Improving the Quality of Care in Nursing Homes

Thomas T. H. Wan, Ph.D., M.H.S., is a professor of public affairs, health management and informatics, and medicine at the University of Central Florida. He has written extensively about health care and health management and is the author of Monitoring Health Care Quality and Evidence-Based Health Care Management. Gerald-Mark Breen, Ph.D., was an instructor and research associate in the Doctoral Program in Public Affairs at the University of Central Florida before his death in 2010. Ning Jackie Zhang, M.D., Ph.D., M.P.H., is an associate professor in the College of Health and Public Affairs at the University of Central Florida. Lynn Unruh, Ph.D., R.N., is an associate professor in the Department of Health Management and Informatics at the University of Central Florida.

Foreword
Acknowledgments
Introduction. Nursing Homes in the United States
Chapter 1. The Quality of Care in Nursing Homes
Chapter 2. Measuring the Quality of Care
Chapter 3. Factors Contributing to the Variability in the Quality of Care
Chapter 4. Persistent Citations for the Deficiency of Pressure Ulcers
Chapter 5. Factors Influencing Residents' Outcomes
Chapter 6. Policies regarding Minimum Staffing Levels
Chapter 7. The Relationship between Efficiency and the Quality of Care
Chapter 8. Improving Performance and the Quality of Life through Health Informatics
Conclusion. Synthesis, Prospects, and Future Directions
Appendix: Helpful Websites for Clinical Knowledge Management and the Quality of Care
References
Index