Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) in health care is a structured organizational process for involving personnel in planning and executing a continuous flow of improvements to provide quality health care
Another name that is interchangeable with CQI is:
A. Joint Commission (JC).
B. Quality Assurance (QA).
C. Institute of Medicine (IOM).
D. Quality Management (QM) .
ANS: B
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