Discussion:
1. CQI Process
Review the illustration of the Plan-Do-Study-Act (PDSA) model on the Institute for Health Care Improvement website (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.. Identify an issue at your work, home, or community that could use improvement. After reviewing the information about the Plan-Do-Study-Act (PDSA) model, list your answers to the top three questions and list the personnel to include on a team that would develop the action plan for improvement.
• What are we trying to accomplish?
• How will we know that a change is an improvement?
• What changes can we make that will result in improvement?
Response should be 250 to 300 words and utilize at least one scholarly source to justify your recommendations for improvement.
Sources must be cited in APA format.
2. Promoting CQI Efforts
The Institute of Medicine (IOM) developed six specific aims to ensure the delivery and improvement of health care. Choose two from the six aims: Safe, effective, patient-centered, timely, efficient and equitable (Institute of Medicine, 2001). Of the two aims you chose, discuss the effects on the delivery of quality care. Give an example of how a hospital or physician practice can meet these aims.
Response should be 250 to 300 words and utilize at least one scholarly source to justify your choices. Sources must be cited in APA format as outlined in the Writing Center (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site..