NONINTERPRETIVE SKILLS DOMAIN SPECIFICATION & RESOURCE GUIDE Part I: General Quality Improvement
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Quality improvement (QI) is a more recent phenomenon in healthcare, but many are familiar with the term Quality Assurance (QA) as it was a common term for a number of years. QA can be considered reactive, generally retrospective, occasionally involving policing, and in many ways punitive or finger pointing. It often involves determining who was at fault after a medical error. The term QA is older and not often used today.
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