Cycle of Quality Improvement
Quality improvement is the focus of a quality management system.
The cycle of quality improvement and the focus of a quality management system is to continually:
Refine
Refine the safeguards and protections that prospectively foster quality.
Sustain
Sustain efforts that result in quality care.
Use
Use data to detect problems when they occur.
Design
Design improvement interventions where needed.
Evaluate
Evaluate that the system is working as intended and achieving desired outcomes.