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Surgical Quality Improvement

  • Key theories of quality improvement are explored, with a focus on applications to the field of surgery
  • The authors discuss practical skills for quality improvement, including data interpretation, problem definition, as well as implementation and dissemination techniques
  • Detailed examples of how to manage different situations are provided
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Success in Academic Surgery (SIAS)

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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-ix
  2. Quality Improvement in Surgery

    • Lillian S. Kao
    Pages 1-8
  3. The Science of Quality Improvement

    • Christina A. Minami, Karl Y. Bilimoria, Anthony D. Yang
    Pages 9-26
  4. Measuring Surgical Quality

    • Andrew M. Ibrahim, Justin B. Dimick
    Pages 27-38
  5. Are You Capable of Providing High Quality Care?

    • Affan Umer, Scott Ellner
    Pages 39-44
  6. Surgical Quality Improvement: Local Quality Improvement

    • Ira L. Leeds, Elizabeth C. Wick
    Pages 45-53
  7. How to Address a Quality Problem

    • Brandyn D. Lau, Elliott R. Haut
    Pages 55-63
  8. Barriers and Pitfalls in Quality Improvement

    • Ryan D. Macht, David McAneny
    Pages 65-74
  9. Conflict Resolution

    • Lawrence Tsen, Jo Shapiro, Stanley Ashley
    Pages 75-83
  10. Teaching Quality Improvement

    • Morgan M. Sellers, Sandra L. Wong, Rachel R. Kelz
    Pages 85-94
  11. Is ‘Quality Science’ Human Subjects Research?

    • Megan K. Applewhite, Peter Angelos
    Pages 95-100
  12. Academic Careers in Quality Improvement

    • Brad S Oriel, Kamal M. F. Itani
    Pages 101-110
  13. National Quality Improvement: Federal Regulation, Public Reporting, and the Surgeon

    • Jason B. Liu, Bruce L. Hall, Clifford Y. Ko
    Pages 111-123
  14. The Public Perception of Quality Improvement in Surgery

    • James Taylor, Tim Xu, Martin A. Makary
    Pages 125-132
  15. Back Matter

    Pages 133-136

About this book

This book teaches the theories and concepts behind surgical quality improvement and explains the skills and traits needed to become a high quality provider.

The editors aim to teach and inspire the reader to achieve high quality outcomes and strive for continuous improvement.

Editors and Affiliations

  • University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, USA

    Rachel R. Kelz

  • The Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover, USA

    Sandra L. Wong

About the editors

Rachel R. Kelz, MD MSCE

Associate Professor of Surgery

Associate Program Director, General Surgery Residency Program ACS NSQIP, Surgeon Champion Department of Surgery Center for Surgery and Health Economics University of Pennsylvania, Perelman School of Medicine

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Surgical Quality Improvement

  • Editors: Rachel R. Kelz, Sandra L. Wong

  • Series Title: Success in Academic Surgery

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-23356-7

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2017

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-23355-0Published: 16 December 2016

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-23356-7Published: 30 November 2016

  • Series ISSN: 2194-7481

  • Series E-ISSN: 2194-749X

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: IX, 136

  • Number of Illustrations: 9 b/w illustrations, 6 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Practice and Hospital Management, Surgery, Health Administration

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eBook USD 39.99
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  • Read on any device
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  • Own it forever
Softcover Book USD 54.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout

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