Quality Improvement in Neurosurgery, An Issue of Neurosurgery Clinics of North America

1. Cover image - p. 1 2. Title page - p. 2 3. Table of Contents - p. 3 4. Copyright - p. 4 5. Contributors - p. 5 6. Forthcoming Issues - p. 9 7. Preface: Quality Improvement in Neurosurgery - p. 10 8. Improving Patient Safety in Neurologic Surgery - p. 11 9. Errors in Neurosurgery - p. 15 10. Adverse Events in Neurosurgery and Their Relationship to Quality Improvement - p. 21 11. The Relationship Between National Health Care Policies and Quality Improvement in Neurosurgery - p. 28 12. Quality Improvement Tools and Processes - p. 35 13. Cost-Effectiveness Research in Neurosurgery - p. 40 14. Economics, Innovation, and Quality Improvement in Neurosurgery - p. 48 15. Volume-Outcome Relationships in Neurosurgery - p. 54 16. Neurosurgical Checklists - p. 63 17. Quality Improvement in Neurological Surgery Graduate Medical Education - p. 73 18. Technology and Simulation to Improve Patient Safety - p. 79 19. Electronic Medical Records and Quality Improvement - p. 82 20. Using Clinical Registries to Improve the Quality of Neurosurgical Care - p. 87 21. Measuring Outcomes for Neurosurgical Procedures - p. 95 22. Development and Implementation of Guidelines in Neurosurgery - p. 99 23. The Role of Neurosurgery Journals in Evidence-Based Neurosurgical Care - p. 107 24. Comanagement Hospitalist Services for Neurosurgery - p. 117 25. Recent Advances in the Patient Safety and Quality Initiatives Movement - p. 122 26. Index - p. 136