The Chapter Leader's Guide to Performance Improvement


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The Chapter Leader's Guide to Performance Improvement Cynthia Barnard, MBA, MSJS, CPHQ Quick, concise standard explanations for performance improvement chapter leaders The Chapter Leader's Guide to Performance Improvement breaks down The Joint Commission's performance improvement requirements into easy-to-understand solutions to meet the challenges of these complex standards. You get simplified explanations of the chapter's key components along with communication techniques to help foster a strong and successful partnership between survey coordinator and chapter leader. Plus, to make staff training easy, this guide includes a downloadable PowerPoint(R) presentation highlighting key compliance takeaways. Also, receive bonus tools which include: Annual performance improvement program assessment worksheet Sample performance improvement team charter Critical information checklist Templates for quality plans Samples for compliance with required measurements Samples for compliance with measurements to be considered Checklist for survey readiness Benefits of The Chapter Leader's Guide to Performance Improvement: Empower your PI chapter leaders to successfully navigate the survey process Communicate the impact the PI chapter has on the entire leadership team, management, and caregivers Create a culture of accountability by delegating survey-related responsibilities to staff members Go beyond standard numbers and understand the true meaning of The Joint Commission's PI requirements Get everyone in your facility on board with compliance Save time training PI chapter leaders with the customizable PowerPoint presentation What's inside: Simplified explanation of The Joint Commission's performance improvement chapter Tools for data collection and analysis to measure the performance of processes Strategies for analyzing data to implement better care, improve compliance, and promote positive change Best practices in designing, implementing, and presenting performance improvement programs with reference to accreditation requirements Table of Contents Introduction: How This Handbook Can Help You Part I: Performance Improvement in the Organization Leadership Roles in Performance Improvement Successful Management of Performance Improvement Key Take-Away Points Part II: Planning and Coordinating Performance Improvement Communicating and Integrating Performance Improvement Throughout the Organization Do You Need a Dashboard? Impact of Performance Improvement on Patients, Clinicians, and Staff Teams, Charters, and Leadership Physician Roles and Responsibilities in Performance Improvement Key Take-Away Points Part III: Implementing Performance Improvement The Performance Improvement Cycle Data Collection and Analysis Process Improvement Documentation and "Telling the Story" Sustaining Change Key Take-Away Points Part IV: Effective PI Survey Preparation Critical Information at Your Fingertips The PI Presentation to Surveyors The Data Tracer and the Leadership Interview Key Take-Away Points Who will benefit? Accreditation coordinators, accreditation specialists, survey coordinators, Joint Commission survey coordinators, performance improvement chapter leaders, quality directors, quality improvement professionals Earn Continuing Education Credits National Association for Healthcare Quality (NAHQ) This activity is pending approval by the National Association of Healthcare Quality for CE credits.







The Joint Commission Big Book of Checklists


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"Applicable to all program settings, this fully revised and updated second edition of the best-selling Joint Commision Big Book of Checklists includes new and revised checklists and templates that health care organizations can use and customize. There are checklists for a myriad of tasks, including accreditation preparation, continuous standards compliance, performance improvement and measurement, and much more. This book also includes blank checklist templates and encourages health care organizations to build their own checklists to take organization-specific challenges."--Publisher's description.




Utilizing the 3Ms of Process Improvement in Healthcare


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Utilizing the 3Ms of Process Improvement in Healthcare supplies step-by-step guidance on how to use the 3Ms of change leadership to improve healthcare processes. Complete with forms, templates, and healthcare case studies, it illustrates the proper application of the 3Ms. It weaves stories throughout the book of role models who have succeeded, as w




Improving Diagnosis in Health Care


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Getting the right diagnosis is a key aspect of health care - it provides an explanation of a patient's health problem and informs subsequent health care decisions. The diagnostic process is a complex, collaborative activity that involves clinical reasoning and information gathering to determine a patient's health problem. According to Improving Diagnosis in Health Care, diagnostic errors-inaccurate or delayed diagnoses-persist throughout all settings of care and continue to harm an unacceptable number of patients. It is likely that most people will experience at least one diagnostic error in their lifetime, sometimes with devastating consequences. Diagnostic errors may cause harm to patients by preventing or delaying appropriate treatment, providing unnecessary or harmful treatment, or resulting in psychological or financial repercussions. The committee concluded that improving the diagnostic process is not only possible, but also represents a moral, professional, and public health imperative. Improving Diagnosis in Health Care, a continuation of the landmark Institute of Medicine reports To Err Is Human (2000) and Crossing the Quality Chasm (2001), finds that diagnosis-and, in particular, the occurrence of diagnostic errorsâ€"has been largely unappreciated in efforts to improve the quality and safety of health care. Without a dedicated focus on improving diagnosis, diagnostic errors will likely worsen as the delivery of health care and the diagnostic process continue to increase in complexity. Just as the diagnostic process is a collaborative activity, improving diagnosis will require collaboration and a widespread commitment to change among health care professionals, health care organizations, patients and their families, researchers, and policy makers. The recommendations of Improving Diagnosis in Health Care contribute to the growing momentum for change in this crucial area of health care quality and safety.




Using Human Factors Engineering to Improve Patient Safety


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Human factors engineering (HFE) is concerned with understanding human characteristics and how humans interact with the world around them, and applying that knowledge to the design of systems that are safe, efficient and comfortable. This book describes how to use HFE tools and principles to curb preventable errors and minimize patient harm.







Financial Planning & Analysis and Performance Management


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Critical insights for savvy financial analysts Financial Planning & Analysis and Performance Management is the essential desk reference for CFOs, FP&A professionals, investment banking professionals, and equity research analysts. With thought-provoking discussion and refreshing perspective, this book provides insightful reference for critical areas that directly impact an organization’s effectiveness. From budgeting and forecasting, analysis, and performance management, to financial communication, metrics, and benchmarking, these insights delve into the cornerstones of business and value drivers. Dashboards, graphs, and other visual aids illustrate complex concepts and provide reference at a glance, while the author’s experience as a CFO, educator, and general manager leads to comprehensive and practical analytical techniques for real world application. Financial analysts are under constant pressure to perform at higher and higher levels within the realm of this consistently challenging function. Though areas ripe for improvement abound, true resources are scarce—until now. This book provides real-world guidance for analysts ready to: Assess performance of FP&A function and develop improvement program Improve planning and forecasting with new and provocative thinking Step up your game with leading edge analytical tools and practical solutions Plan, analyze and improve critical business and value drivers Build analytical capability and effective presentation of financial information Effectively evaluate capital investments in uncertain times The most effective analysts are those who are constantly striving for improvement, always seeking new solutions, and forever in pursuit of enlightening resources with real, useful information. Packed with examples, practical solutions, models, and novel approaches, Financial Planning & Analysis and Performance Management is an invaluable addition to the analyst’s professional library. Access to a website with many of the tools introduced are included with the purchase of the book.