When and Why Quality Improvement Activities Do Not Require IRB Approval

When it comes to improving patient care, doctors, hospitals and medical device companies want to be involved. After all, positive patient outcomes are what the health care industry strives for. People understand that utilizing clinical quality improvement (CQI) can lead to meaningful and positive changes in the health care setting, but the process seems complicated; and given the bureaucracy involved with an institutional review board (IRB), it often doesn’t seem to be worth the