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of this project are wide reaching. In addition
to improving the standard of care for trauma
patients, the research has a significant potential
impact on hospital readmissions and health care
costs, as well as patients’ return to work.
■ New book highlights Baylor’s quality

journey
Reaching America’s true potential to deliver and receive exceptional health care will
require not only an immense and concerted effort, but a fundamental change of perspective
from medical providers, government officials,
industry leaders, and patients alike. Achieving
STEEEP Health Care, a new book published by
CRC Press, highlights BHCS’s efforts to improve
health care quality along the six aims of health
care improvement outlined by the Institute of
Medicine and embraced by Baylor leadership:
safety, timeliness, effectiveness, efficiency, equity, and patient centeredness (STEEEP).
Achieving STEEEP Health Care offers practical strategies and lessons for other organizations
in the areas of people, culture, and processes
that have contributed to dramatic improvements
in patient and operational outcomes at Baylor.
“We hope that sharing the challenges and successes we have encountered in our STEEEP care
journey will educate and encourage other health
care delivery organizations embarking on their
own quality improvement endeavors,” said David
J. Ballard, MD, PhD, BHCS senior vice president
and chief quality officer, president of the STEEEP
Global Institute, and the book’s editor.
The book’s associate editors include Joel
Allison, chief executive officer of Baylor Scott
& White Health; Rosemary Luquire, PhD, RN,
chief nursing officer for BHCS; Paul Convery,
MD, senior consultant for the STEEEP Global
Institute and former chief medical officer; and
Neil Fleming, PhD, vice president and chief operating officer of the STEEEP Global Institute.
More than 40 leaders from Baylor and Scott
& White Health contributed chapters on topics
ranging from corporate governance and finance
to physician and nurse leadership and successful service-line quality improvement initiatives
such as reducing heart failure readmissions and
coordinating comprehensive cancer care.
Achieving STEE @