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This 6 page paper looks at some tools which may be used of quality improvement in healthcare. The paper starts by identifying two potential areas of quality improvement and discussing the type of data needed. The main part of the paper then looks at three tools or approaches which may be useful in gathering, measuring and assessing data needed to support a QI initiative. The tools discusses include patient health survey, Six Sigma and the use of data mining. The bibliography cites 4 sources.
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6 pages (~225 words per page)
File: TS65_TEQItools.doc
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service include a reduction of falls in the community served by the in home care agency and a reduction in the number of the repeat hospitalizations for patients that are
suffering from chronic illnesses such as congestive heart disease. In order to implement QI initiatives it is necessary to look at tools which will aid with this process. This includes
the assessment of data which is needed in order for each improvement to take place as well as the identification of the tools which may be used to assess and
measure changed and the way that they measure those changes (Pyzdek, 2001). There is different data required for measurement of these two variables, with the comparison is required in
order to determine whether or not there is any improvement taking place. The data required not only reflects the need to measurement, the data also will be required in order
to help explain the measurements that are taking place, and provide information on the underlying factors that are impacting on those measurements. For example, the basic measurement that is required
in order to assess whether or not there is a reduction in number forms will be the number of falls per patient, or the frequency level of falls in terms
of overall patient numbers. For quality improvement to take place it is necessary not only to measure the number of falls, but also gather data which may indicate why the
falls are taking place, in order to determine the measures which may be needed in order to improve performance in this area. A similar approach is needed in terms
of the data collected when assessing hospitalisations in chronically ill patients. A specific measure may be needed for this, such as the number of times, or the frequency, of admittance
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