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Escape Fire: Designs for the Future of Health Care
Donald M. Berwick
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Description for Escape Fire: Designs for the Future of Health Care
Hardcover. Spanning a decade (1992-2002), these speeches echo the theme that our health care system needs fundamental change and a revolutionary new design. Throughout the book, Berwick identifies innovations and ideas from a number of surprising sources-a girls' soccer team, a sinking ship, and the safety standards at NASA. Num Pages: 352 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 165 x 28. Weight in Grams: 620.
Spanning a decade (1992-2002), these speeches echo the theme that our health care system needs fundamental change and a revolutionary new design. Throughout the book, Berwick identifies innovations and ideas from a number of surprising sources—a girls' soccer team, a sinking ship, and the safety standards at NASA. Escape Fire takes its title from the 1949 Mann Gulch tragedy in which thirteen young firefighters were trapped in a wildfire on a Montana hillside. The firefighter's leader, Wag Dodge, devised a creative solution for avoiding the encroaching fire. He burned a patch of grass and lay down in the middle of ... Read more
Spanning a decade (1992-2002), these speeches echo the theme that our health care system needs fundamental change and a revolutionary new design. Throughout the book, Berwick identifies innovations and ideas from a number of surprising sources—a girls' soccer team, a sinking ship, and the safety standards at NASA. Escape Fire takes its title from the 1949 Mann Gulch tragedy in which thirteen young firefighters were trapped in a wildfire on a Montana hillside. The firefighter's leader, Wag Dodge, devised a creative solution for avoiding the encroaching fire. He burned a patch of grass and lay down in the middle of ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780787972172
SKU
V9780787972172
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Ref
99-50
About Donald M. Berwick
Donald M. Berwick, MD, MPP, is president, CEO, and cofounder of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement in Boston, Massachusetts. Dr. Berwick is a clinical professor of pediatrics and health care policy at the Harvard Medical School, and a pediatrician. An associate in pediatrics at Boston's Children's Hospital, he is also a consultant in pediatrics at Massachusetts General Hospital. Dr. Berwick ... Read more
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