Understanding Healthcare Delivery Science (Original PDF from Publisher)

Understanding Healthcare Delivery Science (Original PDF from Publisher)

by authors Michael Howell and Jennifer P. Stevens

a brand-new book in the well-regarded Understanding series that focuses on the science of healthcare provision The importance of systems science has exploded in the healthcare industry during the past ten years .

Understanding Healthcare Delivery Science is the ideal introduction to this topical subject with its interesting , clinically applicable language . It addresses every facet of what “best care” actually is and how it might be provided in the most effective way possible . The book stands out for two additional reasons : its thorough coverage covers everything from quality and safety to data and legislation and its numerous case vignettes place the content in a therapeutically relevant framework .

Readers will find an important opening part that provides an excellent overview of healthcare delivery science . Expert on healthcare quality and co-author Dr. Michael Howell’s study has been featured in The New York Times , CNN and Consumer Reports . He has participated in national advisory groups for the CDC , Society of Critical Care Medicine , CMS and other organizations that are concerned with quality and safety .

Dr. Howell is a scientist that focuses on healthcare delivery and has written more than 90 research papers , editorials and book chapters on issues like quality , safety , patient-centeredness and critical care . One of the main teaching hospitals for Harvard Medical School is the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center , where Jennifer Stevens , MD is on the faculty of the Center for Healthcare Delivery .

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