Improving care for patients in the last phase of their life has been a field that most health care providers have struggled with during last few years. Having worked with hundreds of providers throughout the country, these experienced authors know what providers need when it comes to implementing a quality improvement project. The guide provides user-friendly, step-by-step instructions on how to implement a quality improvement project in a broad variety of settings. Instructions are brought to life with specific examples ...
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Improving care for patients in the last phase of their life has been a field that most health care providers have struggled with during last few years. Having worked with hundreds of providers throughout the country, these experienced authors know what providers need when it comes to implementing a quality improvement project. The guide provides user-friendly, step-by-step instructions on how to implement a quality improvement project in a broad variety of settings. Instructions are brought to life with specific examples from actual successful projects and and based on best practices in the industry. A wealth of online and other resources will be included. The guide will be written in an informal, maximally helpful style, with checklists, boxed information, tables, etc. It will answer 80% of the questions in less than half the space" of Dr. Lynn's desk-reference, Improving Care for the End of Life , and is the perfect hands-on complement to the big book. Audience: health care professionals involved in the care of those with serious chronic illness, including doctors, nurses, social workers, chaplains, QI experts, clinic administrators, and so forth.
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