Computer software for health care CQI.
The transition from quality assurance to continuous quality improvement (CQI) demands a basic change from centralized to decentralized information management. In CQI, front-line staff can use personal computer (PC) software skills to manage, analyze, and act on process-related information. Information services departments play a key role in this transition by, among other things, selecting software that optimally supports the PC-based work carried out by CQI teams. A review of typical CQI team software requirements and of available PC software suggests that Microsoft Excel 4.0 is a nearly ideal software platform to support CQI teams.
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School of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
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D008331:Management Information Systems; D008332:Management Quality Circles; D010934:Planning Techniques; D012984:Software; D017749:Total Quality Management / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014481:United States