Quality Flashcards
Quality (عام)
Carrying out intervention correctly according to pre-established standards and procedures
Aim (quality)
1- Satisfying the customers of the health system
2- maximizing results without generating health risks or unnecessary costs
Quality (Oxford)
The degree or grade of excellence
Quality (Agency for health care research and quality)
the degree to which health care services for individuals and populations increase the likelihood of desired health outcomes and are consistent current professional knowledge . “
Quality (National Association of Quality Assurance Professionals)
The level of excellence prouduced and ducomanted in the process of patient care , based on the best knowledge available and achievable at a particular facility
Quality (the Community Health Accreditation Program)
The degree to which consumers progress toward a desired outcome “
Effectiveness
providing care processes and achieving outcomes as supported by scientific evidence .
Efficiency
maximizing the quality of a comparable unit of health care delivered or unit of health benefit achieved for a given unit of health care resources used
Equity
providing health care of equal quality to those who may differ in personal characteristics other than their clinical condition or preferences for care .
Patient centeredness
meeting patients ‘ needs and preferences and providing education and support .
Safety
minimizing actual or potential bodily harm
Timeliness
obtaining needed care while minimizing delays .
APPROACHES OF QUALITY
□ Quality Assurance ( QA )
□ Quality Control ( QC )
□ Total Quality Management ( TQM )
□ Continuous Quality Improvement ( CQI )
Health care domain
1- effectiveness 2- efficiency 3- equity 4- patients centeredness 5- safety 6- timeliness
Quality Assurance 1
” the process for objectively and systematically monitoring and evaluating the quality and appropriateness of patient care , for pursuing opportunities to improve patient care for resolving identified problem “ .