Detail Information
Publications
A guide to highly effective quality programsJohn Byrnes
Spectrum Health System, Grand Rapids, MI, USA
Healthc Financ Manage 64:80-7. 2010....
The people structure of quality improvementJohn Byrnes
Spectrum Health System, Grand Rapids, Mich, USA
Healthc Financ Manage 64:64-70. 2010..Indispensable members of the project team included two medical directors and a nursing director serving as team co-chairs, a quality medical director, a QI specialist, a data analyst, and a financial analyst...
Moving quality and cost to the top of the hospital agendaJohn Byrnes
Spectrum Health System, Grand Rapids, Mich, USA
Healthc Financ Manage 64:64-9. 2010..Emulate the finance model of reporting and accountability to meet quality goals. Base a portion of incentive compensation, salary adjustments, and annual performance reviews on the achievement of quality-related goals...
A national comparison of laparoscopic vs. open colectomy using the National Surgical Quality Improvement Project dataAnthony J Senagore
Spectrum Health Department of Research, Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA
Dis Colon Rectum 52:183-6. 2009..We used a publicly available limited data set from the National Surgical Quality Improvement Project to assess the preoperative risk factors and postoperative complication rates reported for laparoscopic colectomy and open colectomy...
