Quality improvement (QI) definition

Quality improvement (QI) or "quality assurance (QA)" means a process/program to monitor and evaluate care provided in the EMS/TC system.
Quality improvement (QI) or "quality assurance (QA)" means a process/program to monitor and evaluate care provided in the EMS‐TC system.
Quality improvement (QI). The ongoing process of responding to data gathered through quality monitoring efforts, in such a way as to improve the quality of health care delivered to individuals. This process necessarily involves follow-up studies of the measures taken to effect change in order to demonstrate that the desired change has occurred. UTILIZATION MANAGEMENT (UM): The process of evaluating necessity, appropriateness and efficiency of healthcare services through the revision of information about hospital, service or procedure from patients and/or providers to determine whether it meets established guidelines and criteria approved by the INSURER. ORGANIZATION AND ADMINISTRATION INSURER must maintain the organizational and administrative capacity and capabilities to carry out all duties and responsibilities under this contract. INSURER must maintain assigned staff with the capacity and capability to provide all services to all Beneficiaries under this contract. INSURER must maintain an administrative office in the service area (local office). The local office must comply with the American with Disabilities Act (ADA) requirements for public buildings. INSURER must provide training and development programs to all assigned staff to ensure they know and understand the service requirements under this contract including the reporting requirements, the policies and procedures, cultural and linguistic requirements and the scope of services to be provided. The training and development plan must be submitted to THE ADMINISTRATION. INSURER must notify THE ADMINISTRATION immediately no later than 30 days after the effective date of this contract of any changes in its organizational chart as previously submitted to THE ADMINISTRATION. INSURER must notify THE ADMINISTRATION immediately (within fifteen (15) working days) of any change in regional or office managers. This information must be updated whenever there is a significant change in organizational structure or personnel.

Examples of Quality improvement (QI) in a sentence

  • Quality improvement (QI) is key to project success in terms of achieving and maintaining a high quality of service provision, as well as garnering institutional support and buy-in to address systemic challenges, and to support the sustainability of FP integration efforts.

  • Quality improvement (QI) is key to project success in terms of achieving and maintaining high quality service provision garnering institutional support and buy-in to address systemic challenges and to support the sustainability of FP integration efforts.

  • Quality improvement (QI) is key to the project’s success, in terms of achieving and maintaining a high quality of service provision, as well as garnering institutional support and buy-in to address systemic challenges and to support the sustainability of FP integration efforts.


More Definitions of Quality improvement (QI)

Quality improvement (QI) means the use of interdisciplinary teams to review performance measures to identify opportunities for improvement. The teams use participatory processes to analyze and confirm causes for poor performance, design interventions to address causes, implement interventions, and measure improvement. Successful improvements are then implemented wherever appropriate. Where interventions are unsuccessful, the team again addresses the causes and designs new interventions until improvements are achieved.