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The Best Practice: How the New Quality Movement Is Transforming Medicine

The Best Practice: How the New Quality Movement Is Transforming Medicine

by Charles C . Kenney (Author)

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Synopsis

Americans have always thought their healthcare system was the best in the world. But starting in the late 1990s, shocking reports emerged that showed this was far from the truth. Treatment-related deaths or complications were found to be the fifth leading cause of death for Americans, and hundreds of thousands of patients were being harmed by botched medical procedures. Spurred by the quality crisis, a group of visionary physicians led by Donald Berwick and Paul Batalden embarked on a study of industrial quality improvement techniques, daring to apply them to the practice of medicine despite resistance from the medical community. The Best Practice tells the story of this burgeoning movement, and of how the medical landscape is being radically transformed-for the better.

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Format: Hardcover
 Pages: 336
 Publisher: PublicAffairs
Published: 07 Aug 2008
ISBN 10: 1586486195
ISBN 13: 9781586486198

Media Reviews
New York Times, July, 29, 2008
the first large-scale history of the quality movement
a great read -- U.S. News and World Report, June 17, 2008

Physicians Practice, October issue
The Best Practice argues persuasively that, in fact, getting sick in the United States doesn't beat getting sick in Sweden -- or in Denmark, England, Germany, Canada, or just about anywhere else in the developed world, for that matter.
Physicians Practice, October issue
The Best Practice argues persuasively that, in fact, getting sick in the United States doesn't beat getting sick in Sweden -- or in Denmark, England, Germany, Canada, or just about anywhere else in the developed world, for that matter.


TheHealthCareBlog.com
'The Best Practice' is an amazingly readable book. My amazement is not a reflection on Kenney's writing, but rather that he managed to make health care quality interesting for nearly 300 pages.


Physicians Practice , October issue
The Best Practice argues persuasively that, in fact, getting sick in the United States doesn't beat getting sick in Sweden -- or in Denmark, England, Germany, Canada, or just about anywhere else in the developed world, for that matter.


TheHealthCareBlog.com
'The Best Practice' is an amazingly readable book. My amazement is not a reflection on Kenney's writing, but rather that he managed to make health care quality interesting for nearly 300 pages.


Physicians Practice, October issue
The Best Practice argues persuasively that, in fact, getting sick in the United States doesn't beat getting sick in Sweden -- or in Denmark, England, Germany, Canada, or just about anywhere else in the developed world, for that matter.


TheHealthCareBlog.com
'The Best Practice' is an amazingly readable book. My amazement is not a reflection on Kenney's writing, but rather that he managed to make health care quality interesting for nearly 300 pages.

Author Bio
Charles Kenney is the author of five works of nonfiction including John F. Kennedy: The Presidential Portfolio, Rescue Men, and three novels. A former Boston Globe journalist, he has served as a consultant to Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts on the company's quality and safety initiative.