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Quality and Performance Improvement
This area deals with the development, implementation, and evaluation of organizational accountability including TQM/CQI programs, quality assessment and assurance philosophies, policies, programs, and procedures.
June 2008
Friday June 27, 2008
Posted by: Karen Schwartz at 1:41PM EST on June 27, 2008
What areas within your health system have Lean principles been applied and what are the long term success rates or impact of the application?
Friday June 20, 2008
Posted by: Denise Deitzen at 5:10PM EST on June 20, 2008
In develoment of a robust peer review process, provider engangement is a critical component. Historically, there is certain reluctance on the part of providers to peer review other providers. This reluctance seems to increase in reverse proportion to the size of the organization. Utilizing a strong foundation of performance improvement as the outcome for peer review seems to allieviate this to some extent but what other methods have you used to successfully invigorate a stagnant peer review process?
Sunday June 8, 2008
Posted by: Michael Parish at 10:33PM EST on June 8, 2008
Organizations take various approaches when it comes to their structure for quality and performance improvement. Where organizations have resources, such as management engineers, that traditionally were more focused on operational improvements than clinical improvements, have you kept them organized separately (for example, in different departments) or have you integrated them? What are your reasons, benefits, etc., for your chosen course?
Posted by: Franka Tirado at 8:12AM EST on June 8, 2008
It can be said that Performance excellence is one of the most critical components of organizational success, yet many leaders aren't focused on this concept/principles. How can s
Wednesday June 4, 2008
Posted by: Charmaine Rochester at 1:57PM EST on June 4, 2008
Websites such as Healthgrades are available to patients for comparing hospital / physician performance. Does anyone feel that their organization is being significantly impacted (positively or negatively) by these websites?
Tuesday June 3, 2008
Posted by: Brian Thompson at 7:24PM EST on June 3, 2008
How do TQM and CQI differ? What is the greatest challenge with implementing TQM initiatives?
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