QI
Quality Improvement (QI) - the combined and unceasing efforts of everyone to make changes that will lead to better patient outcomes (health), better system performance (care), and better professional development (learning)
Quality Improvement encompasses all of the changes made to improve health and health care delivery. It is the systematic and continuous actions that lead to measurable improvement in health care services and the health status of targeted patient groups.
High-Reliability Organizations
Measurement
Data is at the core of QI. It is needed to define the extent of a problem and assess the impact of improvement.
