ABSTRACT
Medical quality is the degree to which healthcare systems, services, and supplies for individuals and populations increase the likelihood of positive health outcomes and are consistent with current professional knowledge. Clinical quality improvement is an interdisciplinary process designed to raise the standards of the delivery of preventive, diagnostic, therapeutic, and rehabilitative measures to maintain, restore, or improve the health outcomes of individuals and populations. Quality is the tool through which both professionalism and relationship a physician with patients and another physician are measured. Dr Fred Kleisinger suggested ensuring that the physician and the patient have a shared understanding of the importance of the medical problem in question, the availability of adequate treatments for this issue, and the risks if the problem remains untreated or undertreated. The clear benefit to the patient and the treating physician is to guarantee accurate retrieval and assessment of each patient’s medications, allergies, and medical history.
