DHA-7005

About the Quality Management System through ASQ.
Focus on the American Hospital Systems use of the PSDAFOCUS Model.

Atkinson, J. G. (2016). An analysis of the Medicare hospital 5-star rating and a comparison with quality penalties.
Provides an assessment and interpretation of the Medicare, Hospital Compare, rating process.

Medicare. (n.d.). Total performance score information.
One of the most important websites for gathering data on hospital and outpatient performance.

Trombley, M. J., McClellan, S. R., Kahvecioglu, D. C., Gu, Q., Hassol, A., Creel, A. H., Joy, S. M., Waldersen, B. W., & Ogbue, C. (2019). Association of Medicare’s bundled payments for care improvement initiative with patient-reported outcomes. Health Services Research, 54(4), 785-793.
Explores the bundled payment approach as an incentive to approach quality of care.

Clinical Excellence Commission. (n.d.). Cause and effect diagram. [PowerPoint Template].
A power point discussion about the fishbone model.

Dahlgaard-Park, S. (2015). Fishbone diagram. In The sage encyclopedia of quality and the service economy, (1), 238-240. SAGE Publications, Inc.
Yet another discussion of the fishbone diagram. They all have merit.

DNV Healthcare Accreditation Renewed
An introduction to DNV, an international quality measurement group, similar to JACHO, its impact and effectiveness.

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid. (2019). Hospital value-based purchasing.
A CMS Commentary on the origins and impact of linking quality to reimbursement.

Make STEADI part of your medical practice. (2019, January 31).
A good introduction to how this quality measurement tool can be integrated into a quality assessment profile.

Health Resources and Services Administration. (n.d.). Performance measurements and quality improvement.
A HRSA commentary on the relationship among data collection, measurements and the outcomes related to quality performance.

Williams, A. (2020). Plan-do-check-act: Integrating quality into safety management. Professional Safety, 65(2), 18–19.
A discussion of the PDCA model and how to use it as a quality measure.

Institute for Healthcare Quality Improvement. (2020). Quality improvement resources.
An excellent source for health care tools, especially the quality charter.

Hagan, J. L. (2018). The use of statistics in healthcare quality improvement. JOJ Nursing and Health Care, 8(5), 1-2.
An excellent summary on a frequently misunderstood topic.

The American society for quality
ASQ. (2020). Fishbone diagram.
This society, originally develop by quality improvement leaders, such as Demming provides information on quality improvement strategies and tools.

Balanced Scorecard Institute. (n.d.). What is a balanced scorecard?
A very good introduction to the balanced scorecard as a quality measurement tool.