Health Sci - Interdisciplinary
HLTH 5630: Quality Improvement in Patient Safety
Lecture - 3 credits
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- Introduces key components of patient safety science that promote identification of patient safety risks and effectively foster changes to reduce those risks.
- Examines the processes and tools employed in quality improvement efforts and recognizes the importance of risk assessment, data collection, and measurement in healthcare settings.
- Identifies quality improvement models and compares their effectiveness in promoting safer care delivery.
- Concludes with a discussion of the advantages and disadvantages of incentivizing quality improvement efforts through reimbursement strategies that utilize quality incentives.
- Prior completion of HLTH 5600 is recommended but not required.
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