Family Involvement in Quality Improvement

Framework for Patient and Family Involvement in Quality Improvement

FRAMEWORK FOR PATIENT AND FAMILY INVOLVEMENT IN QUALITY IMPROVEMENT Th e following presents a framework for ways to think about including patients and families on quality improvement teams. Overall, as you read through the roles, the level of involvement of patients and families increases with subsequent increases noted in their responsibilities and the means in which they are prepared, compens...

Optimizing patient involvement in quality improvement

INTRODUCTION Patient and public involvement in healthcare planning, service development and health-related research has received significant attention. However, evidence about the role of patient involvement in quality improvement work is more limited. We aimed to characterize patient involvement in three improvement projects and to identify strengths and weaknesses of contrasting approaches. ...

Teaching quality improvement in family medicine.

Family physician participation in quality improvement.

More than one-third of family physicians reported participating in a quality improvement (QI) activity in the past year. Continuous QI is vital to improving personal and population health outcomes and reducing costs. Support for QI activities, their evaluation, and the dissemination of successful efforts are sorely needed.

Measure, learn, and improve: physicians' involvement in quality improvement.

Payers, accreditors, and consumers are using quality improvement (QI) methods, but little is known about whether physicians do so. The results from this 2003 national physician survey indicate that most do not. Physicians do not routinely use data for assessing their performance and are reluctant to share those data. They infrequently participate in redesign activities. Physicians in larger and...