Improving Patient Care: The Implementation of Change in Clinical Practice - Softcover

Grol, Richard

Softcover

ISBN 10: 075068819X ISBN 13: 9780750688192

Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann, 2005

Synopsis

In the field of health care, a very large number of valuable insights, procedures and technologies become available each year. These come from well planned scientific research or careful experiments and evaluation in everyday practice. As many of these innovations are not adopted into daily practice, at the expense of improved patient care, it is crucial to understand how sucessful implementation can be achieved. This book examinines the process of introducing change and innovation into practice. With chapters on identifying problems in the implementation, selecting strategies, effective implementation of policies, and evaluation of the success of the changes, this book provides a comprehensive overview of all of the elements involved in the successful implementation of change.

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Synopsis

In the field of health care, a very large number of valuable insights, procedures and technologies become available each year. These come from well-planned scientific research or careful experiments and evaluation in everyday practice. As many of these innovations are not adopted into daily practice, at the expense of improved patient care, it is crucial to understand how successful implementation can be achieved. There are many reasons for this failure, such as the nature of the proposed method of working or simply that it is new; similarly, economic, structural or financial barriers may exist. Given the increasing significance and frequency of change in healthcare environments, the new research findings and hence insights into the implementation of change must be made available. This is the purpose of the book.

Edition details

• Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann
• Publication date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 075068819X
• ISBN 13: 9780750688192
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 294