Course Description: This course focuses on techniques for continuous improvement in healthcare quality. Participants will learn about quality measurement, process improvement, and patient safety strategies to enhance overall quality of care.
Course Outcomes:
- Understand the principles of healthcare quality improvement.
- Measure and assess healthcare quality.
- Implement process improvement strategies.
- Enhance patient safety and reduce errors.
- Foster a culture of quality in healthcare settings.
Objectives:
- Identify key principles of healthcare quality improvement.
- Develop quality measurement and assessment tools.
- Implement process improvement projects in healthcare.
- Conduct root cause analysis to identify quality issues.
- Apply Lean and Six Sigma principles to healthcare processes.
- Develop patient safety protocols and strategies.
- Create plans for continuous quality improvement.
- Engage healthcare teams in quality improvement initiatives.
- Evaluate the impact of quality improvement projects.
- Review case studies to apply quality improvement techniques in real-world settings.
Units:
- Introduction to Healthcare Quality Improvement
- Principles of Quality Measurement
- Quality Assessment Tools and Techniques
- Process Improvement Methodologies
- Patient Safety Strategies
- Quality Improvement Projects
- Data Collection and Analysis
- Implementing Quality Improvement Initiatives
- Monitoring and Evaluating Quality Improvement
- Case Studies and Best Practices in Quality Improvement
