Escape Fire Designs for the Future of Health Care

Name: Escape Fire Designs for the Future of Health Care
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ISBN: 9780787972172

ISBN-10: 0787972177

ISBN-13: 9780787972172

Edition: 2004

Authors: Donald M. Berwick

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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 the scorched earth. His team refused to join him, and most perished in the…

Book details

List price: $64.95
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
Publication date: 12/1/2003
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 352
Size: 6.20" wide x 9.10" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.232
Language: English



Preface


Acknowledgments


Introduction




Kevin Speaks



Buckling Down to Change



Quality Comes Home



Run to Space



Sauerkraut, Sobriety, and the Spread of Change



Why the Vasa Sank



Eagles and Weasels



Escape Fire



Dirty Words and Magic Spells



Every Single One



Plenty


About the Author


About the Commentary Authors


Index