Quality and Safety Efforts in Health Care
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Quality and Safety Efforts in Health Care
Quality Guidelines
A variety of organizations are involved in quality and safety efforts in health care. For this Discussion, you and your colleagues will take an in-depth look at some of these organizations.
To prepare for this Discussion, select one of the following organizations to research:
The Joint Commission http://www.jointcommission.org/
National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) http://www.ncqa.org/
Utilization Review Accreditation Commission (URAC) http://www.urac.org/
The Leapfrog Group http://www.leapfroggroup.org/
International Organization for Standardization (ISO) http://www.iso.org/iso/home.html
Baldrige http://www.nist.gov/baldrige/
Magnet http://www.nursecredentialing.org/Magnet.aspx
National Quality Forum (NQF) http://www.qualityforum.org/
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) Center for Quality Improvement and Patient Safety http://www.ahrq.gov/
Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) http://www.ihi.org/ihi
View the organization’s Web site and conduct additional research to investigate the role that this organization plays with regard to quality and safety. Find and evaluate the guidelines proposed by this organization, and pay particular attention to the strengths and limitations of these guidelines.
Post by Day 4 a response to the following:
Identify the organization you have selected in the first line of your posting.
Analyze the role that this organization plays with regard to health care quality and safety.
Summarize the key guidelines proposed by this organization. Assess significant strengths and limitations of these guidelines.
Read a selection of your colleagues’ postings.
Respond by Day 6 to at least one of your colleagues’ postings in one or more of the following ways:
Ask a probing question.
Expand on the colleague’s posting with additional insight and resources.
Offer polite disagreement or critique, supported with evidence.
In addition to, but not in place of, the above, you may:
Offer and support an opinion.
Validate an idea with your own experience.
Make a suggestion or comment that guides or facilitates the Discussion.
Return to this Discussion in a few days to read the responses to your initial posting. Note what you have learned and/or any insights you have gained as a result of the comments your colleagues made. No posting is required.
Application: Institute of Medicine Reports
The Institute of Medicine (IOM) is an independent, nonprofit organization whose work has helped draw attention to quality concerns in health care. Two IOM reports, To Err is Human and Crossing The Quality Chasm, particularly stand out for the provocative effect that they have had on quality improvement efforts.
To prepare for this Application, review this week’s Learning Resources, including the executive summaries of the two IOM reports and the article “Patient Safety at Ten: Unmistakable Progress, Troubling Gaps.”
The Assignment
Write a 2- to 3-page paper that addresses the following:
From your perspective as a health care professional and/or consumer, summarize two or three of the most important messages of the IOM reports To Err is Human and Crossing the Quality Chasm.
Analyze at least two of the changes proposed in these reports, and explain how they are expected to contribute toward the desired improvements.
Briefly assess some of the challenges related to these changes. (Select at least one challenge for each change you have chosen to focus on.)
This Application is due by Day 7 of this week.
Your written assignments must follow APA guidelines. Be sure to support your work with specific citations from this week’s Learning Resources and from additional scholarly sources as appropriate. Refer to the Essential Guide to APA Style for Walden Students to ensure that your in-text citations and reference list are correct.
Quality Improvement Milestones
Over the years, many different milestones have influenced quality improvement efforts in health care. This Discussion is intended to help you understand how various developments have shaped contemporary perspectives and approaches to promoting health care quality.
To prepare for this Discussion:
Review the information presented in the Learning Resources, and select one milestone that you think is particularly significant or interesting.
Evaluate how this milestone has influenced health care delivery; consider positive outcomes, failures, and unintended consequences.
Consider how this milestone relates to the purpose and philosophy of quality improvement.
Reflect on Dr. Stephen Jencks’s statement in the “Concepts of Quality and Patient Safety” media segment that health care quality is a national priority. Do you agree with this proposition? Why or why not? And, if so, is this true of all the dimensions of quality identified by the Institute of Medicine, or do certain dimensions receive greater attention than others? Use the Walden library and credible Web sites to conduct research so that you can support your response with examples from recent health policy developments and/or other current events. (You will need to cite your sources in your Discussion posting.)
Post by Day 4 a response to the following:
Identify a milestone in the history of quality improvement in the first line of your posting.
Analyze how this milestone has influenced health care delivery.
Explain how this milestone relates to the purpose and philosophy of quality improvement.
Address the proposition that health care quality is currently a national priority. Include one or more examples from health policy and/or current events to support your response.
Read a selection of your colleagues’ postings.
Respond by Day 6 to at least one of your colleagues’ postings in one or more of the following ways:
Ask a probing question.
Expand on the colleague’s posting with additional insight and resources.
Offer polite disagreement or critique, supported with evidence.
In addition to, but not in place of, the above, you may:
Offer and support an opinion.
Validate an idea with your own experience.
Make a suggestion or comment that guides or facilitates the Discussion.
Quality and Safety Efforts in Health Care
RUBRIC
Excellent Quality
95-100%
Introduction 45-41 points
The background and significance of the problem and a clear statement of the research purpose is provided. The search history is mentioned.
Literature Support
91-84 points
The background and significance of the problem and a clear statement of the research purpose is provided. The search history is mentioned.
Methodology
58-53 points
Content is well-organized with headings for each slide and bulleted lists to group related material as needed. Use of font, color, graphics, effects, etc. to enhance readability and presentation content is excellent. Length requirements of 10 slides/pages or less is met.
Average Score
50-85%
40-38 points
More depth/detail for the background and significance is needed, or the research detail is not clear. No search history information is provided.
83-76 points
Review of relevant theoretical literature is evident, but there is little integration of studies into concepts related to problem. Review is partially focused and organized. Supporting and opposing research are included. Summary of information presented is included. Conclusion may not contain a biblical integration.
52-49 points
Content is somewhat organized, but no structure is apparent. The use of font, color, graphics, effects, etc. is occasionally detracting to the presentation content. Length requirements may not be met.
Poor Quality
0-45%
37-1 points
The background and/or significance are missing. No search history information is provided.
75-1 points
Review of relevant theoretical literature is evident, but there is no integration of studies into concepts related to problem. Review is partially focused and organized. Supporting and opposing research are not included in the summary of information presented. Conclusion does not contain a biblical integration.
48-1 points
There is no clear or logical organizational structure. No logical sequence is apparent. The use of font, color, graphics, effects etc. is often detracting to the presentation content. Length requirements may not be met
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