Sadeghi (Taussig Cancer Institute, Cleveland, Ohio), Barzi (Keck Medical Center, USC, Los Angeles), Mikhail (U. of Texas Health Science Center, Houston), and Shabot (U. of Texas Health Science Center, Houston) offer a concise review of today's healthcare environment, the history of quality in general and healthcare industry quality issues, the challenges to quality measurement, and the major organizations providing quality management guidance to healthcare entities. The final chapter contains a series of healthcare quality improvement case studies from various institutions, contributed by 29 healthcare professionals. Suitable for use in public health and healthcare administration classes, and as a resource for practicing healthcare executives and managers, the text uses a framework focusing on health care quality in the inpatient setting of a hospital, which can be adapted to other contexts. Annotation ©2013 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)