Health Care Outcomes: Collaborative, Path-Based Approaches: . (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780834211377)

The transformation in the health care industry, begun over a decade ag o, will continue well into the 21st century. And the dominant theme in the new millennium is likely to be collaborative practice and outcome s-based health care delivery. A collection of the most current and inn ovative presentations in path-based, collaborative practices, this boo k focuses on the design, implementation and analysis of outcomes for t he heavy volume DRGs. For each DRG, the authors present two to three s tandard clinical pathways, and then show how those pathways can be man ipulated to alter outcomes. Health Care Outcomes covers topics in Resp iratory, Neonatal/Pediatric, General Surgery, Orthopaedic, and Geriatr ic Care. A comprehensive collection of critical pathways and outcomes maps being used by leading hospitals and health care agencies around t he country, this is an important reference for developing path-based c are models, or revising critical paths and outcomes maps.

Author: Suzanne Blancett,Dominick Flarey
ISBN-10: 0834211378
ISBN-13: 9780834211377
Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Publishers
Language: English
Published: 05/04/1998
Pages: 403
Format: Paperback
Weight: 2.23lbs
Size: 11.69h x 8.27w x 0.86d