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CHHA QAPI Plan

• The CHHA Quality Assurance and Performance Improvement (QAPI)
program supports the mission, vision and guiding principles of VNSNY
by promoting compassionate patient-centered care that is safe,
efficient, effective and timely.

• The QAPI program is data driven and promotes the incorporation of
evidence-based practice into care delivery to achieve the best
possible outcomes for patients.

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CoP requirements for data-driven QAPI Program

• Quality Assurance (QA) = the process of meeting quality standards and assuring
that care reaches an acceptable level

• Performance Improvement (PI) = continuously analyzing your performance and
developing systematic efforts to improve it; also known as Quality Improvement
 Focuses on indicators related to improved outcomes and preventions
 Measure, analyze, and track quality indicators, including adverse patient events,
and other aspects of performance that enable agency to assess processes of
care, services, and operations
 Must at be capable of showing measurable improvement in indicators in health
outcomes, patient safety, and quality of care.
 Performance improvement activities, track adverse patient events, analyze their
causes, and implement preventive actions.

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