New York University Week 8 Quality Improvements and Food Security Discussion

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While it is imperative to measure, assure, and improve the quality of health services, systematic attempts to integrate Quality Improvements (QI) within health service delivery and national health programs remain sparse. QI seeks to optimize outcomes by applying systems thinking, routine measurement, and data-informed tests of change to routinely diagnose and improve shortcomings in processes of healthcare delivery. All public health program should seek to develop a public health approach to quality in which improvement is conceptualized as a continuous activity requiring dedication to centralized planning and coordination, attention to processes as well as inputs and outcomes, investment in capacity building and system strengthening, and linkage to broader quality initiatives (Ikeda et al, 2019).

Millions of Americans face food insecurity, yet a universal screening tool is not in place. Food insecurity is known to be associated with poor health outcomes such as heart disease, diabetes mellitus, and hypertension in adults, and low school performance and mental illness in children. A validated two-item screening tool to assess the prevalence of households at risk for food insecurity. The two-item screening tool has the least respondent burden in terms of time spent and high sensitivity value. Implementing the tool into electronic records resulted in a practice to ensure consistency and easier data collection rather than administering the screening tool using a paper form. The use of an electronic screening tool was the main contributor to our large sample size (Okafor et al, 2020).

Reference

Ikeda, D.J., Basenero, A., Murungu, J., Jasmin, M., Inimah, M., & Agins B.D. (2019). Implementing quality improvement in tuberculosis programming: Lessons learned from the global HIV response. Journal of Clinical Tuberculosis and Other Mycobacterial Diseases. (17).

• doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jctube.2019.100116.

Okafor, M., Chiu, S., & Feinn, R. (2020). Quantitative and qualitative results from implementation of a two-item food insecurity screening tool in healthcare settings in Connecticut. Preventive Medicine Reports. 101191. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pmedr.2020.101191.

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