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This book explores the many recent advances in the application of quality improvement approaches in the healthcare industry. It includes a discussion of the underlying forces for change in healthcare organizations, issues relating to statistical analysis and management of healthcare information, as well as comprehensive sections on lean and six sigma applications in health care. This text is excellent as a stand alone text or as a supplement to the first text by Lighter and Fair, Quality Management in Health Care, which offers an introduction to the basics of quality improvement for healthcare professionals.
Paperback: 446 pages
Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Learning; 1 edition (November 10, 2009)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0763764493
ISBN-13: 978-0763764494
Product Dimensions: 7.5 x 0.9 x 9.2 inches
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Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
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It's a textbook.. You know, boring. This is my first Kindle purchase for school, and I HATE Kindle! They have so many restrictions. I thought that since I PURCHASED a book, that I could, say, print pages # through # and so on, so I can take the printed chapter with me on the bus/subway, and it's lighter than an Ipad or a laptop..but NO. I also like my Mac to read a page to me so I can get a synopsis of the material, and then go in and read again, but every time it's finished, it reads the author title of book etc, THIS IS ANNOYING! I know which book it is already!. So, I have to read one page at a time. Also, when your referencing a quote, you have no way of knowing the Actual page number, because Kindle has "positions" instead of pages... Uggh! Whatever. I'm almost done using it, and then it's deleted!
A few interesting theories and ideas. Well, not that interesting. After you read a few modern leadership theorists, you realize that they are more or less all saying the same thing...keep it real, be mature, hang on to your ass because it gonna change a lot and people generally behave badly when that happens and you need to keep your cool. (Which, BTW, I rarely see in my work setting despite pointing out to my managers "hey, that's not a very quantum thing to say!) However, leadership professors and academic types eat this stuff up- assigning almost guru-like qualities to these authors and others like them. As for me, I am selling my text back at the end of the semester so I can buy something more interesting and enjoyable to read!
The main thing is that the book is for a class I'm taking so it had to be usable. For this purpose it is fine, it's not great reading material though. I think the instructor could write a better book based on his lectures.
Just received the book, so I haven't had the opportunity to read more than one chapter. So far, the reading has a good flow and is easy to understand
The book came on time for my class and it is exactly what the teacher wants us to read. The reading is easy to understand and is very informative.
The book is missing some pages in the index and it is falling apart. For a rented textbook, I would expect better quality than this.
Book did not meet my needs. Timely delivery was greatly appreciated.
Excellent and star book for confirmation of professional vision.
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