Five Tips for Effective Quality Improvement in Palliative Care (#3 will blow you away)

by Arif KamalApologies for the “clickbait” title to the blog post; scouring the internet it seems that hyperbole works to get readers’ attention, certainly among entertainment sites and maybe increasingly within presidential politics. But it seems I had little choice; the fifth word of my title is “Quality”, which exci tes very few people. Bear with me, I promise this will get good.Quality improvement is critical for palliative care organizations to build and sustain success within their clinical missions. Those who are watching and evaluating us, including patients, caregivers, health systems, regulators, and payers, are increasingly expecting a consistent product, delivered in close alignment with our growing evidence base. Further, rapid evolutions in the health care delivery and payment ecosystem require palliative care organizations to masterfully deploy quality improvement initiatives to solve problems. This requires a facile understanding of key steps needed to transition from identifying a problem to sustaining the change.I ’ve spent much of the past five years working as a Quality Improvement Coach for the American Society of Clinical Oncology’s (ASCO) Quality Training Program and ASCO/AAHPM Virtual Learning Collaborative and have come away with a few pearls that may be helpful. I also highly recommend“The Improvement Guide” by Langleyet al., seen by many as the definitive textbook for healthcare quality improvement.Below I offer Five Tips, by no me...
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