T Bodenheimer, A Fernandez - Annals of internal medicine, 2005 - Am Coll Physicians An example of a cost-reducing, quality-enhancing program is post-hospital nurse monitoring
and intervention for patients at high risk for repeated hospitalization for congestive heart
failure. Disease management programs that target groups with a chronic condition rather ... Cited by 52 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 7 versions
T Bodenheimer - Annals of internal medicine, 2005 - Am Coll Physicians One major difference between the costs of care in the United States and those in other developed
nations is the price per unit of care—physician fees, payments per hospital day, and pharmaceutical
prices. Greater quantities of high-priced innovative technologies in the United States also ... Cited by 30 - Related articles - All 8 versions
P Varkey, SP Karlapudi, DD Hensrud - American Journal of Medical …, 2008 - ajm.sagepub.com Quality improvement is a potential method to enhance employee satisfaction. This study describes
the impact of a program instituted to enhance employee satisfaction using the principles of
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P Shumaker - Hospitals & health networks/AHA, 2007 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov 1: Hosp Health Netw. 2007 Jan;81(1):8. What lean thinking can do. Shumaker P.
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JD Kennett - Missouri medicine - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov 1: Mo Med. 2006 Nov-Dec;103(6):566-7. Ready or not! Here comes the value-driven health care
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R Hughes - Patient safety and quality: An evidence-based …, 2008 - ahrq.hhs.gov The necessity for quality and safety improvement initiatives permeates health care.1, 2 Quality
health care is defined as “the degree to which health services for individuals and populations
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M Salmon - Nursing Outlook, 2007 - Elsevier Healthcare's increasing focus on quality and safety seem like a “natural” for nursing. The profession
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