Pediatric and Congenital Cardiac Care: Volume 2: Quality Improvement and Patient Safety

by Paul Barach (Editor), Jeffery P. Jacobs (Editor), Steven E. Lipshultz (Editor)

There are growing questions regarding the safety, quality, risk management, and costs of PCC teams, their training and preparedness, and their implications on the welfare of patients and families. This innovative book, authored by an international authorship, will highlight the best practices in improving survival while paving a roadmap for the expected changes in the next 10 years as healthcare undergoes major transformation and reform. An invited group of experts in the field will participate in this project to provide the timeliest and informative approaches to how to deal with this global health challenge. The book will be indispensable to all who treat pediatric cardiac disease and will provide important information about managing the risk of patients with pediatric and congenital cardiac disease in the three domains the analysis of outcomes, the improvement of quality, and the safety of patients.

478 pages, Paperback

First published November 16, 2014