Improving Patient Care

As innovations are constantly being developed within healthcare, it can be difficult both to select appropriate new practicesand technologies and to successfully adopt them within complexorganizations. It is necessary to understand the consequences ofintroducing change, how to best implement new procedures andtechniques, how to evaluate success and to improve the quality ofpatient care. This comprehensive guide allows you to do justthat.Improving Patient Care, 2nd edition provides astructure for professionals and change agents to implement betterpractices in health care. It helps health professionals, managers,policy makers and researchers to assess new techniques and selectand implement change in their organizations. This new editionincludes recent evidence and further coverage on patient safety andpatient centred strategies for change.Written by an international expert author team,Improving Patient Care is an established standard text forpostgraduate students of health policy, health services and healthmanagement. The strong author team are global professors involvedin managing research and development in the field of qualityimprovement, evidence-based practice and guidelines, qualityassessment and indicators to improve patient outcomes throughreceiving appropriate healthcare.