Patient care outcomes, patient satisfaction, evidence-based care delivery, delivery of safe care, patient-centered care, and resource-efficient are components of this concept.
Health Care Quality
Courage. Compassion. Commitment.
The 3 ethical virtues of healthcare professionals
The first step in the quality improvement process.
Identify the problem
The regulatory agency at the state level.
Board of Nursing.
The regulatory agency at the federal level.
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS)
Evidence-based guidelines from various healthcare agencies strive to improve patient care; a key component of health care quality.
Collaboration
This ethical principle is defined as the ability to answer for one’s own actions.
Accountability
This concept is evaluated based on the processes within an institution and the resultant patient outcomes.
Health Care Quality
Patient-Centered Care, Teamwork and Collaboration, Evidence-Based Practice, Quality Improvement, Safety, and Informatics.
QSEN's 6 competencies
The Donabedian Quality of Care Framework identifies ways to define, categorize, and measure quality by analyzing processes, outcomes, and