Avedis Donabedian Flashcards
Avedis Donabedian - year
1966
Avedis said
“evaluating the quality of medical care”
avedis proposed the components of quality in healthcare services
structure
process
outcome
one component of quality in healthcare services is STRUCTURE, this includes
all the factors that affect the context in which care is delivered
(physical facility, equipment, human resouces)
one component of quality in healthcare services is PROCESS, this includes
the sum of all actions that make up healthcare
(technical processes, how care is delivered, interpersonal precesses)
one component of quality in healthcare services is OUTCOME, this includes
all the effects of healthcare on patients or populations
avedis said that there is no bad people, but
bad systems
avedis believed that errors can be prevented by
designing systems that make it hard for people to make mistakes