How does continuous quality improvement (CQI) differ from quality assurance?
a. Quality assurance focuses on client care, whereas CQI focuses on system issues.
b. Quality assurance focuses on system issues, whereas CQI focuses on individual client care.
c. Quality assurance measures care at one point in time, whereas CQI is an ongoing issue.
d. Quality assurance focuses on families, whereas CQI focuses on agency issues.
ANS: A
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