Quality Improvement Framework
As we move from a healthcare system that rewards volume (fee-for-service), to one that rewards value how do
you see the concepts of Deming's theory of profound knowledge (system, psychology, knowledge and
variation) applying to this transition? Feel free to tie in ideas from other thought leaders that "spoke to you"
throughout the module.
How do you as a healthcare consumer define value?
resources:
View these two short videos on Deming’s System of Profound Knowledge from the IHI website:
Deming's Profound Knowledge Video 1 (Links to an external site.)
Deming's Profound Knowledge Video 2
Sample Solution
We live in a self-regulating world. Countries are influenced by the economic health of other countries and by their governments’ policies. Problems in one part of the world can spread to other parts of the world. There many major issues in which the development of globalisation affects individual economies to begin with they can affect economies through financial markets and secondly they can also affect the economy through trade. Over many years countries have established communication progressively. In recent times, the speed of global integration has considerably improved. There have been enhanced changes in communications, transportation, and computer technology have given the process new movement and made the world more interdependent than ever. Multinational corporations produce goods in many countries and sell to customers around the world. Money, technology and raw materials move ever more swiftly across national borders. Along with products and finances, ideas and cultures circulate more freely. As a result, laws, economies, and social movements are structuring at the international level.