Basic Concepts of Quality Management_Week 5.docx The Basic Concepts of Risk and Quality

Basic Concepts of Quality Management_Week 5.docx    The Basic Concepts of Risk and Quality Management  HCS/451: Health Care Quality Management and Outcomes Analysis    Introduction  Quality improvement (QI) encompasses continuous and methodical actions that lead to measurable improvement in all health care services, which inevitably contributes to the enhancement of the health of the patient population.  In standard organizations, quality improvement defines how things are done, however, quality in the health care performance is characterized by the efficiency of an organization and the result of care, and even the level of the satisfaction of the patients.    Basic Concepts of Quality Improvement in Health Care  Quality improvement (QI) is comprised of constant and methodical actions that lead to measurable enhancements in health care services and the health of the patients that are serviced. Moreover, QI in this industry is a direct correlation between the level of improvement of services and the patient™s health outcomes. It is the concept of quality improvement that dictates how processes are expedited.   Quality in an organization™s health care performance is categorized by its proficiency and the result or outcomes of care they provide to their patients; the level of patient satisfaction could also be a component.    œAchieving a different level of performance or result and improving the quality requires the need of the current system of an organization to make some changes. The major key principles of QI on which