This introduction to quality assurance within the primary sector explores methods and strategies currently in use, and utilizes data from a survey of all Health Authorities in England and Wales. It addresses issues such as clinical governance and continuing professional develpment.
The Quality and Outcomes Framework has deeply divided UK general practitioners. I commend this book and applaud its determination to scrutinise every aspect of the Quality and Outcomes Framework - good and bad and in-between.
This volume, developed by the Observatory together with OECD, provides an overall conceptual framework for understanding and applying strategies aimed at improving quality of care.
Making a Difference in Primary Care Graham Watt ... 16.7.1 A journey to the Deep End Lisa Robins I went to medical school as most 18-year olds do, full of ideas and an ambition to make the world a better place.
This Quality Book of Tools is a unique collection of quality performance indicators for primary care in Canada.
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The text provides knowledge about the theory and practical applications for each of the core areas that comprise the field of medical quality management as well as insight and essential briefings on the impact of new healthcare technologies ...
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Quality Improvement in General Practice: what Do GPs and Practice Managers Think?.
This is the first book to analyze in depth the current causes of shortage of family physicians and the relative weakness of the family practice model in many countries in the Eastern Mediterranean Region.
He was a partner at Lintonville Medical Group, a modern teaching and fundholding general practice where many of the ideas described in ... He has written and spoken widely at home and abroad on education and quality in general practice, ...