Quality Improvement – Rush Emergency Medicine

Introduction to Quality Improvement

Feb 6, 2021RahulQuality & SafetyQuality Improvement

Quality Improvement is the business of making healthcare better. This is based on the same systems that drove Toyota to become a world leader in making cars. They concentrated on constantly making their processes better. Seems like the same should apply to healthcare. In fact, Paul Batalden said, “In healthcare everyone has two jobs: to…

Morbidity and Mortality Conferences

Dec 6, 2020RahulQuality & SafetyMorbidity and Mortality, Patient Safety, Quality Improvement

Or Understanding “Human Error” Humans make mistakes. Any system that depends on perfect performance by humans is doomed to failure. In fact, the risk of an accident is more a function of the complexity of the system than it is the people involved. Humans are not the weak link in a process. We are a…