David Nash

David Nash: Program Outlines

Dr. Nash calls on the fields of public health, health administration, medicine, health law, and public policy to improve the quality of health care in the US and participate in the system's transformation. This program offers an overview of current problems and inadequacies; the measures and tools of quality improvement; the role of stakeholders including physicians, employers, and patients; and future possibilities offered by information technology, medical education, and other realms.

Healthcare Quality; Vision, Strategy And Tools

His program compiles the most current information on quality issues, tools and strategies impacting healthcare. His core premise is that the key to effective improvement is centering all efforts on the needs of patients. With the future of healthcare revolving around the patient, the tools from this program prove invaluable. Key points include:

• Collecting Data and the various sources that feed into quality improvement
• Approaches for analyzing data to measure performance improvement
• Establishing measures to assess physician performance
• Assessing patients' experiences within important dimensions of care
• Developing balanced scorecards or dashboards
• Clinical IT capability needs
• The relationship of the law to quality improvement
• Leading quality-improvement efforts and managing change.

Practicing Medicine In The 21st Century

Dr. Nash discusses the challenges facing physicians today, the characteristics of an ideal practice, how physicians can improve the quality of their care, how physicians can prepare for pay-for-performance (P4P) and the extra training that physicians might find useful in the new era of medical practice.