What national quality care improvement projects are Michigan APRNs participating in?
Quality care improvement projects are developed utilizing Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) to improve the process and outcomes of care. CQI uses a scientific approach to examine a process through the collection and analysis of data. Meaningful data is used to understand a process based on facts and to design effective and lasting improvements. Three (3) national quality care improvement projects focus on improving performance on specific clinical quality measures or quality indicators. The current national quality care initiatives are: • HEDIS – The major activity in managed care has been the mandatory adoption of Health Plan Employer Data and Information Set (HEDIS) performance measures for all managed care organizations. For additional information, visit http://www.ncqua.org/. • DQIP – The Diabetes Quality Improvement Project (DQIP) was developed in 1997 under the sponsorship of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), formerly the health Care Financing Administratio
