Dimensions of Healthcare Quality

What are the dimensions of healthcare quality?

• Safety, Timeliness and Accessibility, Effectiveness and Appropriateness, Patient Centred Care, Efficiency, and Equity

• Reliability, Partnership and Teamwork, Celebrating Great Work, and Learning from Reliable Systems

• Reducing the risk and impact of incidents that can harm patients

• Providing services and treatment that are based on scientific knowledge and evidence based practice

What is reliability in healthcare?

• Reducing the risk and impact of incidents that can harm patients

• Providing services and treatment that are based on scientific knowledge and evidence based practice

• Putting the patient in the centre of the care system

• Getting the most out of available resources to deliver the best value healthcare

What is the importance of partnership and teamwork in healthcare?

• To ensure timely and accessible care or service delivery

• To reduce the risk and impact of incidents that can harm patients

• To provide services and treatment that are based on scientific knowledge and evidence based practice

• To foster collaboration and improve the overall quality of healthcare

What is the goal of timeliness in healthcare?

• To ensure patients receive the healthcare they need quickly

• To reduce the risk and impact of incidents that can harm patients

• To put the patient in the centre of the care system

• To get the most out of available resources to deliver the best value healthcare

What does accessible healthcare mean?

• Patients getting their needs met when they need it, wherever they are

• Reducing the risk and impact of incidents that can harm patients

• Providing services and treatment that are based on scientific knowledge and evidence based practice

• Getting the most out of available resources to deliver the best value healthcare

What is the focus of effective healthcare?

• Reducing the risk and impact of incidents that can harm patients

• Putting the patient in the centre of the care system

• Providing services and treatment that are based on scientific knowledge and evidence based practice

• Getting the most out of available resources to deliver the best value healthcare

What is patient-centred care?

• Reducing the risk and impact of incidents that can harm patients

• Putting the patient in the centre of the care system

• Providing services and treatment that are based on scientific knowledge and evidence based practice

• Getting the most out of available resources to deliver the best value healthcare

What is the goal of efficient healthcare?

• Reducing the risk and impact of incidents that can harm patients

• Putting the patient in the centre of the care system

• Getting the most out of available resources to deliver the best value healthcare

• Delivering care that is of high quality, regardless of personal characteristics

What does equitable healthcare mean?

• Reducing the risk and impact of incidents that can harm patients

• Putting the patient in the centre of the care system

• Delivering care that is of high quality, regardless of personal characteristics

• Getting the most out of available resources to deliver the best value healthcare

What is the role of healthcare professionals in ensuring safety in healthcare?

• Reducing the risk and impact of incidents that can harm patients

• Putting the patient in the centre of the care system

• Delivering care that is of high quality, regardless of personal characteristics

• Getting the most out of available resources to deliver the best value healthcare