Mitigating Risk with a Quality Plan

This Claims Rx presents an overview of healthcare quality, including key components of a quality plan on which to build a program. This article illustrates how practices can assess risk in terms of clinical quality, patient safety, and liability exposure, and integrate quality improvement techniques to reduce risk. Further, this article includes recommendations for practical applications healthcare providers can scale to their specialty and practice size, which affect overall quality and safety of care delivered. Mature quality programs can take years to develop. This article will present practices with tools to begin the journey now.