AHL 825 - Quality Management

1.2 Continuing Education Units (CEU). This course is not for Credit(s).

This course is designed to enable the student to learn the concepts of electronic health records and practice workflow redesign as lnstruments of quality improvement. Topics to be covered include creating a culture of patient safety,implementation plans to maximize quality, and quality reporting and improvement.

Course Objectives:

1. analyze clinical decision-making requirements, including who, what, when, how, and where information is needed;
2. identify how the design and implementation of electronic health records lead to improved quality of patient care;
3. formulate activation planning that supports and maintains safety and quality; and
4. explain how findings from quality reviews can be used to design and implement electronic health records (EHR) improvements.