From quality assurance to quality management in long term care. 1991

J Dimant
Crown Nursing Home, Brooklyn, NY 11229.

This article describes the continuing evolution of the quality assurance program at Crown Nursing Home, a privately owned, skilled long-term care facility in Brooklyn, New York, into quality management. Activities are intended to improve the systems and processes of resident care, develop and implement practice guidelines, integrate suppliers and vendors into the facility processes, use information systems for indicator monitoring, encourage residents and family participation, provide care through a team approach, and promote human resource management and staff enhancement.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008134 Long-Term Care Care over an extended period, usually for a chronic condition or disability, requiring periodic, intermittent, or continuous care. Care, Long-Term,Long Term Care
D008331 Management Information Systems Systems designed to provide information primarily concerned with the administrative functions associated with the provision and utilization of services; also includes program planning, etc. Information System, Management,Information Systems, Management,Management Information System,System, Management Information,Systems, Management Information
D009519 New York City City located at the mouth of the Hudson River, in New York State.
D009735 Nursing Homes Facilities which provide nursing supervision and limited medical care to persons who do not require hospitalization. Homes, Nursing,Nursing Home
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
D002985 Clinical Protocols Precise and detailed plans for the study of a medical or biomedical problem and/or plans for a regimen of therapy. Protocols, Clinical,Research Protocols, Clinical,Treatment Protocols,Clinical Protocol,Clinical Research Protocol,Clinical Research Protocols,Protocol, Clinical,Protocol, Clinical Research,Protocols, Clinical Research,Protocols, Treatment,Research Protocol, Clinical,Treatment Protocol
D005568 Forms and Records Control A management function in which standards and guidelines are developed for the development, maintenance, and handling of forms and records. Records Control,Forms Control,Records Management,Controls, Records,Management, Records,Records Controls
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

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