WORLD JOURNAL OF ADVANCE
HEALTHCARE RESEARCH

Dr. Anu Gauba*

ABSTRACT

Quality of care is one of the most frequently quoted principles of health policy, and it is currently high up on the agenda of policy-makers at national, European and international levels. At the national level, addressing the issue of healthcare quality may be motivated by various reasons – ranging from a general commitment to high-quality healthcare provision as a public good or the renewed focus on patient outcomes in the context of popular value-based healthcare ideas to the identification of specific healthcare quality problems. When healthcare leaders set goals for their organizations, such as preventing patient falls, or a medical system aims to lower opioid use after surgery, they use a process called quality improvement. “Quality improvement is the systematic approach that is guided by data to improve the quality and safety of healthcare delivery,” “Quality improvement focuses on care that is safe, timely, effective, efficient, equitable and patient-centered.” Improving healthcare quality and safety is a growing focus for the nursing field and healthcare systems as a whole, as medical institutions aim to achieve efficiency, reduce healthcare costs and ensure high-quality patient outcomes.