Download or read book Assessing Quality Health Care written by Richard Putnam Wenzel and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 568 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The revolution in health care delivery. The new accreditation system:an overview from the joint commission on accreditation of healthcare organizations. Clinical quality: the effective relationship of hospital management and the medical staff. Defining and measuring the quality of health care. Setting standards. Evaluating clinical studies. Access to health care. Hospitalwide surveillance activities. Small area varia- tions, practice style, and quality of care. Examples for specific departments: anesthesia, critical care units, emergency department, obstetrics and gynecology, psychiatry, surgery, the clinical laboratory, the pharmacy and drug usage