Quality improvement in any industry is important and healthcare is no exception. If so, healthcare even carries a higher call for quality since it deals with human lives. Case Managers can play a pivotal role in ensuring quality care at every phase of admission to follow up care. Without good quality measures, outcomes would drop and most importantly quality of human life or even death can result.
The article, “What is Quality Improvement in Healthcare?” by Danielle Gagnon looks closer at quality care in healthcare and how to maintain and improve it. He states,
“When healthcare leaders set goals for their organizations, such as preventing patient falls, or a medical system aims to lower opioid use after surgery, they use a process called quality improvement. But what is quality improvement in healthcare really about?”
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Please also review AIHCP’s Case Management Certification and see if it meets your academic and professional goals. The program is online and independent study and open to qualified professionals seeking a four year certification in Case Management.