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27 lut 2023 · This is the first in a series of three articles introducing Quality Improvement (QI) methodology and supporting concepts to multidisciplinary teams working in Urology departments in the United Kingdom.
27 lut 2023 · In this paper, we will address the important question of how quality improvement science (QIS) and human factors and ergonomics (HFE) can work together to produce safer solutions for healthcare.
The purpose of this article is to differentiate between research and quality improvement, explore the potential risks of confusing quality improvement with research, and suggest criteria by which to determine the difference.
This chapter offers an introduction to the recently developed applied health science fields of patient safety, improvement, and implementation sciences. Healthcare is a high-risk activity because of the complexity of its systems and processes.
31 mar 2020 · Thinking of quality improvement (QI) as a principle-based approach to change provides greater clarity about (a) the contribution QI offers to staff and patients, (b) how to differentiate it from other approaches, (c) the benefits of using QI together with other change approaches.
Defined in this way, improvement involves a substantial shift in our idea of the work of healthcare, a challenging task that can benefit from the use of a wide variety of tools and methods (table 1). Although all improvement involves change, not all changes are improvement. If healthcare is going to benefit fully from
Ken Catchpole 1 , Stephanie Russ 2. Affiliations. 1 Department of Surgery, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, USA. 2 University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK. PMID: 26089207. DOI: 10.1136/bmjqs-2015-004431. No abstract available. Keywords: Healthcare quality improvement; Quality improvement; Quality measurement. MeSH terms.
