Infectious diseases physicians impact the quality of health care and outcomes both at a patient’s bedside and through their infection prevention and antimicrobial stewardship activities focused on improving quality at the systems level. ID physicians, pharmacists and other clinicians are integrally involved in quality improvement and patient safety initiatives in hospitals and other settings. IDSA supports these efforts with resources, references and collaborative activities.
Watch the third session of our webinar series on Quality Improvement Methods for ID. Fran Griffin, Associate Director of Clinical Quality and Innovation at IDSA, reviews types of measures used in improvement work, how to analyze data in run charts to assess for variation and improvement, and display ID quality improvement data effectively.
Learn more about the webinar series on our IDSA Offerings page.
Measurement is an essential aspect of quality and improvement. ID physicians, pharmacists and clinicians use data and metrics daily in care of individual patients and in supporting organization-wide patient safety initiatives.
Federal and national programs, including value-based purchasing, have incorporated infection-related measures in public reporting programs of outcomes and provider performance.
Improvement science provides methods and tools for analyzing processes to identify opportunities, testing changes to learn what works or does not, and implementing systemic and procedural changes. ID physicians, pharmacists and clinicians can leverage these evidence-based tools to drive measurable improvements to the quality of care.
