Performance Improvement Information 2022

Performance improvement 1
Performance improvement
Student’s name
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Performance improvement 2
Introduction
According to Cherry and Jacob (2016) performance improvement in healthcare refers to
activities carried out in a healthcare institution in order to improve health outcomes. Performance
improvement also entails the process of measuring and quantifying inputs and outputs of a
business, identifying the weaknesses and implementing changes in order to increase efficiency.
Performance improvement in healthcare therefore entails processes of setting objectives,
assessing and measuring outcomes, inducing and effecting change and making continuous
improvements to improve patient care and health outcomes.
Importance in healthcare
The importance of performance improvement is that it helps in mitigating risks and risk
factors that affect a health institution negatively. It also helps in assessing performance level and
coming up with strategies of improving performance. In addition, performance improvement
helps in predicting future outcomes which helps in planning effectively to ensure positive
outcomes (Graban 2018).
Case scenario
A certain problem was identified when there was a cholera outbreak. Hundreds of
patients visited the facility which was way higher than the staff could manage. This made the
nurses and other health workers to work for extremely long hours leading to fatigue and burnout.
With time, the workers could not manage their personal work effectively which resulted to stress
due to inability to achieve balance in work and personal life.
Application of PI