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1Lean for practitioners

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  • Title: Lean for practitioners
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  • Language: English
  • Number of Pages: Median: 120
  • Publisher: ➤  Panoma Press Limited - Ecademy Press Limited - Independently Published - Ecademy Press
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  • Publish Location: Penryn

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  • First Year Published: 2008
  • Is Full Text Available: Yes
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2Ahp Competencies

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  • Title: Ahp Competencies
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  • Language: English
  • Number of Pages: Median: 130
  • Publisher: Hcpro
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  • First Year Published: 2005
  • Is Full Text Available: Yes
  • Is The Book Public: No
  • Access Status: Borrowable

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3Standardized Evaluation in Clinical Practice (Review of Psychiatry)

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  • Title: ➤  Standardized Evaluation in Clinical Practice (Review of Psychiatry)
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  • Language: English
  • Number of Pages: Median: 180
  • Publisher: ➤  American Psychiatric Pub. - American Psychiatric Publishing, Inc.
  • Publish Date:
  • Publish Location: Washington, DC

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  • First Year Published: 2003
  • Is Full Text Available: Yes
  • Is The Book Public: No
  • Access Status: Borrowable

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4A Compendium of forms, tables, charts for use in monitoring and evaluation

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  • Title: ➤  A Compendium of forms, tables, charts for use in monitoring and evaluation
  • Author: ➤  
  • Language: English
  • Number of Pages: Median: 285
  • Publisher: The Commission
  • Publish Date:
  • Publish Location: Oakbrook Terrace, IL

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  • First Year Published: 1991
  • Is Full Text Available: Yes
  • Is The Book Public: No
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5Evaluation Design for Complex Global Initiatives

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  • Title: ➤  Evaluation Design for Complex Global Initiatives
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  • Publisher: National Academies Press
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  • First Year Published: 2014
  • Is Full Text Available: Yes
  • Is The Book Public: No
  • Access Status: Borrowable

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6The health care data guide

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“The health care data guide” Metadata:

  • Title: The health care data guide
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  • Language: English
  • Number of Pages: Median: 480
  • Publisher: ➤  Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, John - Wiley & Sons, Limited, John - Jossey-Bass
  • Publish Date:
  • Publish Location: San Francisco, CA

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  • First Year Published: 2011
  • Is Full Text Available: No
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  • Access Status: No_ebook

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7Process evaluation for public health interventions and research

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“Process evaluation for public health interventions and research” Metadata:

  • Title: ➤  Process evaluation for public health interventions and research
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  • Language: English
  • Number of Pages: Median: 416
  • Publisher: Jossey-Bass
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  • Publish Location: San Francisco, Calif

“Process evaluation for public health interventions and research” Subjects and Themes:

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"Improving and sustaining successful public health interventions relies increasingly on the ability to identify the key components of an intervention that are effective, to identify for whom the intervention is effective, and to identify under what conditions the intervention is effective."

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  • First Year Published: 2002
  • Is Full Text Available: No
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  • Access Status: No_ebook

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    8Palliative and terminal care

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    “Palliative and terminal care” Metadata:

    • Title: Palliative and terminal care
    • Author:
    • Language: English
    • Number of Pages: Median: 78
    • Publisher: Radcliffe Medical Press
    • Publish Date:
    • Publish Location: Oxford - New York

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    • First Year Published: 1997
    • Is Full Text Available: Yes
    • Is The Book Public: No
    • Access Status: Printdisabled

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      9Total quality tools for health care

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      “Total quality tools for health care” Metadata:

      • Title: ➤  Total quality tools for health care
      • Author:
      • Language: English
      • Number of Pages: Median: 270
      • Publisher: ➤  Productivity-Quality Systems - PQ Systems, Inc.
      • Publish Date:
      • Publish Location: Miamisburg, Ohio

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      "An np-chart is an attributes control chart that shows how a system, measured by the number of nonconforming items produced, changes over time."

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      • First Year Published: 1997
      • Is Full Text Available: No
      • Is The Book Public: No
      • Access Status: No_ebook

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        10Nonoperating Room Anesthesia

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        “Nonoperating Room Anesthesia” Metadata:

        • Title: Nonoperating Room Anesthesia
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        • Language: English
        • Publisher: Elsevier Health Sciences
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        • First Year Published: 2014
        • Is Full Text Available: No
        • Is The Book Public: No
        • Access Status: No_ebook

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        11A Guide To Evaluation For Arts Therapists And Arts Health Practitioners

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        “A Guide To Evaluation For Arts Therapists And Arts Health Practitioners” Metadata:

        • Title: ➤  A Guide To Evaluation For Arts Therapists And Arts Health Practitioners
        • Author:
        • Language: English
        • Number of Pages: Median: 176
        • Publisher: ➤  Kingsley Publishers, Jessica - Jessica Kingsley Publishers
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        “A Guide To Evaluation For Arts Therapists And Arts Health Practitioners” Subjects and Themes:

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        • First Year Published: 2014
        • Is Full Text Available: No
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        • Access Status: No_ebook

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        12Overtreated

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        “Overtreated” Metadata:

        • Title: Overtreated
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        • Language: English
        • Number of Pages: Median: 352
        • Publisher: ➤  Bloomsbury USA - Bloomsbury - Distributed to the trade by Holtzbrinck Publishers
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        • First Year Published: 2007
        • Is Full Text Available: Yes
        • Is The Book Public: No
        • Access Status: Printdisabled

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          13International Outcome Measures in Mental Health; Quality of Life, Needs, Service Satisfaction, Costs and Impact on Carers

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          “International Outcome Measures in Mental Health; Quality of Life, Needs, Service Satisfaction, Costs and Impact on Carers” Metadata:

          • Title: ➤  International Outcome Measures in Mental Health; Quality of Life, Needs, Service Satisfaction, Costs and Impact on Carers
          • Author:
          • Language: English
          • Number of Pages: Median: 172
          • Publisher: Gaskell
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          “International Outcome Measures in Mental Health; Quality of Life, Needs, Service Satisfaction, Costs and Impact on Carers” Subjects and Themes:

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          • First Year Published: 2006
          • Is Full Text Available: Yes
          • Is The Book Public: No
          • Access Status: Printdisabled

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            14Cost Effective Performance Improvement in Ambulatory Care

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            “Cost Effective Performance Improvement in Ambulatory Care” Metadata:

            • Title: ➤  Cost Effective Performance Improvement in Ambulatory Care
            • Author:
            • Language: English
            • Number of Pages: Median: 143
            • Publisher: Joint Commission Resources
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            “Cost Effective Performance Improvement in Ambulatory Care” Subjects and Themes:

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            • First Year Published: 2002
            • Is Full Text Available: No
            • Is The Book Public: No
            • Access Status: No_ebook

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              15Scheduling Strategies for Ambulatory Surgery Centers

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              “Scheduling Strategies for Ambulatory Surgery Centers” Metadata:

              • Title: ➤  Scheduling Strategies for Ambulatory Surgery Centers
              • Author:
              • Language: English
              • Number of Pages: Median: 92
              • Publisher: HCPro, Inc.
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              “Scheduling Strategies for Ambulatory Surgery Centers” Subjects and Themes:

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              • First Year Published: 2005
              • Is Full Text Available: No
              • Is The Book Public: No
              • Access Status: No_ebook

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                16Assessing mental health treatment outcome measurement techniques

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                “Assessing mental health treatment outcome measurement techniques” Metadata:

                • Title: ➤  Assessing mental health treatment outcome measurement techniques
                • Author:
                • Language: English
                • Number of Pages: Median: 547
                • Publisher: ➤  U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Alcohol, Drug abuse and Mental Health Administration, National Institute of Mental Health, Divion of Biometry and Epidemiology
                • Publish Date:
                • Publish Location: Rockville, Md

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                • First Year Published: 1986
                • Is Full Text Available: No
                • Is The Book Public: No
                • Access Status: No_ebook

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                17Task-Oriented Processes in Care (TOPIC) Model in Ambulatory Care

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                “Task-Oriented Processes in Care (TOPIC) Model in Ambulatory Care” Metadata:

                • Title: ➤  Task-Oriented Processes in Care (TOPIC) Model in Ambulatory Care
                • Authors:
                • Language: English
                • Number of Pages: Median: 144
                • Publisher: Springer Publishing Company
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                “Task-Oriented Processes in Care (TOPIC) Model in Ambulatory Care” Subjects and Themes:

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                First Setence:

                "For over a decade, we have been developing and refining a practice model that focuses on the process, rather than the content, of medical care (Rogers & Biggs, 1993; Rogers & Corboy, 2001; Rogers & Spann, 1998)."

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                • First Year Published: 2004
                • Is Full Text Available: Yes
                • Is The Book Public: No
                • Access Status: Printdisabled

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                  18Lean Six Sigma for the healthcare enterprise

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                  “Lean Six Sigma for the healthcare enterprise” Metadata:

                  • Title: ➤  Lean Six Sigma for the healthcare enterprise
                  • Author:
                  • Language: English
                  • Number of Pages: Median: 315
                  • Publisher: CRC Press
                  • Publish Date:
                  • Publish Location: Boca Raton

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                  • First Year Published: 2012
                  • Is Full Text Available: Yes
                  • Is The Book Public: No
                  • Access Status: Printdisabled

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                    19Advanced lean thinking

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                    “Advanced lean thinking” Metadata:

                    • Title: Advanced lean thinking
                    • Author: ➤  
                    • Language: English
                    • Number of Pages: Median: 173
                    • Publisher: Joint Commission Resources
                    • Publish Date:
                    • Publish Location: Oak Brook, IL

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                    • First Year Published: 2008
                    • Is Full Text Available: No
                    • Is The Book Public: No
                    • Access Status: No_ebook

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                    20Tracer methodology

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                    “Tracer methodology” Metadata:

                    • Title: Tracer methodology
                    • Author: ➤  
                    • Language: English
                    • Number of Pages: Median: 194
                    • Publisher: ➤  Joint Commission Resources, Inc.
                    • Publish Date:
                    • Publish Location: Oakbrook Terrace, IL

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                    • First Year Published: 2008
                    • Is Full Text Available: No
                    • Is The Book Public: No
                    • Access Status: No_ebook

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                    21Cancer care quality measures

                    “Cancer care quality measures” Metadata:

                    • Title: Cancer care quality measures
                    • Language: English
                    • Number of Pages: Median: 116
                    • Publisher: ➤  U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
                    • Publish Date:
                    • Publish Location: Rockville, MD

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                    • First Year Published: 2006
                    • Is Full Text Available: No
                    • Is The Book Public: No
                    • Access Status: No_ebook

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                    22S3

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                    “S3” Metadata:

                    • Title: S3
                    • Author:
                    • Language: English
                    • Number of Pages: Median: 192
                    • Publisher: AABB Press
                    • Publish Date:
                    • Publish Location: Bethesda, Md

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                    • First Year Published: 2007
                    • Is Full Text Available: No
                    • Is The Book Public: No
                    • Access Status: No_ebook

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                    23Cómo mejorar la calidad en los servicios de salud

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                    “Cómo mejorar la calidad en los servicios de salud” Metadata:

                    • Title: ➤  Cómo mejorar la calidad en los servicios de salud
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                    • Language: ➤  Spanish; Castilian - español, castellano
                    • Number of Pages: Median: 74
                    • Publisher: Universidad de Guadalajara
                    • Publish Date:
                    • Publish Location: Guadalajara, Jalisco, México

                    “Cómo mejorar la calidad en los servicios de salud” Subjects and Themes:

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                    • First Year Published: 2002
                    • Is Full Text Available: No
                    • Is The Book Public: No
                    • Access Status: No_ebook

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                    24A guide to the development and use of performance indicators, 1996

                    “A guide to the development and use of performance indicators, 1996” Metadata:

                    • Title: ➤  A guide to the development and use of performance indicators, 1996
                    • Number of Pages: Median: 98
                    • Publisher: ➤  Canadian Council on Health Services Accreditation
                    • Publish Location: Ottawa, ON

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                    • Is Full Text Available: No
                    • Is The Book Public: No
                    • Access Status: No_ebook

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                    25Humanizing healthcare reforms

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                    “Humanizing healthcare reforms” Metadata:

                    • Title: Humanizing healthcare reforms
                    • Author:
                    • Language: English
                    • Number of Pages: Median: 272
                    • Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
                    • Publish Date:
                    • Publish Location: London

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                    • First Year Published: 2013
                    • Is Full Text Available: Yes
                    • Is The Book Public: No
                    • Access Status: Printdisabled

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                      26Utilizing the 3Ms of process improvement in healthcare

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                      “Utilizing the 3Ms of process improvement in healthcare” Metadata:

                      • Title: ➤  Utilizing the 3Ms of process improvement in healthcare
                      • Author:
                      • Language: English
                      • Publisher: Taylor & Francis
                      • Publish Date:
                      • Publish Location: Boca Raton, FL

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                      • First Year Published: 2012
                      • Is Full Text Available: No
                      • Is The Book Public: No
                      • Access Status: No_ebook

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                      27The art and science of assessment in psychotherapy

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                      “The art and science of assessment in psychotherapy” Metadata:

                      • Title: ➤  The art and science of assessment in psychotherapy
                      • Author:
                      • Language: English
                      • Number of Pages: Median: 222
                      • Publisher: Routledge
                      • Publish Date:
                      • Publish Location: New York - London

                      “The art and science of assessment in psychotherapy” Subjects and Themes:

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                      • First Year Published: 1995
                      • Is Full Text Available: No
                      • Is The Book Public: No
                      • Access Status: No_ebook

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                      28Diagnosis and procedure combinations in hospital inpatient data

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                      “Diagnosis and procedure combinations in hospital inpatient data” Metadata:

                      • Title: ➤  Diagnosis and procedure combinations in hospital inpatient data
                      • Authors:
                      • Language: English
                      • Number of Pages: Median: 128
                      • Publisher: ➤  U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Agency for Health Care Policy and Research
                      • Publish Date:
                      • Publish Location: Rockville, MD

                      “Diagnosis and procedure combinations in hospital inpatient data” Subjects and Themes:

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                      • First Year Published: 1996
                      • Is Full Text Available: No
                      • Is The Book Public: No
                      • Access Status: No_ebook

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