Patient Safety and Quality Improvement
 Modules  Module 2: History of Patient Safety/Clinical Quality Improvement
1. Introduction to Course
2. History of Patient Safety
3. The Science of Human Error
4. The Analysis of Medical Error
5. Evidence-Based Medical Practice
6. Communication and Information Transfer
7. Adverse Patient Outcomes
8. The Role of the Patient and Family
9. Environmental Safety in the Medical Setting
10. Safe Medical Practice In Ambulatory Settings

W. Edwards Deming

  • “Father” of Total Quality Management (Continuous Quality Improvement)
  • American Statistician who, in post-war Japan, helped to revolutionize their approach to industrial innovation/quality improvement
  • Japanese national award for industrial quality improvement (analogous to JCAHO Codman Award) – "The Deming Award"
 
 
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