Quality and Safety in Neurosurgery covers recent improvements and presents solutions for problems that impact patient care. This book is written for anyone who works at the intersection of quality, safety and neurosurgery, including neurosurgeons, neurologists, clinical researchers looking to improve outcomes in neurosurgery, hospital quality and safety officers, department leaders, fellows and residents. Edited by neurosurgeons who helped build the culture of quality and safety in the Department of Neurosurgery at UMN, this work emphasizes quality and safety, whether through 'value based purchasing', finding specialty specific quality and safety metrics, or just the professional desire to provide quality care.
- Presents an overview of quality and safety in neurosurgical settings and discusses solutions for problems that impact patient care
- Gives readers the tools they need to improve quality and safety in neurosurgery
- Provides examples on how to implement new tactics
- Includes coverage on teams, competence, safety, hospital incentives, quality, the physician handoff, medication compliance and operating room efficiency, and more
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Elsevier Science & Techn.
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978-0-12-812899-2 (9780128128992)
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Section I. The Importance of Quality and Safety in Neurosurgery1. The many perspectives of quality and safety in neurosurgery2. The history and future of quality and safety in neurosurgery3. Clinical research in quality improvement: Complimentary approaches to improving neurosurgical practice
Section II. Measuring and Improving Performance4. On developing the tools and metrics for a neurosurgical quality program5. The role of clinical registries in health care6. Measuring value of healthcare: The importance and challenges of measuring true cost7. Teams, competence and safety in surgery8. Evidenced-based practice of neurosurgery: Implications for quality and safety9. The physician handoff and its role in quality and safety
Section III. The Practice of Quality and Safety in Neurosurgery10. Improving operating room safety11. Using multi-center clinical registries to improve outcomes12. Improving efficiency and mapping surgical procedures using lean methods13. Quality efforts for reducing mortality in neurosurgery14. Reducing readmissions15. Improving outcomes: Big data and predictive analytics16. Improving performance by improving education17. Improving outcomes with subspecialization and regionalization18. Quality of care and outcomes in pediatric neurosurgery: Incorporating evidence-based practice 19. Eliminating unnecessary diagnostic imaging and labs20. Creating national practice standards through collaboration21. Use of risk model for assessment of resident perception of surgical complexity and evaluation of procedural competence22. Use of physical education and nutrition program to improve outcomes
