In healthcare, quality management refers to the administration of systems design, policies, and processes that minimize, if not eliminate, harm while optimizing patient care and outcomes. Whether you are a hospital with 1000 beds or 25, the fact remains, every hospital must navigate and manage the many complexities associated with a quality management system. Why is quality management important in healthcare? There are numerous reasons why it is important to improve quality of healthcare, including enhancing the accountability of health practitioners and managers, resource efficiency, identifying, and minimizing medical errors while maximizing the use of effective care and improving outcomes, and aligning care to what users and patients want in addition to what they need. The Healthcare Quality Management Toolkit demonstrates a practical approach to managing and improving quality. Whether you agree with the premise that these activities are complex, this book will outline a standardized approach that any organization can adopt to meet their needs while accommodating the foundational concepts of quality improvement by accreditation agencies. It also outlines how to set-up and manage a quality management program as a part of continuous process improvement initiative, as well as the purpose and managing of a patient safety organization. The purpose of this book is twofold -if you’re a senior healthcare manager or director tasked with setting up a quality management system, this book will provide tools and techniques you can immediately apply. If you’re a healthcare professional preparing for the CPHQ certification exam, this book will take you beyond study guides by explaining what you need to know and explains the why behind each concept.

In healthcare, quality management refers to the administration of systems design, policies, and processes that minimize, if not eliminate, harm while optimizing patient care and outcomes. Whether you are a hospital with 1000 beds or 25, the fact remains, every hospital must navigate and manage the many complexities associated with a quality management system. Why is quality management important in healthcare? There are numerous reasons why it is important to improve quality of healthcare, including enhancing the accountability of health practitioners and managers, resource efficiency, identifying, and minimizing medical errors while maximizing the use of effective care and improving outcomes, and aligning care to what users and patients want in addition to what they need. The Healthcare Quality Management Toolkit demonstrates a practical approach to managing and improving quality. Whether you agree with the premise that these activities are complex, this book will outline a standardized approach that any organization can adopt to meet their needs while accommodating the foundational concepts of quality improvement by accreditation agencies. It also outlines how to set-up and manage a quality management program as a part of continuous process improvement initiative, as well as the purpose and managing of a patient safety organization. The purpose of this book is twofold -if you’re a senior healthcare manager or director tasked with setting up a quality management system, this book will provide tools and techniques you can immediately apply. If you’re a healthcare professional preparing for the CPHQ certification exam, this book will take you beyond study guides by explaining what you need to know and explains the why behind each concept.

A comprehensive guide for integrating educational technology in the K-12 classroom

This is a must-have resource for all K-12 teachers and administrators who want to really make the best use of available technologies. Written by Doug Johnson, an expert in educational technology, "The Classroom Teacher's Technology Survival Guide" is replete with practical tips teachers can easily use to engage their students and make their classrooms places where both students and teachers will enjoy learning.Covers the most up-to-date technologies and how they can best be used in the classroomIncludes advice on upgrading time-tested educational strategies using technologyTalks about managing "disruptive technologies" in the classroomIncludes a wealth of illustrative examples, helpful suggestions, and practical tips

This timely book provides a commonsense approach to choosing and using educational technology to enhance learning.

With this new book, Doug Johnson, winner of the Best New Sales Advice Book Award and the 50 Great Writers You Should Be Reading Award, shows you how to get the ultimate marketing edge for your business. Have you ever wondered if you could make your business stand our from your competition? Traditional marketing methods like print advertising, radio, TV, and other formats have become more and more difficult to reach a payoff for your business. You've tried social media and found limited, if any, success. It's hard to get prospective customers to consider anything other than price when comparing you to your competitors. Business is tough enough to come by during good times, let alone when the economy is difficult. What do you do? There is an answer: A solution that will make your business stand out from the competition. It's the Ultimate Marketing Tool. The Ultimate Marketing Tool can: Allow you to grow your business regardless of the economy. Put you in a place that eliminates price competition. Help you establish your business as unique in the market, putting you on an entirely different level when being compared to your competition. In this book you will learn how you can get the edge on your competition and have the Ultimate Marketing Tool work for you.

Dane Cook stars in this romantic comedy as Tank, a womanising dirtbag who regularly hires himself out to perform an unusual service: he takes jilted guys' ex-girlfriends out on such awful dates that the girls quickly realise what they have given up and go rushing back to fix things up with their former partners. Tank is put to the ultimate test when his best friend Dustin (Jason Biggs) asks him to carry out this hitherto successful procedure with his beautiful ex-girlfriend Alexis (Kate Hudson). However, things get messy when Tank finds himself falling for Alexis in a big way...

The book of Joshua is an epic. Conquest, battles, scandal, tribalism, deceit, land registration and farewell speeches all make up this remarkable narrative. Some of the episodes are well known, other sections are largely passed over. However behind all the twists and turns, highs and lows is the God who makes and keeps promises. The book of Joshua is profoundly relevant for today and needs to be declared faithfully in its entirety. To be repeatedly reminded through the pages of Joshua that God is faithful to his promises and sovereign over his people, guiding them by his powerful word to his promised rest, is truth we must never tire of hearing. The book of Joshua has also been a battlefield on which the Christian faith and particularly the Old Testament has been attacked by new atheism, therefore digging deep into Joshua will strengthen and resource people to stand firm amidst such opposition. Teaching Joshua is a great addition to the growing 'Teaching the Bible' series. Doug Johnson has done a brilliant job of both guiding the reader towards the main thrust of each passage whilst not overlooking the detail or the various complexities. Teaching Joshua will be a great aid to those who have the privilege and the joy of preaching or teaching this particular book. Whether you are a small group leader, preacher, youth worker or someone who simply wants help with their personal Bible study, this book will help you to understand and communicate the message of Joshua.