Overview
Provides practical know-how on implementing and improving quality management systems in ART clinics
Includes international contributions and perspectives on operating ART clinics in the US, Europe, Latin America, Australia, Africa, and Asia
Exceptionally valuable in the current regulatory environment, offers process and procedure examples, flow diagrams, and administrative form templates
Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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Table of contents (21 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Establishing a Quality Management System
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About this book
In the last decades, major advances have been made in assisted reproductive technologies (ART) and the public demand for these procedures has increased globally. All ART clinics, from those just starting out to the well established, must employ the latest equipment and implement the best practices, while ensuring that their resources are effectively engaged to optimize patient outcomes. This is a tenet of the fiduciary role of physicians and it is increasingly recognized as a quantifiable goal regulated by formal certifications and accreditations. Quality management protocols such as those proposed by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) are being rapidly adopted as standards of measure.
Quality Management in ART Clinics: A Practical Guide provides easily adoptable ways to implement and improve formalized quality management systems. Essential to any clinic to achieve best practices and maintenance of formal regulatory certifications, this book brings together the know-how of experienced opinion leaders operating in key areas worldwide. The book offers an overview of primary regulations in the ART field, with attention to quality management demands, and links specific requirements to practical steps for implementation. Filled with process and procedure examples, flow diagrams and administrative form templates, this book is the first of its kind, gathering the necessary elements for optimizing practice, management, and quality assurance.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Quality Management in ART Clinics
Book Subtitle: A Practical Guide
Editors: Fabiola Bento, Sandro Esteves, Ashok Agarwal
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-7139-5
Publisher: Springer New York, NY
eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 2013
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4419-7138-8Published: 13 November 2012
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4899-8876-8Published: 13 December 2014
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4419-7139-5Published: 13 November 2012
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVIII, 246
Topics: Reproductive Medicine, Obstetrics/Perinatology/Midwifery, Endocrinology