{"id":150,"date":"2022-12-19T16:27:57","date_gmt":"2022-12-19T16:27:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/perioperative1003.slc-courses.ca\/?p=150"},"modified":"2023-01-10T14:29:30","modified_gmt":"2023-01-10T14:29:30","slug":"module-7-b-leading-perioperative-change-through-quality-improvement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/perioperative1003.slc-courses.ca\/?p=150","title":{"rendered":"Module 7: B. Leading Perioperative Change Through Quality Improvement"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Leading Perioperative Change Through Quality Improvement<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Quality improvement (QI) is a proven way to positively impact both patients and healthcare personnel. QI is the ongoing analysis and evaluation to prevent errors, increase satisfaction and improve processes. There are many different models of the QI process in healthcare and most of these follow the nursing process (which you reviewed back in your first module of course 1). Most QI processes follow these five steps:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. Identify what needs to be accomplished. What needs to change\/be improved?<\/li>
  2. Identify the measures. How will we know that we have made a positive change?<\/li>
  3. What changes can be made that will result in an improvement?<\/li>
  4. Implement rapid cycle improvements (the PDSA cycle).<\/li>
  5. Maintain these improvements.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    (Bennett & Costello, 2020)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    Quality Improvement in Health Care<\/h5>\n\n\n\n
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