Value in healthcare can be defined as providing the optimal outcome per health dollar spent. Improving the value of healthcare for patients and healthcare organizations requires an understanding and evaluation of the costs and benefits. Investing in quality improvement (QI) work can bring about financial results for healthcare organizations over time, have beneficial organizational effects, and improve outcomes for patients. This article continues a series of QI educational papers in the Journal of Perinatology, and reviews financial and economic measures used to create the business case for QI. Ultimately, the business case for QI is better defined as a business strategy for success.

医疗保健的价值可以定义为提供每花费的健康美元的最佳结果。提高患者和医疗保健组织的医疗保健价值需要了解和评估成本和收益。随着时间的推移，对质量改进 (QI) 工作的投资可以为医疗保健组织带来财务成果，产生有益的组织效果，并改善患者的结果。本文延续了《围产期杂志》上的一系列 QI 教育论文，并回顾了用于创建 QI 商业案例的财务和经济措施。最终，QI 的商业案例被更好地定义为成功的商业战略。