Table 2.

Quality improvement methods

Quality improvement method	Aim
Benchmarking	Method in which PROMs are used by departments or individual healthcare professionals to compare their own performance with peers in order to improve their performance
Plan-do-study-act (PDSA) cycle	An iterative, four-stage problem-solving model used for improving a process
Dashboard as feedback tool	A dashboard summarizes and visualizes data. It enables monitoring and managing of performance outcomes
Aggregated statistical analysis	Use of data analysis in order to identify opportunities for quality improvement