"I'm working on quality improvement, but I can't see any results," or "Investment in quality is often pushed to the back burner, and I can't get management's understanding." If you are a QA leader, ...

The growth of scientific management in the early 20th century equipped the business community with various tools designed to reduce costs and improve efficiency. In most companies today, organized ...

In QI, enacting a positive change within your practice isn't the end. You must continue moving forward. Quality improvement (QI) is a continuous process — not merely a one-time effort, but an ongoing ...

Discover the latest articles and news in related subjects. Both quality improvement and research are necessary to continue to advance the field of medicine. Patient care is enhanced by combining ...

The objective of this work is to improve the quality of patient care in the admission office service of the University Hospital Virgen del Rocío (HUVR) by standardizing and systematizing its ...

To realize change, rely on the knowledge and experience of a team such as the authors', which improved the care of patients with diabetes. Quality improvement (QI) in medical practices is a method for ...

The Quality Improvement, Patient Safety, and Leadership Distinction Pathway aims to provide a focused and hands-on experience to internal medicine residents to help them (1) understand the practical ...

Continuous electronic monitoring with telemetry is an important hospital practice for monitoring patients who are at high risk of serious cardiac events. Unfortunately, it is often overutilized. When ...

Humankind has been focused on quality and quality improvement for centuries, and much progress has been made in virtually every arena of society. With some exceptions, quality of life is better than ...

Quality and quality improvement in healthcare has always been an assumed component of infection prevention, but it has taken on new meaning in an age of healthcare reform and the concurrent drive ...

Anything that you do well is worth doing better over time. The term "continuous improvement" describes a process practiced by quality engineers but it speaks to something that every conscientious ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A cardiac arrest prevention quality improvement program provided sustained benefits in participating hospitals.