Quantitative and Qualitative Measurement for QI in Healthcare

This report outlines a quality improvement (QI) process for a medical facility. It addresses the chief information officer's request by detailing methods for quantitatively and qualitatively measuring QI across various areas. The report emphasizes the importance of identifying clear objectives and assessing the impact of QI initiatives. It categorizes measures into structured measures (e.g., electronic medical records), process measures (e.g., preventive services), and outcome measures (e.g., patient mortality). The report emphasizes the role of the QI team in regularly reviewing performance and identifies key factors for a successful QI process, including the active participation of relevant stakeholders and the alignment of the process with the needs of the general population served by the healthcare facility. The report references key studies to support the methods discussed.

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Health Care Quality Improvement Measurement
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You have been asked to develop a quality improvement (QI) process for your medical
facility employer. You have previously established the skill sets required for QI team
members. The chief information officer has asked you what areas you will be analyzing and
how you will determine if your project was successful or not. Complete the following:Write
a paper that details the method that you will use to quantitatively and qualitatively
measure your QI process for various QI areas in your healthcare facility.
Quality improvement process involves the working of multiple systems and multiple fields in a
particular domain of practice. The quality improvement team consist of the group of individuals
who are working together for carrying out efforts of improvement. (Renedo ,2015)The QI team
on a regular basis review the performance by the identification of need improvement areas and
monitor the efforts of improvement. In this present paper, we have discussed the skills set and
have to propose the quantitative and qualitative measures in the healthcare facility.
For the quality improvement process, the first thing that needs to be measured is the objective. If
the objective was well identified than it should be considered as the issue of concern for the
quality improvement , by the identification of specified objectives that need to be classified for
the strong QI process. (Huddart ,2015)The other thing to counter check is amid the usage period
if the QI process was carried on the correct way and the general population concerned had a solid
feeling and reaction towards its execution then it fits the quality to be of high caliber and vice
versa.
The measures that need to be accessed for comparing the quality improvement of a health care
facility are classified as the structured measure, process measures and outcome measures.

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Structured measures
These measures provide consumers the sense of health care in accordance with the systems and
processes that help in providing high-quality health care. (Jha,2014) For, eg. Electronic medical
records, the percentage of board-certified physicians and doctors.
Process measures
These measures help in knowing what the provider is performing for the improvement of health,
whether for the healthy people or for those who are diagnosed with certain health care problems.
(Al-Abri ,2014)For example, the proportion of people are getting the preventive services or the
proportion of people who are suffering from diabetes has tested their blood sugar and are
controlled.
Outcome measures
These measures reflect the impact of health care services on the health status of the patients , in
terms of the proportion of the patients who died in surgery or the ratio of the surgical problems
or the hospital provided infections.

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References
Renedo, A., Marston, C. A., Spyridonidis, D., & Barlow, J. (2015). Patient and Public
Involvement in Healthcare Quality Improvement: How organizations can help patients and
professionals to collaborate. Public Management Review, 17(1), 17-34.
Huddart, S., Peden, C. J., Swart, M., McCormick, B., Dickinson, M., Mohammed, M. A., &
Quiney, N. (2015). Use of a pathway quality improvement care bundle to reduce mortality after
emergency laparotomy. British Journal of Surgery, 102(1), 57-66.
Al-Abri, R., & Al-Balushi, A. (2014). Patient satisfaction survey as a tool towards quality
improvement. Oman medical journal, 29(1), 3.
Jha, A. K., & Zaslavsky, A. M. (2014). Quality reporting that addresses disparities in health
care. Jama, 312(3), 225-226.