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'''Health care quality assurance''' is "activities and programs intended to assure or improve the quality of care in either a defined medical setting or a program. The concept includes the assessment or evaluation of the quality of care; identification of problems or shortcomings in the delivery of care; designing activities to overcome these deficiencies; and follow-up monitoring to ensure effectiveness of corrective steps."<ref>{{MeSH}}</ref>
'''Health care quality assurance''' is "activities and programs intended to assure or improve the quality of care in either a defined medical setting or a program. The concept includes the assessment or evaluation of the quality of care; identification of problems or shortcomings in the delivery of care; designing activities to overcome these deficiencies; and follow-up monitoring to ensure effectiveness of corrective steps."<ref>{{MeSH}}</ref>
==Creating quality measures==
Creating quality measures from [[clinical practice guideline]]s can be problematic.<ref name="pmid15161897">{{cite journal |author=Walter LC, Davidowitz NP, Heineken PA, Covinsky KE |title=Pitfalls of converting practice guidelines into quality measures: lessons learned from a VA performance measure |journal=JAMA |volume=291 |issue=20 |pages=2466–70 |year=2004 |pmid=15161897 |doi=10.1001/jama.291.20.2466}}</ref>


==Public reporting of quality measures==
==Public reporting of quality measures==

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Health care quality assurance is "activities and programs intended to assure or improve the quality of care in either a defined medical setting or a program. The concept includes the assessment or evaluation of the quality of care; identification of problems or shortcomings in the delivery of care; designing activities to overcome these deficiencies; and follow-up monitoring to ensure effectiveness of corrective steps."[1]

Creating quality measures

Creating quality measures from clinical practice guidelines can be problematic.[2]

Public reporting of quality measures

A systematic review found that "publicly releasing performance data stimulates quality improvement activity at the hospital level. The effect of public reporting on effectiveness, safety, and patient-centeredness remains uncertain".[3]

References

  1. Anonymous (2024), Health care quality assurance (English). Medical Subject Headings. U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  2. Walter LC, Davidowitz NP, Heineken PA, Covinsky KE (2004). "Pitfalls of converting practice guidelines into quality measures: lessons learned from a VA performance measure". JAMA 291 (20): 2466–70. DOI:10.1001/jama.291.20.2466. PMID 15161897. Research Blogging.
  3. Fung CH, Lim YW, Mattke S, Damberg C, Shekelle PG (2008). "Systematic review: the evidence that publishing patient care performance data improves quality of care". Ann. Intern. Med. 148 (2): 111–23. PMID 18195336[e]

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