Módulo 1.3 Metodología para la mejora de la calidad (II)

A5. Variability, Inadequacy, and Strategies for Reduction

Detalles del curso

Dates
16/03/2025 to 18/04/2026
Credits
6 ECTS
More information
Neus Gabà
ngaba@fadq.org
+34 93 207 66 08

Objectives

  • Understand the importance of practice variability, its historical precedents, its causes, strategies to reduce it, and international experiences.
  • Analyze the basic aspects of evidence-based medicine and its application through clinical practice guidelines, protocols, and clinical pathways.
  • Apply tools for searching scientific evidence and publishing experiences and quality improvement initiatives.
  • Explain the application of Lean Management.
  • Understand and discuss the importance of efficiency as a dimension of quality.
  • Introduce and develop economic evaluation methods in healthcare: cost-effectiveness analysis, cost-utility analysis, cost-benefit analysis, and cost-consequence analysis.
  • Assess and analyze the influence of costs on healthcare decision-making.
  • Understand and critically evaluate cost studies and healthcare quality.
  • Understand the organizational approach to achieving and rewarding value-based care.
  • Analyze and discuss value-based healthcare service delivery according to Michael E. Porter.
  • Describe the characteristics of integrated care, its models, evaluation, and outcomes.

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