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Case Study Continuous Improvement for the National Health Service Quality and Outcomes Framework. (Page 259 in text. Questions 1-7).
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Text: Implementing Continuous Quality Improvement in Health Care: A Global Casebook by Curtis P. Mclaughlin, Julie K. Johnson and William A. Sollecito
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Running head: CONTINUING QUALITY IMPROVEMENT
Continuous Improvement for the National Health Service Quality and Outcomes Framework
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Continuous Improvement for the National Health Service Quality and Outcomes Framework
1. What do you consider to be the key issues for quality improvements in the NHS
quality-improvement program as it goes forward?
For quality improvement to be implemented, it must be informed by reliable and quality data.
The availability of data which informs of the current situation helps to inform of actions needed
to put in place the necessary improvements. For this, the key issue for quality improvement in
the NHS quality-improvement program is to collect and analyze data from the different
operations of healthcare facilities which helps inform of the quality needs. The data collected
helps identify existing gaps and come up with possible solutions. As it goes forward, the key
quality-improvement issues the NHS should consider include the existing gaps in the healthcare
quality, identified needs by the patients, availability of funds to undertake required
improvements, the prevailing needs of the healthcare service providers, and the needs of the
community at large.
2. What do you consider to be the strengths and weaknesses of the effort to improve
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