Pharmacotherapy 11
Health Care Systems and Population Health
Card 1 of 16Quality
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Systems thinking for better care
Health Care Systems and Quality
Quality improvement uses structured methods to measure and improve health care processes and outcomes.
The IHI Triple Aim - better care, better population health, lower cost - frames system-level work. Pharmacists contribute through medication safety, transitions of care, and population health programs.
Donabedian model
Quality is assessed as Structure (resources), Process (what is done), and Outcome (results).