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You are here > Home > Reading Lists > Accreditation & Compliance > Cost Effective Performance Improvement for Home Care Cost Effective Performance Improvement for Home Care  Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations Softcover: 122 pages ISBN 0866886672 JCAHO December 2002 Price: $50.00 (Amazon's prices are always equal to, or less than, JCAHO's prices)   Recommended by the JCAHO! Home health agencies, hospices, HME providers, and pharmacies are under increasing pressure from patients, policy makers, purchasers, insurers, and competitors to cut costs, while consistently maintaining or improving the quality of home care services. This book helps home care organizations deal with this pressure by offering practical tools and valuable lessons based on the Joint Commission's performance improvement (PI) standards. This book uses the standards to guide organizations through an effective improvement process while saving money and staff time and streamlining resources. You may view some sample pages here. Cost-Effective Performance Improvement describes a comprehensive model that teams can use today to select, measure, and incorporate changes to improve patient care and services. Case studies based on actual experiences in various home care settings show how organizations have successfully improved performance while at the same time using resources judiciously and cost-effectively. The book walks the reader through designing a cost-effective PI project, creating a successful PI team, defining issues to improve and measure, assessing and analyzing data, and implementing and maintaining change. JCAHO's mission is to continuously improve the safety and quality of care provided to the public through the provision of health care accreditation and related services that support performance improvement in health care organizations. The Joint Commission is an independent, not-for-profit organization, established more than 50 years ago. Joint Commission is governed by a board that includes physicians, nurses, and consumers. Joint Commission sets the standards by which health care quality is measured in America and around the world. The Joint Commission evaluates and accredits more than 15,000 health care organizations and programs in the US. An independent, not-for-profit organization, the Joint Commission is the nation's predominant standards-setting and accrediting body in health care. Since 1951, the Joint Commission has maintained state-of-the-art standards that focus on improving the quality and safety of care provided by health care organizations. The Joint Commission's comprehensive accreditation process evaluates an organization's compliance with these standards and other accreditation requirements. You may also be interested in these periodicals from JCAHO: Joint Commission Benchmark - performance improvement Joint Commission Journal on Quality & Patient Safety - quality improvement Joint Commission Perspectives - official JCAHO updates, extremely important Joint Commission Perspectives on Patient Safety - analyzing & preventing errors Joint Commission: The Source - expands on Perspectives (information from the publisher) You may also be interested in / The Directory of Healthcare Recruiters / Jump to a List / Health Administration & Leadership / Physician Executive, Medical Staff & Practice Management / Finance, Accounting, Economics, Billing & Reimbursement / Coding for Hospital, Physician & Clinical Services / Law, Malpractice, Ethics, Accreditation & Compliance / Quality Improvement, Outcomes & Customer Service / Risk Management, Security, Error Reduction & Patient Safety / Information Systems, Technology & Medical Records / Clinical Management & Executive Nursing / Behavioral Health, Social Work & Psychiatry Management / Human Resources, Management & Supervision / Directories, Data, Trends & Benchmarks / Software & CD-ROMs / Gift Ideas & Recommended Gifts / Journals, Magazines & Newsletters / Search for Books / Books Index / Go to / Home Page / Toolbox for Health Administrators / Bookstore