Quality Assurance: Pathway To Excellence, A 2nd Ed.

Description:
In the 1997 White Paper 'The New NHS, Modern, Dependable' the Government set out its plans for a new National Health Service with quality at its heart (a vision shared by many health professionals). This study explores the application of the various approaches to quality assurance. The development of the subject, from its early days to later initiatives including guidelines, integrated care pathways and the clinical governance instrument 'Probe', is explored as is its relevance to the pursuit of excellence.

Review:
'This is a wonderful, solid and thorough book, which provides a good basic overview of quality assurance...[it] will help to open up quality assurance to others looking at clinical governance, and provide the basis for a better shared understanding of work done and tools developed.' - Tim Scott, Health Service Journal 'This is a wonderful, solid and thorough book, which provides a good basic overview of quality assurance, and makes links to the wide variety of current NHS initiatives.' - Tim Scott, Health Service Journal

Table of Contents:
Introduction: An Overview of the History of Quality Assurance Approaches to Quality Assurance Total Quality Management Clinical Audit Clinical Effectiveness, Clinical Guidelines and Evidence-Based Practice Clinical Governance Integrated Care Pathways Accreditation with a Difference Glossary of Terms

Author Biography:
DIANA N.T. SALE, RGN, RCNT, is Management Consultant, 1066 Consultancy Ltd, Quality Assurance Consultant to Dorset Health Authority and Associate Project Manager for Price Waterhouse, Birmingham.