwinden – Zusammen lernen und arbeitenChristine Straub, Sebastian Bode, Lukas Nock, Irina CichonThis article reflects the relevance of interprofessional collaboration for staff development in healthare. There is still potential for the development of interprofessional collaboration in the healthcare system. The dominating segmentation of care leads to care deficits as well as it increases the skilled labor shortage in healthcare. This project describes an interprofessional education department in Freiburg, Germany, where the medical students and nursing students work together. This successful pediatric education department offers us an amount of perspectives to develop and experiences to share. Chapter 13. Project: Operation on the TeamIrina CichonIn 2013 the Robert Bosch Trust started it’s support program „Operation on the Team” and invested 2,9 Mio Euros. The first 4 years 7 healthcare institutions did a research about the requirements and options of interprofessional learning in healthcare. The results were summarized and led to 17 new projects on different issues about interprofessional learning in healthcare, which had been financially supported for another 3 years. In the last third phase of this unique research funding the results from the 17 projects were used to develop guidelines, curricula, and teaching material for interprofessional education in healthcare. Another result is, that the medical education is expanded, and the interprofessional learning will be now part of the curriculum. PART 4. Future perfect – innovative staff development Chapter 14. Future of Staff development: a time travelRenate TewesCourageous and innovative staff development is the order of the day. Healthcare is one of the biggest growth sector. Meanwhile every 8th person German works in healthcare. The explosive spreading of digitization will produce enormous amounts of data in healthcare, which will lead to an end of some activities, while new ones will be needed. Beside technical competences soft skills will be on great demand. The biggest part of treatment mistakes arise from inaccurate communication and collaboration. That is why communicative, relational and interpersonal competences are needed. In order that the two professions nursing and medicine become real team players communication gaps must be closed. Both are missing a specific competence for collaboration, which can be trained.Emotional intelligence will become a bigger focus in future, not just in leadership. Everything, what computers can do, they will do. Emotional work as a human factor is still not replaceable. Globalization is not just a key driver for change, but enlarges crisis. Transition management, change management and crisis management will become an important piece in leadership, which includes the management of challenges as well as leading employees with emotional intelligence.
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Open University Press Skills of Clinical Supervision for Nurses
Book Synopsis"I have eagerly awaited the follow up to Bond and Holland's ground breaking first edition published some 12 years ago. This second edition is completely revisited, retaining the readable chapter structure, but tackling the key questions head on pertinent to clinical supervision development for nursing in the 21st century. Once again the authors do not pull any punches critically reviewing the nature of and challenges posed for its full implementation in practice. The strengths of this book are its practical application in and for practice. The continued emphasis on skills development in the clinical supervision relationship is evident, embroidered within the emotional work of everyday nursing practice. This is an essential read for all those still wrestling with full implementation in practice and presents a treasure trove of ideas for those actively engaging in the process."John Driscoll, Continuing Professional Development (CPD) Consultant (Healthcare)This perennTable of ContentsIntroductionPart One: The context of clinical supervision in nursingThe surface picture: the development and value of clinical supervisionThe hidden picture: Resistance to clinical supervision and implications for the clinical supervision relationshipPart Two: Specific skills of clinical supervisionThe clinical supervision relationship: A working allianceReflective skills of the supervisee Support and catalytic skills of the clinical supervisorInformative and challenging skills of the clinical supervisorSkills of group clinical supervision Part Three: Clinical supervision systems: Implications and challenges for the organizationThe big picture: What the organization needs to know and needs to doSection A. Clinical supervision and clinical effectiveness: What works, what do we think works, what do we need to do to demonstrate it?Section B. The practicalities of setting up clinical supervision systemsSection C. Looking to the picture of the future References Index
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Cambridge University Press Management Essentials for Doctors By Shaw Rory Ramachandra Vino Lucas Nuala Robinson Neville
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Cambridge University Press Medication Safety During Anesthesia and the Perioperative Period
Book SynopsisWith medication errors in healthcare an internationally recognised problem, this much-needed book delivers a comprehensive approach to understanding medication safety in the perioperative period. It reviews what medication adverse events are, and how often and where these errors occur, as well as exploring human cognitive psychology and explaining why things can go wrong at any time in a complex system. Detailed discussions around mistakes, judgement errors, slips and lapses, and violations, are presented alongside real-life examples of the indistinct line between negligence and inevitable error. The co-authors bring a wide and practical perspective to the theories and interventions that are available to improve medication safety, including legal and regulatory actions that further or impede safety. Essential reading for anesthesiologists, nurses, pharmacists and other perioperative team members committed to improving medication safety for their patients, and also an invaluable resourcTrade Review'a valuable contribution to the medical literature … This book will highlight important concepts in the prevention of medication errors and will definitely help the patients of those who read it.' Robert R. Gaiser, Yale School of MedicineTable of Contents1. Introduction to Medication Safety in Anesthesia and the Perioperative Period; 2. Frequency and Nature of Failures in Medication Safety during Anesthesia and the Perioperative Period; 3. Frequency and Nature of Failures in Medication Safety in the Intensive Care Unit and Ward; 4. Impact of Medication Errors on the Patient and Family: Managing the Aftermath; 5. Consequences for the Practitioner; 6. Why Failures Occur in the Safe Management of Medications; 7. Errors in the Context of the Perioperative Administration of Medications; 8. Violations and Medication Safety; 9. Interventions to Improve Medication Safety; 10. Medication Safety in Special Contexts; 11. Legal and Regulatory Responses to Avoidable Adverse Medication Events in Anesthesia and the Perioperative Period Part I: General Principles; 12. Appropriate Legal and Regulatory Responses to Avoidable Adverse Medication Events in Anesthesia and the Perioperative Period Part II: Practical Examples; 13. Barriers to Improving Medication Safety: Why is Patient Safety So Hard?; 14. Conclusions.
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Nova Science Publishers Inc Putting an End to Surprise Medical Billing
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Oxford University Press An Introduction to Quality Assurance in Health Care
Book SynopsisAvedis Donabedian''s name is synonymous with quality of medical care. He unravelled the mystery behind the concept by defining it in clear operational terms and provided detailed blueprints for both its measurement (known as quality assessment) and its improvement (known as quality assurance). Many before him claimed that quality couldn''t be defined in concrete objective terms. He demonstrated that quality is an attribute of a system which he called structure, a set of organized activities which he called process, and an outcome which results from both. In this book Donabedian tells the full story of quality assessment and assurance in simple, clear terms. He defines the meaning of quality, explicates its components, and provides clear and systematic guides to its assessment and enhancement. His style is lucid, succinct, systematic and yet personal, almost conversational.Trade Review"The book provides an excellent and refreshing summary statement of his scholarly articles and three-volume work in defining, monitoring, and assessing quality in healthcare...he provides a valuable example of how important it is to formulate a conceptual framework in the effort to improve the quality of healthcare."--Doody'sTable of ContentsINTRODUCTION ; 1. The Components of Quality in Health Care ; 2. Determining What to Monitor ; 3. Determining Priorities in Monitoring ; 4. Selecting Approaches to Assessing Performance ; 5. Formulating Criteria and Standards ; 6. Obtaining the Necessary Information ; 7. Choosing When and How to Monitor ; 8. Constructing a Monitoring System ; 9. Bringing About Behaviour Change ; 10. The Effectiveness of Quality Monitoring
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Bloomsbury USA 3pl Social Work Practice Practical Social Work
Book SynopsisVeronica Coulshedwas Head of Applied Social Studies at the University of Sunderland, UK, before her untimely death in 1992.Joan Ormeis Emeritus Professor of Social Work in the Glasgow School of Social Work (GSSW), UK, where she was founding Head of the School.Trade Review'This book is a classic that has stood the test of time. It has the edge over the competition in terms of reputation, the range of areas covered in a holistic way and the high quality level of discussion and analysis.' - Professor Brian Littlechild, Associate Head of School of Nursing, Midwifery and Social Work, University of Hertfordshire, UK and Chair of BASW Editorial Advisory Board 'I will happily recommend the text to all social work students across the qualifying period of their studies. It is essential introductory reading, because:it is selectively informative, yet comprehensive, and covers the core elements of what students need to engage with as they embark on their studies leading to the social work qualification; it is written in language that is student friendly and yet academic, so that students will access and engage with, and develop better understanding of social work concepts that are in current use; it features case studies, reflective exercises, chapter introductions and overviews, and research prompts -all of which will further facilitate better understanding and engagement with social work practice for the novice social work student, whatever their learning approach/needs might be; it enables students to make the links 'from theory to practice' a less daunting, and enjoyable experience. I have confidence in the author's established credibility and leadership in contributing to social work education.' - Marie Joseph, Independent Academic in Social Work and Former Senior Lecturer at University of East London, UK Reviews of previous edition '[A] key text for social work students and a useful resource for practitioners and lecturers.' - British Journal of Social Work 'The book has always been a perfect jumping off point for students.' - Social Work Practice 'Fantastic book...Easy book to read, good examples and easy to apply in practice.' - Von Kelso, Practice Learning Assessor and Lecturer, Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences, University of Hull, UK 'This is an excellent core text for student social workers...[it]forms the basis by which students have to underpin their fieldwork practice.' - Marguerita McGovern, Department of Political Science & Sociology, National University of IrelandTable of ContentsPreface Theory for Practice PART I SOCIAL WORK PROCESSES Social Work Processes: Assessment Social Work Processes: Advocacy and Partnership Social Work Processes: Communication Social Work Processes: Review and Reflection PART II METHODS OF INTERVENTION Counselling Crisis Interventions Problem-solving Practice Cognitive-Behavioural Work PART III CONTEXTS OF INTERVENTION Working with Children and Families Working with Adults Working with Groups Working with Communities Conclusion.
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Springer Depression and Globalization
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iUniverse The Health Care Managers Guide to Continuous Quality Improvement
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Nano 2.0 Business Press The Medical Entrepreneur Pearls Pitfalls and Practical Business Advice for Doctors Third Edition
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Wiley Elementary Economic Evaluation in Health Care
Book SynopsisThere is a growing reliance on all health care workers to understand and practice economic evaluation. This comprehensive book written in jargon-free language provides a basic introduction to the subject. It succeeds in explaining both the principles of economic evaluation and how to use them. The second edition has been revised throughout and now includes a chapter on decision making, which explains the tools of systematic reviewing so bringing the book right up to date.Table of Contents1. About health economics. Equity. The importance of economic evaluation. Economic logic - resources, margin, and opportunity cost. Economic logic and medical ethics. The expansion and evolution of health economics. Suggested reading. 2. The basis of economic evaluation. Methods of economic evaluation. Suggested reading. 3. Cost-of-illnes studies (coi). Scenario for cost-of-illness study. Conclusion. Areas of controversy. Suggested reading. 4. Cost-minimisation analysis (cma). Scenario for cost-minimisation analysis. Areas of controversy. Footnote. Suggested reading. 5. Cost-effectiveness analysis (cea). Scenario for cost-effectiveness analysis. Areas of controversy. Suggested reading. 6. Cost-utility analysis (cua). Scenario for cost-utility analysis. Areas of controversy. Suggested reading. 7. Cost-benefit analysis (cba). Scenario for cost-benefit analysis. Areas of controversy. Suggested reading. 8. Current issues. Economic evaluation and clinical trials. Uses of economic literature. Secondary economic evaluations. Quality and peer review of economic submissions. Bmj referees' checklist. Interest groups. Health economists' study group (hesg). Suggested reading. Recommended reviews. Appendix 1 Costing methodology for any type of economic evaluation. Appendix 2 Economic logic applied to management of health services - forms of economic appraisal. Appendix 3 An introduction to health care decision analysis. Appendix 4 Glossary
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St Martin's Press The Checklist Manifesto How to Get Things Right
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