Improving Health Care in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-030-43111-2 (ISBN)
The chapters feature cases that provide real-life examples of the challenges, solutions, and benefits of improving healthcare quality and clearly demonstrate for readers what quality improvement looks like in practice:
- Addressing Behavior Change in Maternal, Neonatal, and Child Health with QualityImprovement and Collaborative Learning Methods in Guatemala
- Haiti's National HIV Quality Management Program and the Implementation of an Electronic Medical Record to Drive Improvement in Patient Care
- Scaling Up a Quality Improvement Initiative: Lessons from Chamba District, India
- Promoting Rational Use of Antibiotics in the Kyrgyz Republic
- Strengthening Services for Most Vulnerable Children through Quality Improvement Approaches in a Community Setting: The Case of Bagamoyo District, Tanzania
- Improving HIV Counselling and Testing in Tuberculosis Service Delivery in Ukraine: Profile of a Pilot Quality Improvement Team and Its Scale-Up Journey
ACKNOWLEDGMENT:This work was conducted under the USAID Applying Science to Strengthen and Improve Systems (ASSIST) Project, USAID Award No. AID-OAA-A-12-00101, which is made possible by the generous support of the American people through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID).
DISCLAIMER:The contents of this book are the sole responsibility of the Editor(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of USAID or the United States Government.
Lani Rice Marquez, MHS, is the Knowledge Management Director for the USAID Applying Science to Strengthen and Improve Systems (ASSIST) Project at University Research Co., LLC (URC). A health management and evaluation specialist, Lani has worked for over 30 years in international health programs, where much of her work has focused on strengthening the performance of facility-based and community-based health workers in low- and middle-income countries through improvement methods. For the past 10 years, she has led URC's efforts to apply knowledge management concepts and techniques to strengthen quality improvement program efficiency and impact.
Part 1. Facility-level improvement.- Part 2. Community-level improvement.- Part 3. District/regional-level improvement.- Part 4. National-level improvement.- Part 5. Discussion.
Erscheinungsdatum | 28.05.2020 |
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Zusatzinfo | XVI, 245 p. 47 illus., 42 illus. in color. |
Verlagsort | Cham |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 155 x 235 mm |
Gewicht | 519 g |
Themenwelt | Medizin / Pharmazie ► Gesundheitsfachberufe |
Medizin / Pharmazie ► Gesundheitswesen | |
Medizin / Pharmazie ► Pflege | |
Sozialwissenschaften | |
Schlagworte | Case Studies • community-level improvement • district/regional-level improvement • facility-level improvement • Global Health • healthcare access • health care improvement methods • Healthcare systems • improvement science • improving health outcomes • low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) • national-level improvement • open access • Patient-centered Care • Public Health • quality improvement methodology • quality of care • scale-up initiatives • strengthening health systems • sustainability |
ISBN-10 | 3-030-43111-8 / 3030431118 |
ISBN-13 | 978-3-030-43111-2 / 9783030431112 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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