Assignment:Quality Improvement Design in Health Care
You have been asked to create a quality improvement (QI) program that involves 1 specified organizational process such as patient care improvement, patient satisfaction, surgical error prevention, medical error prevention, patient scheduling systems, and so forth.
Complete the following:
1. Provide specific details of the organization including at least the following:
Location
Size
Scope or type of personnel
Services or products provided
Patient demographics
2. Analyze the pros and cons of the quality improvement program that you are proposing for the organizational process that you identified.
Justify the need for this program, and detail all of the program specifics, including a time line from launch to evaluation.
3. Develop a communication plan for the quality improvement program.
4. Assess the ethical and legal issues involved with the program, including consideration of at least the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and the Patient Bill of Rights.
Summarize the program with a synopsis that includes information on the who, what, when, where, how, and why criteria.
4 to 6 pages, excluding cover page, abstract page, and reference page
1 Assess the ability of commonly used Quality Assurance tools to improve performance of healthcare organizations.
2 Evaluate quality measurement approaches for improvement planning in healthcare organizations.
3 Determine appropriate quality measures that can be used in various healthcare organizations and settings.
4 Discuss the impact of quality improvement on legal and ethical aspects of healthcare organizations.
5 Analyze the financial and technological impact of quality improvement on healthcare organizations.
6 Assess contemporary quality improvement models and risk management programs used in healthcare organizations.
7 Develop a quality improvement plan for a healthcare organization.