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

BMC Geriatrics

Correspondence

Therese Shaw¹  Barbara Fitzpatrick²  Elizabeth L Sampson³  Jennifer Perry⁴  Francesca Bell⁵ 

[1] Community Old Age Psychiatry, St Ann’s Hospital, Barnet Enfield and Haringey Mental Health Trust, London, UK;Haringey Memory Service, St Ann’s Hospital, Barnet Enfield and Haringey Mental Health Trust, London, UK;Marie Curie Palliative Care Research Unit, UCL Mental Health Sciences Unit, University College London Medical School, London, UK;Haringey Memory Service, St Ann’s Hospital, Barnet Enfield and Haringey Mental Health Trust, London, UK;START Team (Assertive Outreach Team for Homeless People in Southwark, Lambeth and Lewisham), South London and Maudsley NHS Trust, London, UK;Specialist CAMHS, Milton Keynes Community Health Service, Central and North West London NHS Trust, Milton Keynes, UK;

关键词: Memory service;    Dementia;    Quality improvement;   

DOI  :  10.1186/1471-2318-14-4

 received in 2013-09-24, accepted in 2014-01-08,  发布年份 2014

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

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.

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