Defining Quality Improvement in Public Health

Riley, William J.; Moran, John W.; Corso, Liza; Beitsch, Leslie M.; Bialek, Ronald; Cofsky, Abbey

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“…23 It is much longer than the one used in the 2008 Profile study and may not be practical in the context of a lengthy survey covering many topics. Nonetheless, the definition used in the 2008 Profile survey does include several key concepts from the consensus definition, including "deliberate, defined process," "achieve measurable improvements," and "impacting the health of the community."…”

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Quality Improvement in Local Health Departments

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Leep

Shah

et al. 2010

Journal of Public Health Management and Practice

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The 2008 NACCHO Profile QI module furnishes an excellent baseline for measuring progress of health department QI activities as accreditation and other related activities intensify. A clear definition of QI in public health that is understood by practitioners will greatly increase our ability to measure the adoption of QI by LHDs. Further research is necessary to identify and explore some of the predictors and possible barriers to increasing the application of QI by LHDs.

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Quality Improvement in Local Health Departments

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“…In health and welfare, QI has become an important aspect for service safety and effectiveness reasons while delivering better quality care (Riley et al, 2010). Quality improvement, or at least the idea, has become a competition issue.…”

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Applying adult development theories to improvement science

Kjellström

Andersson

2017

IJHCQA

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Structured Abstract:Purpose: This article addresses how adult development theories can contribute to quality improvement. Design/Methodology/Approach: A theoretical analysis and discussion on how personal development empirical findings can relate to quality improvement (QI) and Deming's four improvement knowledge domains. Findings: Adult development research shows that professionals have qualitatively diverse ways of meaning-making and ways to approach possibilities in improvement efforts. Therefore, professionals with more complex meaning-making capacities are needed to create successful transformational changes and learning, with the recognition that system knowledge is a developmental capacity. Research and practical implications:In QI and improvement science (IS) there is an assumption that professionals have the skills and competence needed for improvement efforts, but adult development theories show that this is not always the case, which suggests a need for facilitating improvement initiatives, so that everyone can contribute based on their capacity. Originality/value: This study illustrates that some competences in QI efforts are a developmental challenge to professionals, and should be considered in practice and research.Keywords: Quality improvement; Change management; Leadership; Quality healthcare; Continuing professional development. (IoM, 2001). Improvement science (IS) is an emerging research field, which tries to build knowledge on how to change for the better and create quality improvement (QI) in health and welfare organizations. We recognize that IS needs to be supplemented and supported by knowledge from other natural and social sciences (Bergman et al., 2015). We address what IS can learn and gain from adult development studies, a research area that analyses people`s sequential evolution through life. Adult development and IS research areas, therefore, address change and development. Article classification: Conceptual Received

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“…[2] On the contrary, other studies have shown that there is a difficulty in engaging health care professionals in organizational improvements of care processes. [8][9][10][11] The literature also describes health care organizations' culture as characterized by limited trust and limited collaboration between different occupational groups and organizational levels. [12,13] Despite these hindering factors, there is potential to overcome these obstacles.…”

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Intention to leave among health care professionals: The importance of working conditions and social capital

Strömgren

2017

JHA

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Hospitals in Sweden are redesigning their care processes to increase efficiency. However, related to these changes, there is a risk of increased staff intention to leave and turnover due to increased workload and work pace. The literature on work engagement and job demands and resources suggests that specific job resources can buffer negative effects; i.e., intention to leave because of job demands. Social capital is suggested to have the potential to be a resource associated with staff intention to leave. The aim of this study was to investigate the associations between social capital and intention to leave and to test if social capital moderates the relationship between job demands and intention to leave. A sample of five hospitals working under conditions of improvements of care processes were studied using a questionnaire administered to the healthcare clinicians (n = 849). High levels of social capital were associated with low levels of intention to leave. However, the moderating effect of social capital was not confirmed. Intention to leave among occupational groups was influenced differently by social capital, other job resources, and job demands.

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Defining Quality Improvement in Public Health

Cited by 99 publications

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Quality Improvement in Local Health Departments

Quality Improvement in Local Health Departments

Applying adult development theories to improvement science

Intention to leave among health care professionals: The importance of working conditions and social capital

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