Improving Clinical Practice: Total Quality Management and the Physician

By David R. Blumenthal and Anne C. Scheck

TQM for the Physician Health system leaders, medical directors, quality managers, and clinicians--anyone struggling with how to apply Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) to clinical medicine--should read this book. --James L. Reinertsen, M.D., Chief Executive Officer, HealthSystem Minnesota This complete reference reveals how health care professionals can apply the proven techniques of Total Quality Management (TQM) to enhance their clinical decision making and ultimately improve the quality of patient care. It describes the diverse scientific methodologies that TQM employs, details practical applications of TQM as used in a number of clinical settings, and outlines the opportunities and challenges facing health care professionals who apply the principles of TQM.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0787900931
• ISBN13: 9780787900939
• Release Date: January 1995
• Publisher: Jossey-Bass
• Length: 310 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.