Quality Improvement - A Work In Progress
Strategic Mission - Clinical Quality
The mission of the Stanford University School of Medicine's clinical programs is to promote the health of our patient community and advance the frontiers of clinical medicine.
We envision a broad community of physicians, including physician scholars, community-based physician educators, staff physicians, and faculty, among others, working together as members of a Stanford University Medical Center clinical team. This group will ensure the highest quality care for our patients, the highest quality education for our students and trainees, and an environment that encourages continuous improvement in the quality of care through innovative and translational medicine. We envision the medical school's physicians working within a professionally managed organization committed to quality and cost-effective care.
Role of the Divisonal Manager
Each division manager is responsible to provide the department with high quality administrative service.
Continuous Quality Improvement - General Process
Improving health-care delivery is a process rather than an event. Improvements occur in stages. You make a few changes, measure the impact, make a few more changes, and continue the process over time.
Start with a small, narrowly defined project in which team members can succeed and build confidence; then move on to more ambitious projects.
Define a clear aim; understand the needs of the people who are involved in the process.
Identify and define measures of success.
Brainstorm, potential change strategies for producing improvement.
Plan, collect, and use data for facilitataing effective decision making.
Apply the scientific methods to test and refine changes.
Collaboration and input from several disciplines is crucial.
All team members must feel acknowledged and listened to.
Stanford-UCSF Evidenced-Based Practice Center
The Stanford-UCSF Evidence-based Practice Center (EPC) is participating in a major initiative funded by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality to identify effective, evidence-based strategies that will lead to meaningful improvements in the quality of health care and the health status of Americans.
