Running Head: QUALITY IMPROVEMENT METHDOLOGY
Quality Improvement Methodology: Quality of Healthcare
Gayathri Para
Bellevue University
Abstract Quality improvement methods are tools that provides clinicians to identify problems, measure the problems, develop a range of interventions designed to fix the problem, and test if interventions worked or not. The quality initiative processes such as Six Sigma, lean, and total quality management (TQM) are tools that capable to solve many operational problems in healthcare organization. The patient care would improve by utilizing quality improvement methods and tools to minimize errors in healthcare. Quality assessed and evaluated ongoing monitoring basis. Healthcare organizations …show more content…
Medication error, lab turnaround time, supply chain management for supplies, claims reimbursement, nursing retention and patient condition outcomes are areas of improvement in healthcare with the utilization of Six Sigma. How ever, high level of specificity, analysis, and design considered as challenging factors to clinicians. TQM lacks adequate data collection and analysis report to identify process variations. Six Sigma is capable of understanding process variations. Utilizing TQM and Six Sigma together would be more effective to provide quality improvement. The cost of using Six Sigma also can be negative aspect depending on organization’s budget. I would implement TQM. Kaiser Permanente (KP) quality team is currently focusing on reducing the rate of sepsis patient population and better outcome by identifying early and provides treatments sooner than later. Sepsis is a high mortality disease. Reducing surgical site infection, hospital acquired infection such as C-diff and pneumonia are areas that KP focusing to improve. TQM and clinical applications would assist to reduce the infection rate. Proper improvement techniques and computerized guidelines provide clinicians to communicate and document in order to sustain …show more content…
Which methodology I would implement and why
Conclusion
References
Chakravarty, A., Parmar, N., & Ranyal, K. (2001). Total Quality Management: The new paradigm in healthcare management, Armed Forces Medical College, 57 (1), 226-229, retrieved from http://medind.nic.in/maa/t01/i3/maat01i3p226g.pdf.
Langabeer, J. R., Dellifraine, J. L., Heineke, J., & Abbass, I. (2009). Implementation of lean and six sigma quality initiatives in hospitals: A goal theoretic perspective. Operations Management Research, 2(1-4), 13-27.
“Methods of quality improvement”. (2014). Department of Community and Family Medicine. Duke University Medical Center. Retrieved from, http://patientsafetyed.duhs.duke.edu/module_a/methods/methods.html.
Varkey, P., Reller, K., & Resar, R. (2007). Basics of Quality Improvement in Health Care. Mayo Clinic Proceedings, 82 (6),
Quality Improvement Methodology: Quality of Healthcare
Gayathri Para
Bellevue University
Abstract Quality improvement methods are tools that provides clinicians to identify problems, measure the problems, develop a range of interventions designed to fix the problem, and test if interventions worked or not. The quality initiative processes such as Six Sigma, lean, and total quality management (TQM) are tools that capable to solve many operational problems in healthcare organization. The patient care would improve by utilizing quality improvement methods and tools to minimize errors in healthcare. Quality assessed and evaluated ongoing monitoring basis. Healthcare organizations …show more content…
Medication error, lab turnaround time, supply chain management for supplies, claims reimbursement, nursing retention and patient condition outcomes are areas of improvement in healthcare with the utilization of Six Sigma. How ever, high level of specificity, analysis, and design considered as challenging factors to clinicians. TQM lacks adequate data collection and analysis report to identify process variations. Six Sigma is capable of understanding process variations. Utilizing TQM and Six Sigma together would be more effective to provide quality improvement. The cost of using Six Sigma also can be negative aspect depending on organization’s budget. I would implement TQM. Kaiser Permanente (KP) quality team is currently focusing on reducing the rate of sepsis patient population and better outcome by identifying early and provides treatments sooner than later. Sepsis is a high mortality disease. Reducing surgical site infection, hospital acquired infection such as C-diff and pneumonia are areas that KP focusing to improve. TQM and clinical applications would assist to reduce the infection rate. Proper improvement techniques and computerized guidelines provide clinicians to communicate and document in order to sustain …show more content…
Which methodology I would implement and why
Conclusion
References
Chakravarty, A., Parmar, N., & Ranyal, K. (2001). Total Quality Management: The new paradigm in healthcare management, Armed Forces Medical College, 57 (1), 226-229, retrieved from http://medind.nic.in/maa/t01/i3/maat01i3p226g.pdf.
Langabeer, J. R., Dellifraine, J. L., Heineke, J., & Abbass, I. (2009). Implementation of lean and six sigma quality initiatives in hospitals: A goal theoretic perspective. Operations Management Research, 2(1-4), 13-27.
“Methods of quality improvement”. (2014). Department of Community and Family Medicine. Duke University Medical Center. Retrieved from, http://patientsafetyed.duhs.duke.edu/module_a/methods/methods.html.
Varkey, P., Reller, K., & Resar, R. (2007). Basics of Quality Improvement in Health Care. Mayo Clinic Proceedings, 82 (6),