Basics of quality improvement in health care Export

@article{citeulike:1644265, abstract = {With the rapid expansion of knowledge and technology and a health care system that performs far below acceptable levels for ensuring patient safety and needs, front-line health care professionals must understand the basics of quality improvement methodologies and terminology. The goals of this review are to provide clinicians with sufficient information to understand the fundamentals of quality improvement, provide a starting point for improvement projects, and stimulate further inquiry into the quality improvement methodologies currently being used in health care. Key quality improvement concepts and methodologies, including plan-do-study-act, six-sigma, and lean strategies, are discussed, and the differences between quality improvement and quality-of-care research are explored. {\copyright} 2007 Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research.}, address = {Divison of Preventive, Occupational and Aerospace Medicine, College of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, 200 First St SW, Rochester, MN 55905, United States}, author = {Varkey, P. and Reller, M. K. and Resar, R. K.}, citeulike-article-id = {1644265}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://www.scopus.com/record/display.url?view=extended&origin=resultslist&eid=2-s2.0-34249951276}, journal = {Mayo Clin. Proc.}, keywords = {healthcare, management, quality, system}, number = {6}, pages = {735--739}, posted-at = {2007-09-11 14:31:46}, priority = {2}, title = {Basics of quality improvement in health care}, url = {http://www.scopus.com/record/display.url?view=extended&origin=resultslist&eid=2-s2.0-34249951276}, volume = {82}, year = {2007} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:1644265 L3 - citeulike-article-id:1644265 N2 - With the rapid expansion of knowledge and technology and a health care system that performs far below acceptable levels for ensuring patient safety and needs, front-line health care professionals must understand the basics of quality improvement methodologies and terminology. The goals of this review are to provide clinicians with sufficient information to understand the fundamentals of quality improvement, provide a starting point for improvement projects, and stimulate further inquiry into the quality improvement methodologies currently being used in health care. Key quality improvement concepts and methodologies, including plan-do-study-act, six-sigma, and lean strategies, are discussed, and the differences between quality improvement and quality-of-care research are explored. © 2007 Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research. IS - 6 JF - Mayo Clin. Proc. AD - Divison of Preventive, Occupational and Aerospace Medicine, College of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, 200 First St SW, Rochester, MN 55905, United States EP - 739 TI - Basics of quality improvement in health care VL - 82 SP - 735 KW - healthcare KW - management KW - quality KW - system AU - Varkey, P AU - Reller, MK AU - Resar, RK PY - 2007/// UR - http://www.scopus.com/record/display.url?view=extended&origin=resultslist&eid=2-s2.0-34249951276 ER -