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5. The Committee View
Pages 31-36

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From page 31...
... In this brief paper, I will try to provide a picture of how quality improvement fits into this study and then discuss what role quality improvement might play in our proposed strategy. As we use the term quality assurance in the report it includes quality assessment, quality assurance in a narrow sense, and quality improvement.
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From page 32...
... 32 C, CC At IIJ LLJ Or 11 MEDICARE: NEW DIRECTIONS IN QUALITY ASSURANCE Quality Assesment Special Causes it, The Problems / Superior Results QUALITY Quality Improvement \ QUALITY Shifting the Curve - Reducing Variation FIGURE 5.1 Quality of Care and Quality Improvement \
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From page 33...
... Those have been the more traditional domains of quality assurance as we have used the term. The middle of this distribution is the domain in which we focus on improving the basic processes of health care.
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From page 34...
... Technical Give expert assistance in Training and assistance methods of quality assessment facilitation contractors and assurance to MQROs and resources to internal quality assurance programs. Participating Quality assurance Collect and report clinical and Quality health care department, financial infommation to improvement team providers quality support MQRO.
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From page 35...
... This kind of information is produced for the health care provider organization, resulting in a feedback system. For quality assurance and quality improvement, we think that having that outside source of data is useful.
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From page 36...
... Institute of Medicine. Medicare: A Strategy for Quality Assurance.
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