Question

Imagine yourself as an administrator ready to undertake a new quality improvement program for your hospital. You need to explain the history and evolution of quality improvement programs to your employees and detail how the implementation of any new program developed will be incorporated into the strategic plan for the facility. Through this effort you want to prepare the team for development of a new strategic plan and quality improvement programs you are planning for the long-term care facility that will result in improved patient outcomes for the facility. Instructions In this assignment you will examine the origins and the evolution of the US healthcare quality movement. You will explain some of the elements involved in the successful healthcare quality improvements efforts. Also, examine the elements needed in a good strategic plan for the facility. Finally, detail how the implementation of any new program developed will be included and align with the strategic plan and operations for the facility. This assignment will be at least 3 pages long in APA format, with a word count of at least 700. Requirements Examine the origins and the evolution of the US healthcare quality movement. Explain some of the elements involved in the successful healthcare quality improvements efforts. Examine the elements needed in a good strategic plan for the facility and details how the implementation of any new program developed will be included and align with the strategic plan for the facility.

Answer 1

New quality improvement program focus on desired health outcomes with employees professional knowledge..There are numerous factors contribute to the complexity of health care.. strategy plan focus on health care effectiveness,safety,patient-centered,timely,efficient and equitable..It targets the desired aims and avoid harms..the main goal towards quality improvement program to promote desired outcome to evaluate the process towards evidence-based practice..There are various improvement techniques used to find the barriers for quality improvement like organization ineffectiveness,errors,improper care..
Bench marketing in health care explain the collaboration disciplines measures and work progress with best performance for evaluating organizational performance..structure measures and process measures assess the delivery of health care services by using guidelines indicate environmental and behavioral factors like health state improvement,patient satisfaction,mortality etc..Total quality management program measures the process step includes organization management,process ,team work and necessary changes for organization barriers..This incorporate the hospital for quality and improvement to achieve the best results..
Quality assurance(QA) program focus on organization issues and other strategies improve clinical practice..for successful implementation changes need models,management and professionals commitment to implement the changes..plan-do-study Act model effectively make changes with system wide..this quality improvement efforts promote process outcomes ..six stigma design improve financial stability and for analytic process and accuracy determined by experimental procedure..It focus on measures,define,improve and control approach..
  Root cause analysis investigate the problem focus on cause that make challenges for improvement..RCA improves quality and reduce future risk of events and monitor the effectiveness..Traditional RCA can improve the system process..Health failure models and effective analysis tool used for risk assessment..lack of communication,commitment,leadership can affect the organization improvement..stakeholders involvement and investment can avoid some adverse effects..stakeholders communication and sharing motivational team empowerment improve strategies on teamwork of multidisciplinary teams..Team work make advantages with shared knowledge,disciplines help learning how to avoid errors..Staffs education can improve patient satisfaction and avoid complication and it reduce the costs..Evidence-based practice can improve quality efforts..Proper use of technology improve patient safety..Quality improvement program need improvement in culture of changes and safety,understanding the problem,stakeholders involvement,test strategy,performance monitoring and reporting to make necessary changes..