continuous quality improvement

continuous quality improvement (CQI),

a system that seeks to improve the provision of services with an emphasis on future results. Like total quality management, CQI uses a set of statistical tools to understand subsystems and uncover problems, but its emphasis is on maintaining quality in the future, not just controlling a process. Once a process that needs improvement is identified, a team of knowledgeable individuals is gathered to research and document each step of that process. Once specific expectations and the means to measure them have been established, implementation aims at preventing future failures and involves the setting of goals, education, and the measurement of results. If necessary, the plan may be revised on the basis of the results, so that the improvement is ongoing.

Managed care An approach to health care based on evaluation of a product or the outcome(s) of a process, and on understanding the needs and expectations of the consumers of these products or processes. Cf Quality assurance, Total quality management.

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9781420080735 Software testing and continuous quality improvement, 3d ed.

Software testing and continuous quality improvement, 3d ed. (CD ROM ... by SciTech Book News

The Matrix standard is the national quality standard for all organisations delivering information, advice and guidance services, promoting continuous quality improvement and best practice, enabling people to make informed decisions and choices about their future.

Chamber champions by The Journal (Newcastle, England)

The Matrix Standard is the national quality standard for all organisations delivering information, advice and guidance services, promoting continuous quality improvement and best practice, enabling people to make informed decisions and choices about their future.

Chamber champions by Evening Gazette (Middlesbrough, England)

continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis

continuous anesthesia

Continuous bacteremia

continuous bar retainer

continuous bath

continuous bladder irrigation

continuous capillary