DB Assignment
Your response to the following question is due by 11:59pm tonight:
• What competencies were you able to develop in researching and writing the Comprehensive Project that is due in Unit 5?
• How did you leverage feedback from your peers in the Discussion Board for Units 1-4 in completing the project?
• How will these competencies and knowledge support your career advancement in health care management?
IP Assignment
Length: 3-5 pages
Quality Improvement in the Health Care Organization Accreditation
The mandate for improving the way in which health care is delivered was stimulated by the public outcry over the estimated 98,000 deaths because of medical errors each year, according to the Institute of Medicine in 1999. Since then, health care organizations have sought means by which the public can be reassured that they were meeting quality and safety standards. Accreditation agencies (e.g., The Joint Commission) and quality awards provide a means for the public to evaluate where the agency is meeting minimum standards.
You have been assigned by your manager to determine which accrediting agencies or quality improvement programs your hospital will utilize in its upcoming revenue cycle. Your hospital is a magnet hospital in a large urban area that provides multilayered services. You have previously used The Joint Commission for your accreditation but feel that you might be better served by using another accrediting body. You have three months in which to gather data and present the information to your manager.
Complete the following for this assignment:
• Choose 3 quality improvement or accreditation-related programs to consider in replacing The Joint Commission for your organization, and briefly describe them. Your agency accepts Medicare and Medicaid payments; therefore, you will need to explore, as background, the conditions of participation for Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). This is important information because you will need to compare your list of accrediting agencies and quality improvement programs with the conditions of participation to see if they meet the criteria.
• Analyze the costs and benefits of each quality improvement or accreditation-related program by stakeholder group (e.g., patient, provider, and third-party payer).
• Rank your quality improvement or accreditation-related program suggestions with rationale.
Please submit your assignment.
IP Assignment
4-6 pages, excluding cover page, abstract page, and reference page
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:
• Provide specific details of the organization including at least the following:
o Location
o Size
o Scope or type of personnel
o Services or products provided
o Patient demographics
• 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.
• Develop a communication plan for the quality improvement program.
• 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.