Performance Management and Quality Improvement

Source: Turning Point's Performance Management Collaborative
Definitions and Concepts
There has been a rapidly growing interest in performance and quality improvement within the public health community, and different names and labels are often used to describe similar concepts or activities. Other sectors, such as industry and hospitals, have embraced a diverse and evolving set of terms but which generally have the same principles at heart (i.e., continuous quality improvement, quality improvement, performance improvement, six sigma, and total quality management).
In the public health field, an array of initiatives has set the stage for attention to improving public health practice, using assorted terms. The Turning Point CollaborativeExternal
To anchor common thinking, below are links to some of the definitions that are frequently used throughout these pages.