Organizations accredited through the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care must have two completed quality improvement projects when applying for an accreditation survey.
The AAAHC Institute for Quality Improvement offers six potential ideas for QI projects including:
• Post procedure anti-coagulation instructions
• Prescribing azithromycin
• Documentation of endoscope reprocessing
• Advance directives
• Full thickness skin graft viability using fast absorbing gut suture vs. nylon suture
• Mental health no-shows