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An evolutionary process: applying CQI techniques to quality assurance issues. 1992

E Ziacik

Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital, Albany, GA.

Evolving from a traditional quality assurance to a continuous quality improvement mindset is both challenging and frustrating. How to phase out the old and embrace the new is not always clear. Approaching the shift as an evolutionary process by applying CQI techniques to issues identified through traditional QA methods can be effective. It helps to validate the significance of past efforts and provide tangible evidence of process improvement.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D007755	Laboratories, Hospital	Hospital facilities equipped to carry out investigative procedures.	Hospital Laboratories,Hospital Laboratory,Laboratory, Hospital
D009936	Organizational Innovation	Introduction of changes which are new to the organization and are created by management.	Organizational Change,Change, Organizational,Innovation, Organizational,Changes, Organizational,Innovations, Organizational,Organizational Changes,Organizational Innovations
D011340	Problem Solving	A learning situation involving more than one alternative from which a selection is made in order to attain a specific goal.
D011785	Quality Assurance, Health Care	Activities and programs intended to assure or improve the quality of care in either a defined medical setting or a program. The concept includes the assessment or evaluation of the quality of care; identification of problems or shortcomings in the delivery of care; designing activities to overcome these deficiencies; and follow-up monitoring to ensure effectiveness of corrective steps.	Quality Assessment, Health Care,Health Care Quality Assessment,Health Care Quality Assurance,Healthcare Quality Assessment,Healthcare Quality Assurance,Quality Assessment, Healthcare,Quality Assurance, Healthcare,Assessment, Healthcare Quality,Assessments, Healthcare Quality,Assurance, Healthcare Quality,Assurances, Healthcare Quality,Healthcare Quality Assessments,Healthcare Quality Assurances,Quality Assessments, Healthcare,Quality Assurances, Healthcare
D012139	Respiratory Therapy Department, Hospital	Hospital department which is responsible for the administration of diagnostic pulmonary function tests and of procedures to restore optimum pulmonary ventilation.	Hospital Respiratory Therapy Department,Respiratory Therapy Departments, Hospital
D006739	Hospital Administration	Management of the internal organization of the hospital.	Hospital Organization and Administration,Organization and Administration, Hospital,Administration, Hospital
D000556	Ambulatory Surgical Procedures	Surgery performed on an outpatient basis. It may be hospital-based or performed in an office or surgicenter.	Ambulatory Surgery,Day Surgery,Office Surgery,Outpatient Surgery,Surgery, Office,Surgery, Outpatient,Ambulatory Surgical Procedure,Procedure, Ambulatory Surgical,Procedures, Ambulatory Surgical,Surgery, Ambulatory,Surgery, Day,Surgical Procedure, Ambulatory,Surgical Procedures, Ambulatory,Ambulatory Surgeries,Day Surgeries,Office Surgeries,Outpatient Surgeries,Surgeries, Ambulatory,Surgeries, Day,Surgeries, Office,Surgeries, Outpatient
D017064	Process Assessment, Health Care	An evaluation procedure that focuses on how care is delivered, based on the premise that there are standards of performance for activities undertaken in delivering patient care, in which the specific actions taken, events occurring, and human interactions are compared with accepted standards.	Process Assessment (Health Care),Assessment, Process,Process Measures,Assessment, Process (Health Care),Assessments, Process,Assessments, Process (Health Care),Measure, Process,Measures, Process,Process Assessment,Process Assessments,Process Assessments (Health Care),Process Measure