QUALITY IN OBESITY TREATMENT (SOFTCOVER)

1. Defining and Measuring Quality
2. Building a Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Data Registry: Quality Improvement Through Measurement
3. Lessons Learned from ACS NSQIP
4. The Institute of Medicine and the Pursuit of Quality
5. Private Payer Initiatives for Quality Improvement
6. The Value Proposition and ProvenCare®
7. Patient Satisfaction, Patient-Reported Outcomes, and Quality
8. Understanding Risk and Reliability Adjustment in Metabolic and Bariatric Surgical Quality Profiling
9. Iatrogenic Obesity
10. Evidence for Nutrition Counseling in the Care of Patients with Obesity
11. Endoscopic Best Practices
12. Surgical Best Practices: Clinical Care Pathways and Checklists
13. Scaling Science-Based Approaches Beyond the Clinic
14. Lifestyle Modification for the Treatment of Obesity
15. Obesity Prevention
16. Empathy and Ethics
17. Shared Decision-Making in Obesity Treatment
18. Clinical Research Improves Patient Care
19. Bundled Payments for Bariatric Surgery
20. Accountable Care Organizations: A Primer
21. Managing Change
22. Accreditation in Obesity Medicine
23. Optimizing Outcomes in Outpatient Obesity Management
24. History of Metabolic/Bariatric Surgery and Evolution of Evidence
25. Failure to Rescue in Bariatric Accreditation: Ideal Marker for Quality Improvement
26. Evolution of Bariatric Quality Initiatives
27. Process Measures in Quality: MBSAQIP
28. Implementing a Quality Improvement Project
29. A Taxonomy of Errors: Adverse Events and Near Miss Analysis in Bariatric Surgery
30. Utilization of the Electronic Medical Record to Enhance Value in Bariatric Care
31. Creating Effective Communication and Teamwork for Patient Safety
32. Disclosure of Medical Errors and Complications
33. Morbidity and Mortality Conference
34. Standardizing Surgical Education: Implications for Quality of Care
35. Training Standards: ASMBS and Fellowship Council
36. Board Certification for Bariatric Surgeons and Physicians: The Future?
37. Teleproctoring in Surgery Training to Avoid Technical Misadventures and Video Recording: Responsibility and Liability
38. Informed Consent
39. The Triple Aim and Obesity: Are They at Odds?
40. FDA Approval and Surveillance Process for Anti-obesity Drugs and Devices
41. Minimizing Medical Malpractice Exposure
42. The Expert Witness and Tort Reform
43. Complete, Partial, and Lack of Response to Intervention: Bariatric Revisional Procedures

This book reviews quality definition, measurement, improvement, value, and accountability for obesity management. The interplay between quality, cost, access and satisfaction is fully depicted with a goal toward not only fulfilling current standards but also anticipating future needs. A thorough inventory of current best practices in all aspects of obesity care is cataloged with a gap analysis also employed for potential areas of improvement to be road mapped. All chapters are written by experts in their fields and include the most up-to-date scientific and clinical information, take home messages, and questions towards following the requirements of quality certification in obesity management. Quality in Obesity Treatment provides a comprehensive, contemporary review of this field and serves as a valuable resource for Bariatric Surgeons, Primary Care Physicians, Policy Makers, Insurance Administrators, Bariatricians, and any medical specialty interested in obesity quality management with likely candidates coming from GI, endocrinology, cardiology, sleep medicine and orthopedics.

Features
• Provide a comprehensive, contemporary review of this field
• Written by experts in their fields
• Review quality definition, measurement and accountability for obesity management

Authors
• John M. Morton Yale School of Medicine New Haven, CTUSA
• Stacy A. Brethauer The Ohio State University Columbus, OHUSA
• Eric J. DeMaria East Carolina University Vidant Medical CenterGreenville, NCUSA
• Scott Kahan National Center for Weight and WellnessJohns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public HealthWashington, DCUSA
• Matthew M. Hutter Massachusetts General HospitalBoston, MAUSA