Making positive changes to improve healthcare is a vital factor in all healthcare settings. All staff play a vital role in change and must grasp the concepts of quality improvement, or QI. In this course, you will learn the basic concepts of QI in healthcare.
Making positive changes to improve healthcare is a vital factor in all healthcare settings. All staff play a vital role in change and must grasp the concepts of quality improvement, or QI. In this course, you will learn the basic concepts of QI in healthcare.
This course is approved for 0.25 contact hours.
Outline:
Section 1: Introduction
About This Course
Learning Objectives
Section 2: Basic Concepts
Quality Improvement
Benefits of QI in Healthcare
Principles of a Successful QI Program
The PDSA Method
Review
Summary
Section 3: PDSA in Action
The Great Chili Cook-Off
Stage 1: Plan
Stage 2: Do
Stage 3: Study
Stage 4: Act
Review
Summary
Section 4: Conclusion
Course Summary
Course Contributor
References
Ed has over 30 years of clinical and teaching experience, and his areas of expertise are emergency and critical care, skilled nursing, behavioral health, occupational health and safety, and home care. Ed served in several senior nursing leadership roles to include: Emergency Services Director, Physician Practices Director and Administrative Director of Nursing at the executive level. Ed is certified in LEAN Healthcare efficiency fundamentals and tactics which he has successfully deployed over the years in multiple settings resulting in cost savings, improved quality, and patient safety. He earned his Diploma in Nursing from St. Vincent’s School of Nursing in Staten Island, New York in 1990 and Bachelor of Science in Nursing from the University of North Carolina, Greensboro in 2006. Ed is retired from the U.S. Coast Guard with 34 years. Disclosure: Edward Bartels, RN, BSN, MICN has declared that no conflict of interest, Relevant Financial Relationship or Relevant Non-Financial Relationship exists.
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