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This solution explains the difference between quality management and quality improvement.

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Generally, in many fields, quality management is about ensuring consistency of product within an organization, while quality improvement involves trying to actually better the product.

In health care, continuous quality improvement (CQI) is a process of improving the quality and consistency of care through ...

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