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Planning for Program Effectiveness in Quality Assurance

Molla S. Donaldson

Karla J. Keith

Department of Health Care Sciences George Washington University Medical Center

Quality assurance programs are now a fact of life in health care institutions, yet the effectiveness of these programs in improving care is unproven. Reports of quality assurance activities rarely discuss "remedy implementation" or the outcome of such attempts. Effectiveness does not flow naturally from sound methodology or documentation but is the most challenging part of the program. This article examines reasons for this difficulty, and the authors recommend strategies for improving problem resolution and increasing the influence of the program in the organization. They urge attention to program design from the earliest stages of program implementation and emphasize active participation by clinicians, patients, administration, and staff This broad representation promotes examination of a wide range of patient care issues as well as medical audits, allows the program to enlist support for change, and enables the program to anticipate and make timely contributions to the decisions of policymaking groups.

Evaluation & the Health Professions, Vol. 6, No. 2, 233-244 (1983)
DOI: 10.1177/016327878300600207
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