The use of relational databases in the transition from quality assurance to continuous quality improvement: a clinical practice model. 1998

C P Swamidoss, and G Watrous, and B S Dickson, and P G Barash, and S J Brull
Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06520-8051, USA.

The use of both clinical medical and administrative databases is discussed in the context of an academic anesthesiology's transition from the tenets of quality assurance to those of continuous quality improvements. A historical framework is presented. The basic and aggregate models are introduced, and examples are used to illustrate the composite system.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D011366 Professional Review Organizations Organizations representing designated geographic areas which have contracts under the PRO program to review the medical necessity, appropriateness, quality, and cost-effectiveness of care received by Medicare beneficiaries. Peer Review Improvement Act, PL 97-248, 1982. PRO Professional Review Organizations,PSRO,Peer Review Organizations,Professional Standards Review Organizations,Utilization and Quality Control Peer Review Organizations,Organizations, Peer Review,Organizations, Professional Review,Review Organizations, Professional,Organization, Peer Review,Organization, Professional Review,Peer Review Organization,Professional Review Organization
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
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000776 Anesthesiology A specialty concerned with the study of anesthetics and anesthesia.
D016208 Databases, Factual Extensive collections, reputedly complete, of facts and data garnered from material of a specialized subject area and made available for analysis and application. The collection can be automated by various contemporary methods for retrieval. The concept should be differentiated from DATABASES, BIBLIOGRAPHIC which is restricted to collections of bibliographic references. Databanks, Factual,Data Banks, Factual,Data Bases, Factual,Data Bank, Factual,Data Base, Factual,Databank, Factual,Database, Factual,Factual Data Bank,Factual Data Banks,Factual Data Base,Factual Data Bases,Factual Databank,Factual Databanks,Factual Database,Factual Databases
D017146 Models, Organizational Theoretical representations and constructs that describe or explain the structure and hierarchy of relationships and interactions within or between formal organizational entities or informal social groups. Organizational Models,Model, Organizational,Organizational Model
D017749 Total Quality Management The application of industrial management practice to systematically maintain and improve organization-wide performance. Effectiveness and success are determined and assessed by quantitative quality measures. Continuous Quality Management,Lean Six Sigma,Sigma Metrics,Six Sigma,Lean Six Sigmas,Management, Continuous Quality,Management, Total Quality,Metric, Sigma,Metrics, Sigma,Sigma Metric,Sigma, Six,Sigmas, Six,Six Sigma, Lean,Six Sigmas,Six Sigmas, Lean

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