Quality Management in Health Care

3 Credits.

Teaches students the basic concepts of quality in health care, and also equips them with approaches and skills to implement sustainable quality assurance programs in the health system. Introduces students to various quality improvement approaches (QC, QA, CQI, TQM), role of standards and norms, use of quality improvement tools, methods of quality assessment, and approaches to operationalize and implement quality assurance programs. Explains the concepts of organization for quality improvement, including Quality Teams (QT) and Quality Control Circles (QCC).