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Monitoring Quality Respiratory Care (QAPI) |
After all the elements are in place, quality respiratory care is maintained by monitoring One method to monitor the quality of care provided is to seek voluntary accreditation Accreditation by the point commission in is the standard |
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Monitoring Quality respiratory Care (QAPI) |
Current Joint Commission standards call for continuous quality improvement (CQI) CQI is an ongoing process to detect and correct factors hindering quality care The AARC has developed four goals that should be included in the CQI plan |
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Goals of a respiratory care CQI plan should at least include |
Monitoring quality and appropriateness Ensure methods are cost effective Ensure methods are effective (peak flow, pfts, oxygenation) Identify, rank and resolve patient care problems |
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MOnitoring quality respiratory care |
Peer review organizations :The fed gov has established system of PROS to evaluate the quality of care given to medicare beneficiaries Such PRO evaluate care provided to individual patients in real time to ensure compliance with federal guidelines |
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Hospital restructuring and Redesign |
AN attempt to do more patient care with less overhead Common approaches include :Cross training employees :Using unlicensed assistive staff :Decentralizing services (patient focused care) |
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Disease Management |
Refers to an organized strategy of delivering care to a large group of individuals with chronic disease to improve outcomes and reduce costs Disease management programs may be developed for patients with asthma, diabetes, copd or congestive heart failure |
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Evidence based medicine |
Represent an important concept regarding quality respiratory care Refers to determining optimal clinical management based on evidence found in the scientific literature The clinical practice guidelines produced by the AARC represent recommendations based on a review of the evidence by experts |
