Understanding Healthcare Delivery Science - Softcover

Howell, Michael; Stevens, Jennifer P.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1260026485 ISBN 13: 9781260026481

Publisher: McGraw Hill / Medical, 2019

Synopsis

A new title in the acclaimed Understanding series that focuses on the science of healthcare delivery

Over the past decade, the subject of Systems Science has skyrocketed in importance in the healthcare field. With its engaging, clinically relevant style, Understanding Healthcare Delivery Science is the perfect introduction to this timely topic. It covers every aspect of what actually constitutes “best care” and how it can be most efficiently delivered from an operational standpoint. The book is exceptional for two other reasons: numerous case vignettes put the content in a clinically relevant framework, and its comprehensive coverage spans everything from quality and safety to data and policy. Readers will find a valuable opening section that delivers an outstanding introductory discussion of Healthcare Delivery Science
Co-author Dr. Michael Howell is a nationally recognized expert on healthcare quality, whose research has been covered by The New York Times, CNN, and Consumer Reports. He has served on national quality- and safety-related national advisory panels for the CDC, Society of Critical Care Medicine, CMS, and others. An active healthcare delivery scientist, Dr. Howell has published more than 90 research articles, editorials, and book chapters on topics related to quality, safety, patient-centeredness, and critical care. 

Jennifer Stevens, MD is on the faculty of the Center for Healthcare Delivery at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, one of the major teaching hospitals at Harvard Medical School.

About this title

From the Publisher:

Michael Howell, MD, MPH is Chief Clinical Strategist at Google Research. Before joining Google, Dr. Howell was the founding Director of the Center for Healthcare Delivery Science and Innovation and the Chief Quality Officer at the University of Chicago Medicine. He held this position until September, 2017. Dr. Howell has served on national quality- and safety-related national advisory panels for the CDC, Society of Critical Care Medicine, CMS, and others. An active healthcare delivery scientist, Dr. Howell has published more than 90 research articles, editorials, and book chapters on topics related to quality, safety, patient-centeredness, and critical care. 
Jennifer Stevens, MD is on the faculty of the Center for Healthcare Delivery at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, one of the major teaching hospitals at Harvard Medical School.

From the Back Cover:

“Comprehensive and well-written... will quickly become a go-to, must-read resource for healthcare delivery science.  Thoughtfully details the value of investment in improving health delivery at a time when vast amounts of data are being generated on a minute by minute basis.  These 21 chapters with easy to digest visuals and key points provide the tools to move to a modern value-based, population-centered delivery model... provides the tools and techniques to analyze and utilize the zettabytes of data being generated in healthcare delivery and research and helps maximize the opportunities where clinical operations intersect with research questions... advances our knowledge and practice for years to come.”  
--- David H. Roberts, MD, Steven P. Simcox, Patrick A. Clifford, and James H. Higby Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School

“Arguably the biggest contribution that this generation has made to the future of the healing professions is care delivery science.  It’s not just about knowing what works, but how to make it work consistently for every person we serve.  This new science is the foundation upon which the present generation’s contributions primarily will rest.  You hold in your hands 35 years of investigation and learning, condensed into understandable principles and applications.  It is a guidebook for effective care delivery leadership, practice, and success.  Learn from it, enjoy it, then go forth and create a new profession that defines a new and better world!”
--- Brent C. James, MD, MStat, Clinical Professor, Stanford University School of Medicine

“Today’s disjointed and complex systems of care too often fail to address the multiple health and social needs of individuals and communities. We can no longer accept the disconnect between research on what works in healthcare and its application to improving the reliable delivery of high value care to all. Howell and colleagues have given us an expertly curated volume that brings together the issues, frameworks, methods and tools used in healthcare delivery science as well as practical suggestions on how to embed healthcare delivery science into health systems.  This is a must read for anyone who, like me, is frustrated with the pace of our progress and is committed to creating a learning health system for all.”
--- Lisa Simpson MB, BCh, MPH, FAAP, President and CEO, AcademyHealth

About this edition

• Publisher: McGraw Hill / Medical
• Publication date: 2019
• ISBN 10: 1260026485
• ISBN 13: 9781260026481
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 496