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HCA 375 Week 1 Discussion 1, CQI Process

Review the illustration of the Plan-Do-Study-Act (PDSA) model on the Institute for Health Care Improvement website (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.. Identify an issue at your work, home, or community that could use improvement. After reviewing the information about the Plan-Do-Study-Act (PDSA) model, list your answers to the top three questions and list the personnel to include on a team that would develop the action plan for improvement.

• What are we trying to accomplish?
• How will we know that a change is an improvement?
• What changes can we make that will result in improvement?

HCA 375 Week 1 Discussion 2, Promoting CQI Efforts

The Institute of Medicine (IOM) developed six specific aims to ensure the delivery and improvement of health care. Choose two from the six aims: safe, effective, patient-centered, timely, efficient, and equitable (AHRQ, 2016). Of the two aims you chose, discuss the implications on the delivery of quality care. Give an example of how a hospital or physician practice can meet these aims.

HCA 375 Week 1 Quiz (15 Questions and Answers)