This new book is a 'what and how to' guide to writing for successful scholarly publication in the emerging fields of healthcare improvement and patient safety. While there are many useful authors' aids for scholarly biomedical publication, none focuses explicitly on these relatively new fields. It offers practical advice that includes preparation and organization of a scholarly healthcare improvement manuscript, where to submit it to find the most likely interested editor and journal, how to take full advantage of coauthors' working together effectively, and strategies for authors to reach a broader health professions readership.

About the Author
David P. Stevens, M.D. is Adjunct Professor, Center for Leadership and Improvement, Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, Lebanon, NH; Editor Emeritus, BMJ-Quality and Safety, BMJ Group, London, UK; and Senior Fellow, Institute for Healthcare Improvement, Cambridge, MA

Reviews

"Overall, Writing to Improve Healthcare draws a roadmap from health care in-novation to scholarly contribution and offers a practical reference guide along each step of the way."

H Nicole Tran, MD, PhD1; T Stephanie Tran

"The book is unique in that it applies a healthcare improvement perspective to the traditional manu-script preparation and publication process. This is useful for the novice writer and for authors accustomed to writing more traditional clinical research studies or writing for other biomedical fields...We believe that Writing to Improve Healthcare will assist with this imperative and find its place on the bookshelf of QI authors for years to come."

Jennifer S Myers,1 Greg Ogrinc2

"The book is unique in that it applies a healthcare improvement perspective to the traditional manu-script preparation and publication process. This is useful for the novice writer and for authors accustomed to writing more traditional clinical research studies or writing for other biomedical fields."

Jennifer S Myers, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA.

Greg Ogrinc, White River Junction VA Medical Centre, Hanover, USA.

Book Information
ISBN 9780815367437
Author David Stevens
Format Paperback
Page Count 124
Imprint CRC Press Inc
Publisher Taylor & Francis Inc
Weight(grams) 166g