The use of PDSA methodology to evaluate and optimise an inner city memory clinic: a quality improvement project.

Abstract:

:The Memory Services National Accreditation Programme states that memory services should provide "timely access to assessment and diagnosis" of dementia. We undertook a quality improvement project using Plan-Do-Study-Act methodology to improve patient access to an inner city memory service. This report focuses on the third Plan-Do-Study-Act cycle where, in 2012, we aimed to shorten the time from memory service referral to assessment and to diagnosis. The time from referral to assessment increased but the time from referral to diagnosis and to treatment decreased. Other memory clinics could use Plan-Do-Study-Act to enable faster diagnosis and better care for patients with dementia.

journal_name

BMC Geriatr

journal_title

BMC geriatrics

authors

Perry J,Bell F,Shaw T,Fitzpatrick B,Sampson EL

doi

10.1186/1471-2318-14-4

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Has Abstract

pub_date

2014-01-15 00:00:00

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4

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1471-2318

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1471-2318-14-4

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14

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