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The Center for Disease Control and Prevention defines quality improvement as“…a continuous and ongoing effort to achieve measurable improvements in the efficiency, effectiveness, performance, accountability, outcomes, and other indicators of quality in services or processes which achieve equity and improve the health of the community.” ¹³

The U. S. Department of Health and Human Services defines quality improvement as“…systematic and continuous actions that lead to measurable improvement in health care services and the health status of targeted patient groups.” ¹⁵

The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality defines quality improvement as“…the framework we use to systematically improve the ways care is delivered to patients.” ¹

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