Medical Quality Management

Chapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2. Basics of Quality Improvement.- Chapter 3. Quality Measurement.- Chapter 4. Patient Safety.- Chapter 5. Health Informatics.- Chapter 6. Data Analytics for the Improvement of Health Care Quality.- Chapter 7. Utilization Management, Case Management, and Care Coordination.- Chapter 8. Organization Design and Management.- Chapter 9. Economics and Finance in Medical Quality Management.- Chapter 10. External Quality Improvement-Accreditation, Certification, and Education.- Chapter 11. The Interface Between Quality Improvement and Law.- Chapter 12. Ethics and Quality Improvement. 

On behalf of the American College of Medical Quality, the following three editors will produce the book:

Angelo P. Giardino, MD, PhD, CMQ, is the Wilma T. Gibson Presidential Professor and Chair of the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Utah School of Medicine in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA. He also serves as the Chief Medical Officer at Intermountain Primary Children's Hospital in Salt Lake City, UT. Prior to arriving in Utah, Dr. Giardino, served as Senior Vice President/Chief Quality Office at Texas Children's Hospital and was Professor of Pediatrics and Section Chief of Academic General Pediatrics at Baylor College of Medicine (BCM). He received his medical degree and doctorate in education from the University of Pennsylvania, completed his residency and fellowship training at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP), earned a Master's in Public Health from the University of Massachusetts, a Master's in Theology from Catholic Distance University (CDU), and is a Certified Physician Executive (CPE) within the American Association for Physician Leadership. He completed the Patient Safety Certificate Program from the Quality Colloquium, is certified in medical quality (CMQ) as designated by the American Board of Medical Quality and is a Distinguished Fellow of the American College of Medical Quality. He holds subspecialty certifications in Pediatrics and Child Abuse Pediatrics by the American Board of Pediatrics. He is a recipient of the Fulbright & Jaworski L. L. P. Faculty Excellence Award at BCM. His academic accomplishments include publishing several textbooks on child abuse and neglect and presenting on a variety of pediatric topics at national and regional conferences. Dr. Giardino serves as an Associate Editor for the 23rd edition of the classic Rudolph's Textbook of Pediatrics, is Co-Editor of the 4th edition of the Medical Evaluation of Child Sexual Abuse published by the American Academy of Pediatrics and serves as the