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Book SynopsisKaiser Permanente has implemented the largest nongovernmental electronic health record in the world, serving more than 8.6 million Kaiser Permanente members. Called KP HealthConnect, its impact on patient care outcomes, efficiency, safety, and patient engagement and satisfaction already is of intense interest throughout the health care industry. In this volume, Louise L. Liang, MD, who led the massive KP HealthConnect implementation, collects lessons learned from the organization''s successful deployment strategy and highlights ways in which the new technological tools are changing and improving - the health care provided to patients and the operations and culture of the organization.
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Table of Contents
Forward (Donald M. Berwick).
Introduction (Louise L. Liang).
KP HealthConnect: A Primer.
SECTION I: SETTING THE COURSE.
1 Opportunity and Strategic Leadership (Louise L. Liang).
SECTION II: LAYING THE TRACKS.
2 Implementation through Collaboration (Donna Deckard and Pamela Hudson).
3 Physician Leadership and Engagement (Andrew M. Wiesenthal).
4 Nursing Leadership and Impact (Marilyn P. Chow and Valerie Fong).
Case Study: Deploying KP HealthConnect in Colorado (John H. Cochran).
SECTION III: HARVESTING VALUE.
5 Making It Matter: Value and Quality (Terhilda Garrido and Alide Chase).
6 Managing the Health of Populations (Louise L. Liang, Robert Unitan, and Jed Weissberg).
7 Redesigning Primary Care with KP HealthConnect (Ruth Brentari and Leslie Francis).
8 Making Health Personal (Kate Christensen and Anna-Lisa Silvestre).
9 Improving Patient Safety (Douglas Bonacum).
10 Supercharging Research through KP HealthConnect (Mary L. Durham).
SECTION IV: FUTURE DIRECTIONS.
11 KP HealthConnect and the Archimedes Model (David M. Eddy).
12 The Digital Transformation of Health Care (George C. Halvorson).
