Closing the Quality Chasm: The Stakeholder's Guide to Improving Health Care by David B. Nash (1-Sep-2005) Paperback

by David B. Nash

The Institute of Medicine called the substantial gulf between the vision of ideal care and the reality of what most individuals receive a "quality chasm." The Quality Solution enlightens, informs, and challenges professionals in public health, medicine, health administration, and health law to bridge this chasm and to participate in the transformation of the healthcare system through the science of healthcare quality-measurement and improvement.

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First published September 15, 2005

About the author

David B. Nash, MD, MBA, is the Founding Dean Emeritus and the Dr. Raymond C. and Doris N. Grandon Professor of Health Policy at the Jefferson College of Population Health (JCPH). His tenure as Dean completes nearly 30 years on the University faculty. Nash was recently appointed Special Assistant to Bruce Meyer, MD, MBA, President of Jefferson Health.

Dr. Nash is a board-certified internist who is internationally recognized for his work in public accountability for outcomes, physician leadership development and quality-of-care improvement.