Why Quality in Healthcare?
ASQ is a leader in providing resources, training, certification and networking opportunities to professionals in healthcare.
Quality professionals across all segments of healthcare use ASQ’s resources to improve:
- Quality of care.
- Patient safety and satisfaction.
- Organizational efficiencies.
- The bottom line.
Through partnerships with leading healthcare organizations like the Institute for Healthcare Improvement and the American Hospital Association, ASQ works to enhance the use of quality improvement theories, methods and tools.
In Focus
TAPP into the PDCA Cycle to Make Improvements in Public Health (PDF, 47 KB)
John W. Moran, Grace L. Duffy and William Riley write about using the target, act, process, performance (TAPP) model and plan, do, check, act (PDCA) cycle for healthcare process improvements.
Hospitals using Lean and Six Sigma
James Levett, MD, is chairman of the American Society for Quality's healthcare division and chief medical officer for The Physicians' Clinic of Iowa. In this interview with Healthcare Finance News Editor Richard Pizzi, Levett discusses how U.S. hospitals are beginning to embrace Lean and Six Sigma business management strategies to reduce costs and improve productivity.
From Hand Washing to Handheld Devices: Hospitals Examine Error Prevention Methods
A new survey of healthcare quality professionals by the American Society for Quality (ASQ) examines specific solutions that U.S. hospitals and patients can take to prevent medical errors.
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