American College of Cardiology

Quality Library

The following articles and books are recognized as significant publications in the field of quality and quality improvement in healthcare and are recommended for your reading.

• Bates DW, Leape LL, Cullen DJ, et al. Effect of computerized physician order entry and a team intervention on prevention of serious medication errors. JAMA. 1998; 280: 1311-1316.
• Berwick DM. Continuous quality improvement as an ideal in health care. N. England Journal of Medicine. 1989; 320: 53-56.
• Berwick DM. Public performance and the will for change. JAMA. 2002; 288: 1523-1524.
• Committee on Quality of Health Care in America, Institute of Medicine. Crossing the Quality Chasm: A New Health System for the 21st Century. Washington, DC: National Academy Press; 2001.
• Deming WE. Out of Crisis. Cambridge, Mass: MIT Press; 2000.
• Donabedian A. The Definition of Quality and Approaches to Its Assessment. Ann Arbor, Mich: Health Administration Press; 1980.
• Jencks SF, Huff ED, Cuerdon T. Change in the quality of care delivered to Medicare beneficiaries, 1998-1999 to 2000-2001. JAMA. 2003; 289: 305-312.
• Jencks SF, Cuerdon T, Burwen DR, et al. Quality of medical care delivered to Medicare beneficiaries: a profile at state and national levels. JAMA. 2000; 284: 1670-1676.
• Godfrey AB, Juran JM, Juran's Quality Handbook, McGraw-Hill Professional; 1998.
• Leape LL, Berwick DM, Bates DW. What practices will most improve safety? JAMA. 2002; 288: 501-507.