Question

Explain principles of healthcare improvement

Answer 1

​​​​​​​INTRODUCTION

• Healthcare improvement consists systamatic and continuous actions which leads to improvement in the quality of health care sector and health condition of patients.
• To assess the improvement of healthcare system can be done by checking the comparison of level of improved health services and desired health outcomes.

PRINCIPLES OF HEALTHCARE IMPROVEMENT:

• Healthcare performance can be analysed by evaluvate the organization's efficiency ,outcome of care, and level of patient satisfaction.
• key principles includes

1. work as system and processess
2. focus on targeted patients.
3. focus on being part of a group work.
4. focus on use of the available data.   

WORK AS SYSTEM AND PROCESSESS

• the key components consists input(resources), processess(activities) and outcomes(results).
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• these steps are also known as critical pathway
• Through analysing the critical pathway the perticular organisation can understand what and how care have to provided.

FOCUS ON TARGETED PATIENTS

• patients needs and expectations should be analyse to measure the improvement of healthcare sector.

1. systems that affect patients access
2. care provisions which are evidence based
3. safety of patients
4. patient engagement support
5. coordination in other parts of the larger health care system
6. cultural competence

FOCUS ON BEING PART OF A GROUP WORK

• It demands knowledge, skills,experiences and different individual perspectives
• A group work is most effective when:

1. the process is complex
2. it involves morethsn one work area
3. results require creativity
4. commitment of staff and buy-in are needed

• achiving good results in group works are very important for lasting improvement of an organisation

FOCUS ON USE OF AVAILABLE DATA

• Data is the most significant thing.
• methods : Quantitative and Qualitative
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