Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI)
Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI)
As the population increases, infections, diseases, and health concerns also increase. As a result, public health is faced with needing to do more while the available resources are limited. Many people have turned to Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) to help drive performance excellence with the available resources to address the increasing health issues and conditions with the limited available resources. CQI is a deliberate and defined process that focuses on activities that are responsive to the needs of a community and the improvement of community health (Hill, Stephani, Sapple& Clegg, 2020). It entails continuous efforts to achieve measurable improvements in efficiency, accountability, effectiveness, and performance. The main benefits of CQI are that it embraces a culture of safety, it is effective, it is patient-centered, it is cost-effective and less expensive to maintain, and it is efficient and proactive since it can recognize and solve problems even before they occur.
