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
BMJ Quality & Safety 23 January 2020. doi: 10.1136/bmjqs-2019-009825

• NHS Scotland have developed a technical method to assist health systems to reduce operating costs, called continuous value management (CVM). 
• Derived from lean accounting and employing quality improvement (QI) methods, the approach allows for management to reduce or repurpose resources to improve efficiency. The primary outcome measure was the cost per patient admitted to the ward in British pounds (£).