Continuous Quality Improvement

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ORYX and Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI)
Hospitals should have standards in regards to the mission, vision and organization goal statement. Setting hospital expectations can help with inconsistencies throughout the organization. If an organization meets the goals, then a new goal should be set and possible increase the expectation standards. Continuous Quality Improvements throughout the organization is beneficial for everyone. One process that needs attention is the medication administration process. The goal is to improve processes to prevent future patient harm and provide the most optimal quality care.
Role in Continuous Quality Improvements
“Continuous quality improvement (CQI) approaches are increasingly used to bridge gaps between the evidence base for best practice, what actually happens in practice, and achievement of better population health outcomes” (Bailie, Bailie, Larkins, & Broughton, 2017). CQI is used to identify problems, create solutions, implement and evaluate changes made to the process (Bailie, Bailie, Larkins, & Broughton, 2017). When CQI is applied in health care organizations, success is emerged based on evidence. The purpose of CQI is to promote innovated ideas to make processes better and more efficient. …show more content…

Follow-ups after evaluation is a key to ensure processes are being met. From the management approach, this process is “directed less towards influencing individuals and more to creating the organizational conditions essential for change” (Grol et al., 2013). The only key concern with random evaluations is that it still may miss the actual problem. Another way to monitor effectiveness in the organization is through metrics and data. “Aspirational uses of metrics inspire looking at what is next and using that emerging vision to continually improve” (Stange et al.,

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