Quality improvement strategies

An additional continuous quality improvement strategy is to request feedback from patients who have... 

REVISITING THE SCENARIO CARE-RITE PHARMACY S CONTINUOUS QUALITY IMPROVEMENT STRATEGIES... 

Develop Policies and Plans That Support Individual and Community Health Efforts. This service requires leadership development at all levels of public health systematic community- and state-level planning for health improvement in all jurisdictions development and tracking of measurable health objectives as a part of continuous quality improvement strategies joint evaluation with the medical system to define consistent policy regarding prevention and treatment services and development of codes, regulations, and legislation to guide the practice of public health. 

The key to all the review approaches is that performance should be systematically and regularly assessed. Systematic evaluation allows an objective and comprehensive appraisal of performance and identification of strengths, weaknesses and measures for improvement. Regular evaluation enables a DRA to learn continually about the quality of its performance, and to develop awareness of any positive or negative changes in that performance. It also helps the authority to understand whether improvement strategies are working and, if so, to what extent. 

Ledolter, J, and Burrill, C. W. (1998), Statistical Quality Control Strategies and Tools for Continual Improvement, Wiley, New York. 

Moffett BS, Parham AL, Candilla CD, et al. 2006. Oral anticoagulation in a pediatric hospital Impact of a quality improvement initiative on warfarin management strategies. Qual Saf Health Care 15 240—3. 

Berwick DM, Godfrey AB, Roessner J. Curing health care New strategies for quality improvement. San Francisco Jossey-Bass Publishers, 1990. 

A quality management strategy is required to assure and continually improve the quality of the business activities nndertaken by any company or operator. The strategy should be an integral part of the corporate management system and define the quality objectives, plans, responsibilities, authorities, processes, and procedures. 

Dr. Joseph M. Juran later emphasized a more strategy- and planning-oriented approach to quality. He proposed quality planning, control, and improvement as three highly interrelated processes. The Juran Institute is still an active organization promoting the Juran philosophy and quality improvement practices. In the 1980s,... 

Hughes, R. G., Tools and Strategies for Quality Improvement and Patient Safety, in Handbook for Nurses, edited by R.G. Hughes, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, Maryland, Chapter 44, pp. 1-22. 

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