Course Description

QI 501 INTRODUCTION TO HEALTHCARE QUALITY   3.0 Credit(s)
This course will introduce students to foundational concepts in healthcare quality improvement, and provide tools for translating these principles into practice. Topics include: the history of QI, healthcare performance and process improvement, current health care quality reporting programs as well as value-based purchasing program models, setting SMART goals, root-cause analysis, metrics and measures, PDSA cycles, process controls, systems, and sustainability.
Offered: As Needed All Years