Quality Improvement in Respiratory Care System

Abstract

This paper focuses the quality management and improvement of respiratory care in medical health settings. The quality management plays the key role in this regard. An essential responsibility of the modern respiratory care manager is to establish and monitor a particular level of quality and service being provided by a department. Focusing on quality and performance improvement fosters an environment that empowers and encourages all employees to be innovative and resolve roadblocks that limit organizational performance. This article discusses the issues regarding quality and performance improvement that arise in the daily operations of a respiratory care department.

Quality Improvement in Respiratory Care System

Introduction

It is quite evident that the respiratory systems is the most essential organ and helps the human to take oxygen inside and exhale carbon dioxide. If the respiration system does not work properly, people might have a respiratory disease. These diseases may affect the air passages, including the nasal passages, bronchi and lungs (West, 2008). They range from acute infections such as pneumonia, bronchitis, and chronic conditions such as asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Therefore, in order to resolve these problems, respiratory care department plays a vital part. In addition, these care systems require continuous management and control in order to develop a beneficial and efficient system that can facilitate patients in the best possible way.

Discussion

Quality Improvement in Respiratory Care

The activities of quality improvement in respiratory care focus on problem identifying and problem resolving of patient care and clinical performance. Generally, there is a separate department that looks after the quality improvement plan which is under the control of a medical director. Improvement in quality and management of respiratory care can facilitate the treatment of many other diseases (Hess, 2012). Quality improvement can be made successful by meeting the demands such as; addressing of the therapeutic targets, appropriateness and to develop means that effectively meet high utilization and high risk procedures. In order to improve quality, problem identification is the key, which can be achieved by taking into account various data sources and previous medical records of a patient.

There is a criterion for care at each medical health care center. The un-appropriateness in meeting the criterion shows that a problem exists. After the identification of the problem, it is significant to determine the cause. The determining of the cause enables the health care center to try to organize a system which is able to avoid it in future, thus improving the quality. The identified problems can be solved by developing, implementing and evaluating a strategy to resolve the problem. An example can be taken of a patient who requires oxygen therapy due to failure in following care criteria.

The identification for the problem can help to diagnose the best method to resolve this issue. Here, the problem can be solved by providing in-service education. After the identification and resolution activities, the reporting and documentation method is of extreme importance. This is because these papers in black and white can help for future research ...