USING Q-PROBES TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LABORATORY MEDICINE: A QUALITY IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM OF THE COLLEGE OF AMERICAN PATHOLOGISTS

1991 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 167-177 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. Bachner ◽  
P. J. Howanitz
Keyword(s):  
Quality Improvement ◽  
Laboratory Medicine ◽  
Quality Improvement Program ◽  
Improvement Program

scholarly journals Baseline Quality-of-Care Data From a Quality-Improvement Program Implemented by a Network of Diabetes Outpatient Clinics

Diabetes Care ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 31 (11) ◽  
pp. 2166-2168 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. C.E. Rossi ◽  
A. Nicolucci ◽  
A. Arcangeli ◽  
A. Cimino ◽  
G. De Bigontina ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Improvement ◽  
Quality Of Care ◽  
Quality Improvement Program ◽  
Outpatient Clinics ◽  
Improvement Program

Safety, Quality, and the National Surgical Quality Improvement Program

2006 ◽  
Vol 72 (11) ◽  
pp. 994-998 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shukri F. Khuri
Keyword(s):  
Patient Safety ◽  
Quality Improvement ◽  
Conceptual Framework ◽  
Systems Of Care ◽  
Adverse Outcomes ◽  
Quality Improvement Program ◽  
Institute Of Medicine ◽  
Improvement Program ◽  
Surgical Quality

The Institute of Medicine 1999 publication, To Err is Human, focused attention on preventable provider errors in surgery, and prompted numerous new national initiatives to improve patient safety. It is uncertain whether these initiatives have actually improved patient safety, mainly because of the lack of a quantitative metric for the assessment of patient safety in surgery. A 15-year experience with the National Surgical Quality Improvement Program, which originated in the Veteran's Administration in 1991 and was recently made available to the private sector, prompts the surgical community to place patient safety in surgery within a much larger conceptual framework than that of the Institute of Medicine report, and provides a quantitative metric for the assessment of patient safety initiatives. This conceptual framework defines patient safety in surgery as safety from all adverse outcomes (not only preventable errors and sentinel events); regards safety as an integral part of quality of surgical care; recognizes that adverse outcomes, and hence patient safety, are primarily determined by quality of systems of care; and uses comparative risk-adjusted outcome data as a metric for the identification of system problems and for the assessment and improvement of patient safety from adverse outcomes.

scholarly journals A Preliminary Qualitative Evaluation of the Virginia Gold Quality Improvement Program

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gerald Craver ◽  
Amy Burkett
Keyword(s):  
Quality Improvement ◽  
Quality Of Care ◽  
Focus Groups ◽  
Working Conditions ◽  
Qualitative Evaluation ◽  
Quality Improvement Program ◽  
High Turnover ◽  
Improvement Program ◽  
Term Care

Certified nursing assistants (CNAs) perform an important role in the long-term care system because they provide the majority of paid care to nursing facility residents. Unfortunately, annual CNA turnover often exceeds 100 percent nationally. Many factors account for this, including stressful working conditions, low pay, and limited benefits. The end result of high turnover is compromised continuity of care for residents, which often leads to poor quality and substandard care. In an effort to improve quality of care and staffing, the Virginia Department of Medical Assistance Services in 2009 implemented a pilot program, known as the Virginia Gold Quality Improvement Program, which provided funding to five nursing facilities to develop projects that improved working conditions for CNAs. This study presents the results of an evaluation performed on the program toward the end of its first year using 10 CNA and resident focus groups. Eight themes emerged from the focus groups, suggesting that both quality of care and working conditions improved in the pilot facilities after the program was implemented. However, these findings are preliminary and additional research is needed to more fully understand how the program influenced conditions in the pilot facilities.

Effects of a statewide physician-led quality-improvement program on the quality of cardiac care

2006 ◽  
Vol 151 (5) ◽  
pp. 1033-1042 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Richard Goss ◽  
Charles Maynard ◽  
Gabriel S. Aldea ◽  
Miriam Marcus-Smith ◽  
Richard W. Whitten ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Improvement ◽  
Quality Improvement Program ◽  
Cardiac Care ◽  
Improvement Program

scholarly journals Role of a Center of Excellence Program in Improving the Quality of Peritoneal Dialysis—A Chinese Experience

2014 ◽  
Vol 34 (2_suppl) ◽  
pp. 59-62 ◽  
Author(s):  
Qiang Yao ◽  
George Zhou
Keyword(s):  
Quality Improvement ◽  
Peritoneal Dialysis ◽  
Quality Improvement Program ◽  
Improvement Program ◽  
Center Of Excellence

Improving the quality of peritoneal dialysis (PD) in areas with a rapid increase in PD patient numbers constitutes the most significant PD challenge in China. Here, we share our experience of implementing a quality improvement program in 8 PD centers, with guidance from matched experienced centers.

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