Description
(Continous Qulaity Improvement in Healthcare)
The purpose of this course is to familiiarize the student with the concept of Quality and the process of Quality Improvement across the healthcare continuum. This course focuses on the history and evolution of quality, its terms, principles, theories, and practices. The student is introduced to a diverse collection of methods of improving quality, including but not limited to continuous Quality Improvement and Total Quality Management, and to the guidelines for implementing quality management and the continous quality improvement processes. Additionally, students will be asked to apply Six Sigma methodology to a healthcare scenario to create a safe, timely, effective, equitable, efficient, and patient-centered outcome. Students will also be exposed to new cutting-edge technologies that impact the quality improvement efforts/interventions in health care delivery.