Quality Assurance - A Pathway to Excellence

Häftad, Engelska, 2000

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Beskrivning

In the 1997 White Paper 'The New NHS, Modern, Dependable' the Government set out its plans for a new NHS with quality at its heart (a vision shared by many health professionals).This book explores the application of the various approaches to quality assurance. The development of the subject, from its early days to the latest initiatives including guidelines, integrated care pathways and the new clinical governance instrument 'Probe', is explored as is its relevance to the pursuit of excellence.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2000-06-05
Mått:140 x 216 x 19 mm
Vikt:399 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:320
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN:9780333749920

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Mer om författaren

DIANA N.T. SALE, RGN, RCNT, is Management Consultant, 1066 Consultancy Ltd, Quality Assurance Consultant to Dorset Health Authority and Associate Project Manager for Price Waterhouse, Birmingham.

Recensioner i media

'This is a wonderful, solid and thorough book, which provides a good basic overview of quality assurance...[it] will help to open up quality assurance to others looking at clinical governance, and provide the basis for a better shared understanding of work done and tools developed.' - Tim Scott, Health Service Journal 'This is a wonderful, solid and thorough book, which provides a good basic overview of quality assurance, and makes links to the wide variety of current NHS initiatives.' - Tim Scott, Health Service Journal

Innehållsförteckning

Introduction: An Overview of the History of Quality AssuranceApproaches to Quality AssuranceTotal Quality ManagementClinical AuditClinical Effectiveness, Clinical Guidelines and Evidence-Based PracticeClinical GovernanceIntegrated Care PathwaysAccreditation with a DifferenceGlossary of Terms.