Ensuring patient safety and healthcare quality is critical and should be a key focus of everyone in healthcare practice. This course provides healthcare practitioners and others with an introduction to the knowledge and skills needed to lead patient safety and quality improvement initiatives at the micro and macro levels. Participants will explore the foundations of health care quality and the science underlying patient safety and quality improvement, design and select effective health care measures, analyze patient safety problems and processes using tools such as human factors analysis, apply systematic approaches including the Plan-Do-Study-Act (PDSA) model to address quality improvement challenges, and learn strategies to lead a culture of change. The course takes a world view of patient safety and quality, linking participants to research and resources from the World Health Organization (WHO), the US Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), the Joint Commission and other international organizations. Course highlights include personal stories, lessons learned from other industries and interviews with the President of the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) and other leaders in quality movement.
Offered By
Leading Healthcare Quality and Safety
The George Washington UniversityAbout this Course
Could your company benefit from training employees on in-demand skills?
Try Coursera for BusinessCould your company benefit from training employees on in-demand skills?
Try Coursera for BusinessOffered by
Syllabus - What you will learn from this course
Establishing a Framework for Quality & Safety
Safety as a First Principle of Quality
Measures & Measurement
Quality and Safety Improvement Science
Reviews
- 5 stars78.50%
- 4 stars18.85%
- 3 stars1.85%
- 2 stars0.52%
- 1 star0.26%
TOP REVIEWS FROM LEADING HEALTHCARE QUALITY AND SAFETY
This course is realy good for them who wants to know more about healthcare quality ans safety. It gives resourses and knowledge that is applicable in healthcare and patient safety.
In this course, I have learned Establishing a framework for quality and safety, Measures and management, Quality improvement science and leadership for Quality and safety.
The course content is excellent. Thanks to Coursera, to allow me to complete this course, "Leading Healthcare Quality and Safety". The certificate is more useful in enhancing my career.
I'm already working in the department of Patient Safety and Quality of my hospital. this course has been very useful in giving me the insights of the concept of it all.
Frequently Asked Questions
When will I have access to the lectures and assignments?
What will I get if I purchase the Certificate?
Is financial aid available?
Can I earn Continue Education credit for this course?
More questions? Visit the Learner Help Center.