RT Book, Section
A1 Falk, Scott A.
A1 Lane-Fall, Meghan B.
A1 Fleisher, Lee A.
A2 Longnecker, David E.
A2 Mackey, Sean C.
A2 Newman, Mark F.
A2 Sandberg, Warren S.
A2 Zapol, Warren M.
SR Print(0)
ID 1144114749
T1 Quality Improvement in Anesthesia: Taking a Generative, Not Reactive, Approach
T2 Anesthesiology, 3e
YR 2017
FD 2017
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9780071848817
LK accessanesthesiology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1144114749
RD 2024/04/23
AB KEY  POINTSHealth  care  practitioners  are  increasingly  expected  to  demonstrate  that  they  deliver  high-quality,  high-value  care.Quality  improvement  in  health  care  traces  its  roots  to  industrial  safety  improvement.The  use  of  systematic,  well-specified  methods  to  define  and  address  problems,  first  described  in  industry,  is  applicable  to  quality  improvement  in  health  care.Multiple  methodologies  are  used  to  undertake  quality  improvement  projects  in  health  care.  Three  commonly  used  methodologies  are  FOCUS-PDSA  (Find,  Organize,  Clarify,  Understand,  Select,  Plan,  Do,  Study,  and  Act),  Six  Sigma,  and  Lean.Quality  improvement  methodologies  all  have  analogous  steps:  problem  definition,  measurement,  analysis,  implementation,  and  controlling  the  process  in  question.Human  factors  engineering,  important  in  quality  improvement,  includes  physical  ergonomics,  cognitive  ergonomics,  and  organizational  ergonomics.There  are  parallels  between  quality  improvement  operations  and  research.  Researchers  use  many  of  the  same  strategies  as  people  conducting  quality  improvement  work,  and  researchers’  expertise  can  be  leveraged  in  problem  definition,  measurement,  analysis,  and  implementation  phases  of  quality  improvement  projects.The  distinction  between  quality  improvement  operations  and  research  is  sometimes  unclear.  People  conducting  quality  improvement  work  should  consider  consultation  with  their  institutional  review  board  to  determine  whether  a  proposed  quality  improvement  project  might  be  considered  research.