Defining and assessing quality improvement outcomes: a framework for public health.
| Autor: | McLees AW; Anita W. McLees, Craig Thomas, and Andrea Young are with the Division of Public Health Performance Improvement, Office for State, Tribal, Local, and Territorial Support, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA. Saira Nawaz is with Carter Consulting, Atlanta, GA., Nawaz S, Thomas C, Young A |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Zdroj: | American journal of public health [Am J Public Health] 2015 Apr; Vol. 105 Suppl 2, pp. S167-73. Date of Electronic Publication: 2015 Feb 17. |
| DOI: | 10.2105/AJPH.2014.302533 |
| Abstrakt: | We describe an evidence-based framework to define and assess the impact of quality improvement (QI) in public health. Developed to address programmatic and research-identified needs for articulating the value of public health QI in aggregate, this framework proposes a standardized set of measures to monitor and improve the efficiency and effectiveness of public health programs and operations. We reviewed the scientific literature and analyzed QI initiatives implemented through the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Public Health Improvement Initiative to inform the selection of 5 efficiency and 8 effectiveness measures. This framework provides a model for identifying the types of improvement outcomes targeted by public health QI efforts and a means to understand QI's impact on the practice of public health. |
| Databáze: | MEDLINE |
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