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Author:   Paul R. Barach ,  Jeffery P. Jacobs ,  Steven E. Lipshultz ,  Peter C. Laussen
Publisher:   Springer London Ltd
Imprint:   Springer London Ltd
Edition:   2015 ed.
Dimensions:   Width: 17.80cm , Height: 2.70cm , Length: 25.40cm
Weight:   1.179kg
ISBN:  

9781447165651

ISBN 10:   1447165659
Pages:   456
Publication Date:   15 December 2014
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

Introduction.- Selection, Training and Mentoring of Cardiac Surgeons.- Improving Pediatric Cardiac Care with Continuous Quality Improvement Methods and Tools.- Quality Improvement in Pediatric Cardiology: The National Pediatric Cardiology Quality Improvement Collaborative.- Teams, Team Training, and the Role of Simulation.- The Cardiac Intensive Care Unit and Operating Room Continuum: Quality and Safety in the Cardiac Intensive Care Unit.- Professional Formation of Physicians Focused on Improving Care.- Surgical Volume and Outcome Relationship in Pediatric Cardiac Surgery.- The Pediatric Perioperative Cardiac Arrest (POCA) Registry.- Reporting in Pediatric Resuscitation: Get With the Guidelines-Resuscitation Registry.- Addressing Nutrition and Growth in Children with Congenital Heart Disease.- Patients as Observers and Reporters in Support of Systems and Patient Safety.- Failure to Rescue and Failure to Perceive in Pediatric Cardiac Surgery: Lessons Learned from Aviation.- Quality Improvement in Noninvasive Imaging—Present and Future Initiatives.- Improving Clinical Outcomes in Pediatric Cardiology.- The Impact of Continuous Quality Improvement on Pediatric Cardiac Surgery.- Leadership and Quality Improvement.- A Brief Description of the Role of the Federal Government in the Improvement of Healthcare Costs and Quality in the United States.- Lessons Learned from the Public.- Inquiry into Children's Heart Surgery at the Bristol Royal Infirmary and the English Safe and Sustainable Cardiac Review.- Lean in the Cardiac Intensive Care Unit.- Local Improvement Teams.- Implementation Science—The Next Frontier.- Leadership, Surgeon Well-Being and Other Non-Technical Aspects of Pediatric Cardiac Surgery.- Quality and Safety in a Children's Hospital.- The Children’s Hospital of Michigan Quality and Safety Journey: Making Safety First and Making It Last.- Resilience and Systems Engineering.- Measuring and Assessing Adverse Medical Events.- The Role of Communicationand Patient Handovers in Pediatric Cardiac Care Centers.- The Role of Technology and Medical Devices in Enhancing Pediatric Cardiac Critical Care Outcomes.- Human Factors and Outcomes in Pediatric Cardiac Surgery.- Information Management and Hospital Enterprise Information Systems.- Towards Effective Data Utilization in Congenital Cardiac Critical Care.- Clinical Decision Making.- Design of Cardiac Surgery Operating Rooms and the Impact of the Built Environment.- Simulation-Based Training to Enhance Patient Safety in Pediatric Cardiovascular Care.- Epilogue –A Vision for the Future.

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