by Veritas AMC | Mar 6, 2025 | Established Programs and Databases
Published: 01/2024 Enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) protocols aim to maintain normal physiology for surgical patients and are widely credited with improving historic practices such as prolonged fasting for preoperative patients. Evidence-based medicine drives...
by Veritas AMC | Mar 10, 2025 | Project Elements
Published: 05/2024 The Fishbone Diagram (also known as the Ishikawa diagram) is a cause-and-effect quality tool used for exploring potential causes of a particular outcome. The diagram can be used to guide quality improvement projects. It is best used to engage a...
by Veritas AMC | Feb 19, 2025 | Principles of Quality Improvement
Published: 06/2023 The National Academy of Medicine (formerly the Institute of Medicine), first published the 6 aims of healthcare1 in 2001: Safety: No harm should occur to patients during efforts to help them Effective: Care should be provided based on the scientific...
by Veritas AMC | Mar 13, 2025 | Fostering an Improvement Culture
Published: 05/2023 In healthcare, it is inevitable that people will make errors. These errors willresult in morbidity, adverse outcomes and possibly a patient’s death. How anorganization investigates and responds to these errors is critical to creatingan environment...
by Veritas AMC | Feb 28, 2025 | Principles of Quality Improvement
Published: 11/2023 Kaizen is a Japanese word with a two-part meaning: “kai” means “change” and “zen” means “good.” The philosophy of Kaizen, which is at the core of LEAN, applies small, incremental changes across an institution to reduce waste and improve efficiency....
