Using Quality Improvement to Improve Value and Reduce Waste - 17/05/23
, Ravi M. Patel, MD, MSc bRésumé |
Value is defined as health outcomes achieved per dollar spent. Addressing value in quality improvement (QI) efforts can help optimize patient outcomes while reducing unnecessary spending. In this article, we discuss how QI focused on reducing morbidities frequently reduces costs, and how proper cost accounting can help demonstrate improvements in value. We provide examples of high-yield opportunities for value improvement in neonatology and review the literature associated with these topics. Opportunities include reducing neonatal intensive care admissions for low-acuity infants, sepsis evaluations in low-risk infants, unnecessary total parental nutrition use, and utilization of laboratory and imaging.
Le texte complet de cet article est disponible en PDF.Keywords : Value, Quality, Waste, Outcomes, Infant, Neonate
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Vol 50 - N° 2
P. 489-506 - juin 2023 Retour au numéroBienvenue sur EM-consulte, la référence des professionnels de santé.
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