Achieving health care that is safe, timely, effective, efficient, equitable, and patient-centered care (STEEEP®) is not an endpoint, but a journey. This journey requires a commitment to quality improvement from the highest levels of leadership combined with the interdependent development of several key components of health care delivery: administration and governance, clinical leadership, quality programs and expertise, data analytics, and accreditation.
As each health care organization travels along its quality journey, these components must evolve. With each component of a given phase of the quality journey firmly developed, the organization can expect to advance to the next phase knowing that the requisite factors are aligned.
The Guide to Achieving STEEEP Health Care, a new book published by CRC Press, written by David Ballard, MD, MSPH, PhD, FACP, chief quality officer of Baylor Scott & White Health and president of the STEEEP Global Institute, highlights Baylor Scott & White Health's quality improvement journey and features practical strategies for delivering STEEEP care.
This guide serves as companion to the Shingo Award winning book Achieving STEEEP Health Care, published by CRC Press in September 2013, which describes the Baylor Health Care System journey to delivering STEEEP care (Ballard et al. 2013). To complement that book, this guide provides a template for creating a quality improvement program scalable to the size and scope of any domestic or international health care organization.
"Achieving best clinical outcomes at lower costs, while creating an ideal patient and provider experience, requires a set of intentional structures and processes. Dr. Ballard and his team have developed the 'how-to manual'," said Ziad Haydar, MD, MBA, senior vice president and chief medical officer of Ascension Health about this guide.
Baylor Scott & White Health has traveled the quality improvement journey during its 100 years of providing health care to the community. It is the largest not-for-profit health care system in Texas and one of the largest in the U.S. With a history of visionary care, its aim is to help others achieve the highest levels of quality and safety for their patients. To learn more about the Baylor Scott & White Health quality journey and to find additional case studies and tools, please visit steeepglobalinstitute.com.
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Nanette Myers
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About Baylor Scott & White Health
As the largest not-for-profit health system in the state of Texas, Baylor Scott & White promotes the health and well-being of every individual, family and community it serves. It is committed to making quality care more accessible, convenient and affordable through its integrated delivery network, which includes the Baylor Scott & White Health Plan, Baylor Scott & White Research Institute, the Baylor Scott & White Quality Alliance and its leading digital health platform – MyBSWHealth. Through 51 hospitals and more than 1,200 access points, including flagship academic medical centers in Dallas, Fort Worth and Temple, the system offers the full continuum of care, from primary to award-winning specialty care. Founded as a Christian ministry of healing more than a century ago, Baylor Scott & White today serves more than three million Texans. For more information, visit: BSWHealth.com
