Great Health Care Making It Happen /
Great Health Care is enlightening and entertaining. It’s a must read for physicians, patients, health policymakers and administrators, and the interested public---anyone who wants to understand what great health care is, and how we might build it together. The authors share their stories and mot...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Boston, MA :
Springer US : Imprint: Springer,
2012.
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| Online Access: | Full Text via HEAL-Link |
Table of Contents:
- -Why Chronic Diseases?
- How Has the U.S. Health System Evolved?.- Why has the U. S. Health System Become What It Is?
- Making Chronic Disease Care Great
- Building Systems of Care
- Problem Solving
- Testing and Implementing Solutions – Eric Newman
- Managing Complex Processes
- Managing Medical Information: Tools, Rules, and What’s Cool
- Measuring Processes and Outcomes of Care
- Teaming: Everyone has a Role to Play – Eric Newman
- How Providers Should Be Paid
- Diabetes: Everyone’s Number One Priority
- Osteoporosis: Breaking Bones is Not Inevitable
- Rheumatoid Arthritis: Diagnose Early and Treat to Target
- Heart Failure: Reducing Readmissions
- Chronic Kidney Disease: Changing the Mean by Changing the Mien
- Asthma: Identifying and Treating High-Risk Patients
- Cardiovascular Disease: Reducing Risk Factors
- Obesity: The Elephant in the Room
- Palliative Care & Hospice: Advancing the Science of Comfort, Affirming the Art of Caring
- Myths and Miscreants
- Improving Care versus Transforming Care
- Translational Research or Industrial Process Improvement: A False Choice
- The Patient Centered Medical Home or System-based Care: Another False Choice
- Preparing Physicians with Optimal Processes and Process Improvement Skills.
