Open AccessCONQUEST Quality Standards: For the Collaboration on Quality Improvement Initiative for Achieving Excellence in Standards of COPD Care
Author(s) -
Rachel Pullen,
Marc Miravitlles,
Anita Sharma,
Dave Singh,
Fernando J. Martínez,
John R. Hurst,
Luís Alberto Marques Alves,
Mark Dransfield,
Rongchang Chen,
Shigeo Muro,
Tonya Winders,
Christopher Blango,
Hana Muellerova,
Frank Trudo,
Paul Dorinsky,
Marianna Alacqua,
Tamsin Morris,
Victoria Carter,
Amy Couper,
Rupert Jones,
Κonstantinos Κostikas,
Ruth Murray,
David Price
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
international journal of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease/international journal of copd
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.394
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1178-2005
pISSN - 1176-9106
DOI - 10.2147/copd.s313498
Subject(s) - medicine , excellence , copd , psychological intervention , intensive care medicine , population , health care , quality management , nursing , environmental health , operations management , management system , economic growth , political science , law , economics
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are managed predominantly in primary care. However, key opportunities to optimize treatment are often not realized due to unrecognized disease and delayed implementation of appropriate interventions for both diagnosed and undiagnosed individuals. The COllaboratioN on QUality improvement initiative for achieving Excellence in STandards of COPD care (CONQUEST) is the first-of-its-kind, collaborative, interventional COPD registry. It comprises an integrated quality improvement program focusing on patients (diagnosed and undiagnosed) at a modifiable and higher risk of COPD exacerbations. The first step in CONQUEST was the development of quality standards (QS). The QS will be imbedded in routine primary and secondary care, and are designed to drive patient-centered, targeted, risk-based assessment and management optimization. Our aim is to provide an overview of the CONQUEST QS, including how they were developed, as well as the rationale for, and evidence to support, their inclusion in healthcare systems.