Novel quality improvement method to reduce cost while improving the quality of patient care

Novel quality improvement method to reduce cost while improving the quality of patient care: retrospective observational study
BMJ Quality & Safety Published Online First: 23 January 2020. doi: 10.1136/bmjqs-2019-009825

• Continuous value management (CVM) is a technical method to assist health systems to reduce operating costs. Derived from lean accounting and employing quality improvement (QI) methods, the approach allows for management to reduce or repurpose resources to improve efficiency. The model identifies variation from a standard care pathway, uses QI methods to improve performance with results displayed on a visual management board. The method was tested in a 29-bed inpatient respiratory ward in a mid-sized hospital in NHS Scotland.