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Quality Improvement in Healthcare

Health systems worldwide seek to prevent and treat disease and illness and improve well-being and quality of life. This specialisation focuses on improving the quality of the services provided by these systems. The specialisation content is based on the academic literature and research in quality improvement, comprehensively illustrated with real-life practical examples.You will hear from leaders in the field, including a range of guest speakers to support your learning. In this specialisation, you will explore what is meant by quality in healthcare, study approaches to improving quality; and understand what has and has not been learned through scientific study of such approaches to date. You will gain an appreciation of the theory and practice of improving quality in health and care, through the scientific literature, and through case studies from around the world. You will learn the tools and techniques of quality improvement, how to apply them and to critique their use. You will learn to analyse data over time to guide and evaluate improvement initiatives. You will study these concepts in health service and population health settings, learning from quality improvement practitioners and experts in the field.

Status: Research Design
Status: Community Health
BeginnerSpecialization

Top reviews across Quality Improvement in Healthcare

MA

Reviewed Sep 10, 2022

E​xtremely organized and content oriented B​ut one thing to mention that peer checked assignment if present then it should be made sure that it is checked as soon as possible without delay

FS

Reviewed Dec 27, 2023

I did not find the labs helpful. It was too distracting to find the content. I learned more from articles I pulled from the web.

DB

Reviewed Aug 20, 2025

An excellent course that combines theory with practice, covering key QI methods such as PDSA cycles and the Model for Improvement, applied to real-world public health challenges.

SH

Reviewed Oct 28, 2025

useful as a clinician for giving quality service to patient

TF

Reviewed Jun 13, 2023

This course was very informative and the ability for it to be interactive with the content with hands-on applied projects helped the information stick!

VP

Reviewed Sep 4, 2022

Great course material and a good foundation course to quality improvement in healthcare

MM

Reviewed Jan 26, 2024

The best learning experience I had so far. I'd recommend anyone who wants to study Quality Improvement to register to Coursera.

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