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Quality Assurance in Dialysis

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Editors:
  1. Lee W. Henderson

    1. Baxter Healthcare Corporation, McGaw Park, USA

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  2. Richard S. Thuma

    1. Baxter Healthcare Corporation, Roundlake, USA

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Part of the book series: Developments in Nephrology (DINE, volume 39)

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Table of contents (26 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. Evidence-based medicine as a strategy for improving the quality of clinical decision making for dialysis patients

    • David N. Churchill
    Pages 1-6

  3. A continuous quality improvement paradigm for health care networks

    • Edmund G. Lowrie
    Pages 7-26

  4. Process for initiating and maintaining continuous quality improvement in the ESRD setting

    • Gregory Hohner, Diane Fender
    Pages 27-38

  5. Choice of statistical models for assessing the clinical outcomes of the efforts to provide high quality care for the ESRD patient

    • Edward F. Vonesh
    Pages 39-54

  6. Assigning severity indices to outcomes

    • Naseem S. Amin
    Pages 55-60

  7. The role of quality assurance in preventing legal actions

    • James T. O’Neill
    Pages 61-72

  8. Quality Criteria for the Clinical Record

    • Susan Williams, K I M Pierpoint, Corrine Algrim Boyle
    Pages 73-80

  9. The impact of global vigilance reporting requirements on the quality of dialysis products and services

    • Pamela McDonnell, Richard S. Thuma
    Pages 81-92

  10. Regulatory environment and government impact on the quality of dialysis products

    • Steven Hoff, Richard Newman
    Pages 93-104

  11. Global spectrum of quality assurance in the provision of dialysis

    • Robert Allen
    Pages 105-109

  12. Clinical Quality of the Patient at Onset of Dialysis Treatment

    • T. Alpikizler, Raymond M. Hakim
    Pages 111-123

  13. Patient and Therapy Perspectives: Choosing the Patient “Is better Worse?”

    • C. M. Kjellstrand
    Pages 125-131

  14. Quality of care in the pre-ESRD period; impact on survival in the first year of dialysis

    • James Tattersall
    Pages 133-142

  15. Quality of life assurance in hemodialysis

    • Robert Lindsay
    Pages 143-154

  16. Hemodialysis in the home and its impact on quality of life

    • Christopher R. Blagg
    Pages 155-162

  17. Selection of adequacy criteria models for hemodialysis

    • William R. Clark
    Pages 163-172

  18. Water treatment for hemodialysis

    • P. Keshaviah
    Pages 173-187

  19. Reuse of dialyzers — implications for adequacy of dialysis

    • B. V. R. Murthy, B. J. G. Pereira
    Pages 189-198

  20. The impact of membrane selection on quality assurance in dialysis

    • Lee W. Henderson
    Pages 199-213
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In examining the preface of our first book, it is increases needed. The Deming philosophy empha­ apparent that the editorial comments made in sizes that quality is never fully achieved: process 1994 are even more pertinent in today's cost- improvement is never ending. constrained healthcare environment than when But, what is quality? Without defining, David first written. We repeat them in part. Garvin makes the point that "in its original form, This is a time in history when the concept of quality activities were reactive and inspecti- quality is reaching new highs in terms of public oriented; today, quality related activities have awareness. Articles describing quality, CQI, qual­ broadened and are seen as essential for strategic ity tools, critical success factors, failures, and success" [1]. How can the broad context of quality lessons learned appear in local newspapers, trade be applied to the diverse aspects of ESRD? journals, scientific periodicals, and professional Furthermore, although far from a new concept, publications on a daily basis, yet implementation Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) has taken of a quality system in many hospital units is its place as a dominant theme in many industries. approached with caution and the basic tenants of CQI is more broadly applicable, both in concept quality systems and CQI continue to be misunder­ and execution, to service as well as manufacturi- stood. based operations.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Baxter Healthcare Corporation, McGaw Park, USA

    Lee W. Henderson

  • Baxter Healthcare Corporation, Roundlake, USA

    Richard S. Thuma

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Quality Assurance in Dialysis

  • Editors: Lee W. Henderson, Richard S. Thuma

  • Series Title: Developments in Nephrology

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-585-28312-8

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 1999

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-7923-5281-5Published: 28 February 1999

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-90-481-5113-4Published: 28 October 2010

  • eBook ISBN: 978-0-585-28312-8Published: 23 July 2007

  • Edition Number: 2

  • Number of Pages: X, 300

  • Topics: Nephrology, Internal Medicine

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