Discussion: Quality Solutions
For this discussion, watch the youtube video "Safer Hospital Care", which discusses the top ten hospital mistakes and what you can do to reduce your chances of these mistakes happening to you and your loved ones.
After watching the youtube video "Safer Hospital Care", suggest your own solutions to prevent any two mistakes discussed in the video. If you do not have experience in healthcare, use your own creative solutions.
Brainstorming Solutions to Hospital Mistakes
Your instructor was invited to give an opinion as a patient advocate at a retreat organized by agencies of the federal government, such as the Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, and the Office of Health and Human Resources. The topic was a Partnership for Patients. The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) showed the data on hospital survey measures. The data showed that significant progress was made in the last four years and that more and more hospitals are achieving higher scores.
The instructor asked a simple question, "If there is so much progress made in critical hospital measures, then why is the number of patients dying from hospital mistakes significantly going up every year?" The estimated deaths in 2010 were 99,000 deaths. The 2016 estimate is about 440,000 deaths.
In this discussion, explain the reasons you think there are more deaths in spite of the significant progress in hospital performance measures. Then, provide one remedy or solution.
The response should include a reference list. Double-space, using Times New Roman 12 pnt font, one-inch margins, and APA style of writing and citations.