Keynote speeches presented at the annual National Forum on Quality Improvement in Health Care, 1992-2002.
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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Kevin speaks -- Buckling down to change -- Quality comes home -- Run to space -- Sauerkraut, sobriety, and the spread of change -- Why the Vasa sank -- Eagles and weasels -- Escape fire -- Dirty words and magic spells -- Every single one -- Plenty.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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Spanning a decade (1992-2002), these speeches echo the theme that our health care system needs fundamental change and a revolutionary new design. Throughout the book, Berwick identifies innovations and ideas from a number of surprising sources--a girls' soccer team, a sinking ship, and the safety standards at NASA. Escape Fire takes its title from the 1949 Mann Gulch tragedy in which thirteen young firefighters were trapped in a wildfire on a Montana hillside. The firefighter's leader, Wag Dodge, devised a creative solution for avoiding the encroaching fire. He burned a patch of grass and lay d.
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OverDrive, Inc.
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OverDrive, Inc.
Stock Number
ED2044D6-134E-4EEA-BA33-16446F4AE71C
OTHER EDITION IN ANOTHER MEDIUM
Title
Escape fire.
International Standard Book Number
0787972177
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Health care reform-- United States.
Health services administration-- United States.
Medical care-- United States-- Quality control.
Patient advocacy-- United States.
Delivery of Health Care-- trends.
Organizational Innovation.
Patient Advocacy.
Quality of Health Care-- trends.
Health care reform.
Health services administration.
Medical care-- Quality control.
MEDICAL-- Health Risk Assessment.
Patient advocacy.
GEOGRAPHICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
United States.
United States.
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(SUBJECT CATEGORY (Provisional
MED-- 037000
DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION
Number
362
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1/0425
Edition
22
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CLASSIFICATION
Class number
RA395
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A3
Book number
B47
2004eb
OTHER CLASS NUMBERS
Class number
W
84
AA1
Book Number
B49e
2004
PERSONAL NAME - PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY
Berwick, Donald M., (Donald Mark),1946-
CORPORATE BODY NAME - ALTERNATIVE RESPONSIBILITY
Institute for Healthcare Improvement., National Forum.