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In Pursuit of Excellence: The Past, Present, and Future of Quality Improvement in Pneumonia
Barbara E Jones1, Lindsay D Visnovsky2, Gregory W Ruhnke3
1Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Utah School of Medicine, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA; Informatics, Decision Enhancement, and Analytic Sciences Center of Innovation, Salt Lake City VA Health Care System, Salt Lake City, UT, USA.
Abstract:
Excellence in clinical care requires continuous development, evaluation, and revision of feedback strategies that can support quality. Deploying measures to recognize and incentivize quality is a critical strategy for improving pneumonia care. The focus and types of measures driving implementation should evolve: as new evidence emerges and care delivery changes, measures must also change. Emerging strategies for quality improvement, such as refined definitions of quality and measure-ventions embedded as decision support tools, may also enable more effective, timely, and actionable support for clinicians.
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