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12118967

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2002-7-16
pubmed:abstractText
Most people in developed countries will live with a serious, eventually fatal, chronic condition for months or years before dying; yet, the delivery of health care services has only just recently begun adapting to this reality. Quality improvement methods have been effective in helping clinical services to make substantial changes quickly. Quality improvement requires stating an aim, measuring success, and testing possible improvements. The testing of changes requires a clinical team to Plan, Do, Study, and Act on new insights (the "PDSA cycle"). Repeated PDSA cycles generate deep understanding of complex systems and make sustainable improvements rapidly. This paper discusses a composite case study in a nursing home setting, which builds on experience with multisite collaborative efforts and introduces quality improvement methods in the context of end-of-life care.
pubmed:keyword
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
1539-3704
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:day
16
pubmed:volume
137
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
117-22
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2002
pubmed:articleTitle
Reforming care for persons near the end of life: the promise of quality improvement.
pubmed:affiliation
The Washington Center for Palliative Care Studies, 4200 Wisconsin Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20016, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't