For more than 25 years, Hospital Peer Review has provided the latest news, techniques, and protocols for quality managers across the country. Hospital Peer Review gives you practical news and advice on how to help your hospital meet the accreditation and credentialing demands of today's ever-changing healthcare market. Depend on this publication for essential tips, discoveries, and techniques covering crucial quality management issues, such as:

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• cost-saving performance improvement ideas to help boost your facility's bottom line;
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Faculty: Nurse Planner: Paula Swain, RN, MSN, CPHQ, FNAHQ, President, Swain & Associates, Charlotte, NC

Objectives: The objectives of Hospital Peer Review are to:

• Identify a particular clinical, legal, or educational issue related to quality improvement and performance outcomes;
• Describe how clinical, legal, or educational issues related to quality improvement and performance outcomes affect nurses, health care workers, hospitals, or the health care industry in general; and
• Cite solutions to the problems associated with quality improvement and performance outcomes based on guidelines from relevant authorities and/or independent recommendations from clinicians at individual institutions.

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