Quality Improvement and Health Care Delivery Reform -- 2013

David R. Nielsen, MD

Description and Goals:
1) Review the fiscal, political, and clinical environment in which quality improvement (QI) and other reforms are taking place.
2) Discuss how otolaryngology QI activities apply evidence-based medicine methodology to clinical practice.
3) Understand gap analysis in addressing quality improvement.
4) Recognize the challenges in the concept of shared accountability in new delivery reform models.