Understanding healthcare delivery science

"A new title in the acclaimed Understanding series that focuses on the science of healthcare delivery. Over the past decade, the subject of Systems Science has skyrocketed in importance in the healthcare field. With its engaging, clinically relevant style, Understanding Healthcare Delivery Scie...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Howell, Michael D., author (author), Stevens, Jennifer P., author
Formato: Electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : McGraw-Hill Education 2020.
Colección:McGraw-Hill's AccessMedicine
A Lange medical book
Materias:
Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009637039006719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Part I: What is healthcare delivery science, and why do we need it? Introduction: the paradox of keeping healthcare operations and research apart
  • Complexity: thinking about the healthcare system as a living organism
  • Quality and safety in healthcare: the evidence so far
  • What does the future hold? The kind of healthcare our children's children will receive
  • Part II: Making change in the real world: tools for healthcare improvement. Human factors: considerations for healthcare delivery
  • How teams work
  • Leadership and culture change: implementation science frameworks
  • Standard quality improvement tools and techniques
  • Lean improvement techniques in healthcare
  • Partnering with community, professional, and policy organizations
  • Part III: Seeing the truth: analytics in healthcare. Data in healthcare: where it comes from, how it is structured, how to govern it, and how to get your hands on it
  • Measuring quality and safety
  • Overview of analytic techniques and common pitfalls
  • Everyday analytics
  • Survey-based data: pitfalls and promises
  • Predictive modeling 1.0 and 2.0
  • Predictive modeling 3.0: machine learning
  • What everyone should know about risk adjustment
  • Modeling patient flow: understanding throughput and census
  • Program evaluation: how to tell if something worked in the real world
  • How to embed healthcare delivery science into your health system.