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DMSC 7040 - Quality Improvement in Healthcare

3 credit hours

This course will include components of The Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) curriculum to the prepare students to lead the development and maintenance of quality management in clinical and business settings. Students will develop foundational fluency in methods of healthcare data collection and industry-standard metrics of clinical quality and patient safety. Implementation analysis of quality improvement PDSA cycles, root cause, and systems analysis will also be reviewed. Through team-based learning, students will explore how quality metrics enable evidence-based clinical and business decision-making.