Question

Answer the following questions in two to three complete sentences.

1. Describe how quality and safety are defined and measured in healthcare organizations.
2. Do patients have the same definitions and expectations regarding the quality and safety of the care they receive?
3. Why is achieving zero errors in healthcare so difficult to attain? What are the challenges that healthcare organizations need to overcome to reach that goal? What are some of the strengths that leading healthcare organizations have exhibited in terms of improving the quality and safety of the care they provide?
4. What is the role of informatics is the discussion of safety and quality of healthcare?
5. Explain the relationship between quality and safety and nursing competence in the use of technology.
6. How can competency with technology in the nursing profession be measured?
7. Discuss barriers (both workplace and personal) that you face in using technology.
8. Discuss some strategies you can implement to overcome these barriers.
9. Identify both a personal short term and long term goal regarding your use and/or knowledge of technology in your area of practice. How will you plan for and achieve them?
10. Technological changes are inevitable. Discuss how you can adapt throughout your career to enhance patient safety.

Answer 1

Answer: In the healthcare organization quality means the methods of the treatment used to bring out positive result. The safety means the proper way of the treatment and care delivered to the patients and protecting them from any kind of harm. The feedback from the patientspatients, the quality of the care provided to the patients as well as the readmission rates provides the measures of the quality and safety.

Patient have different views on the safety and quality as most of the people expect more form the healthcare professionals. Sometimes healthcare professionals can't meet the expectations of the patients.

Achieving zero error in the healthcare is difficult because minor error occurs in most of the healthcare practices. The errors can't be completely removed but the frequency can be decreased.

The healthcare organization faces many challenges such as:

• Providing quality of care to the patients.
• Providing safe environment
• Providing cultural competence environment.

The quality of care can be provided by eliminating the risk of medical errors, negligence as well as malpractice. This will reduce the negative impact and hence elevation of the treatment can be achieved.