Assignment: Continuous Quality Improvement Health Care
Develop a SWOT analysis of the QI plan for a health care facility, Select a hypothetical facility/agency of your choice.
As the new QI Director of an 800 bed Acute Care Hospital, you have been asked to develop a strategic plan to assess the current QI program and determine any required revisions or updates. Please complete a hypothetical assessment and a plan to address any required updates. Additionally develop a brief QI work plan of proposed topics for the remainder of 2021.
Quality tools are not those found in our toolbox at home, but assist in analysis of a potential issue or concern in a process.
• Discuss what quality tool you think would be most efficient for analyzing a patient elopement from a Nursing Home. What measures would you use to drill down to the possible contributing factors?
• Discuss the importance of benchmarking with other facilities/programs/plans and provide an example of how you can do this.
• Discuss the importance of launching an effective quality action team.
• How would you handle conflicts in a quality action team?
• How would you recommend rewarding achievements of a quality action team?
Format your assignment according to the give formatting requirements:
• The answer must be using Times New Roman font (size 12), double spaced, typed, with one-inch margins on all sides.
• The response also includes a cover page containing the student's name, the title of the assignment, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
• Also include a reference page. The references and Citations should follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.