Improvement In Healthcare Measurements Of Hospital Quality Care

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Write a 4-6 page paper where you classify 5 measurements of quality of care in a hospital; specify four main features in health care organizations that can be used to design a successful quality improvement plan, and suggest the reasons why quality of care would add more value to and create a competitive advantage for the Sunlight Hospital. 4 recent academic resources are required. The assignment specifics are attached.

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Week 8 Assignment 2 Submission Click the link above to submit your assignment Students, please view the "Submit a Clickable Rubric Assignment" video in the Student Center. Instructors, training on how to grade is within the Instructor Center. Assignment 2: Managing Health Care Quality Due Week 8 and worth 200 points Imagine that you are a hospital administrator at the Sunlight Hospital in California. The main complaint among the patients is the quality of care. Your job is to understand the state of the hospital, create value, increase efficiency, and turn the facility into a local hospital of choice. Whenever you are making visits in various wards to meet the employees and the patients, you hear how the patients love the hospital, but they would like to see certain improvements in care. The employees seem to be very busy executing their duties and not interacting much with the patients. The hospital board has asked you to compile a report of your findings and suggested strategy for achieving the hospital’s current goals. Note: You may create and / or make all necessary assumptions needed for the completion of this assignment. 1. 2. 3. 4. Write a four to six (4-6) page paper in which you: Classify five (5) measurements of quality of care in a hospital, and justify the major reasons why you believe these measurements matter to patients in their process of choosing a hospital for emergency or inpatient care. Specify four (4) main features in health care organizations that can be used to design a successful quality improvement plan. Articulate the significant manner in which the specified features can lead to failure or success of quality of care in Sunlight Hospital. Suggest the salient reasons why quality of care would add value to and create a competitive advantage for the Sunlight Hospital. Justify your response. Use four (4) recent (within the last five [5] years) quality academic resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and other websites do not qualify as quality academic resources. Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements: • • Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions. Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length. The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are: • • • • • Propose methodologies that have been proven to increase value in health care delivery systems Examine leadership and management frameworks that are most applicable to a certain organization type within the health care industry. Craft a strategic plan that leads to a competitive advantage within a certain market. Use technology and information resources to research issues in health care management. Write clearly and concisely about health care management using proper writing mechanics. Grading for this assignment will be based on answer quality, logic / organization of the paper, and language and writing skills, using the following rubric. Click here to view the grading rubric.
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Health Care Quality

Quality care is the objective of many healthcare systems around the world. It is a measure
of how well goals are met from the perspective of involved stakeholders. In this view, quality
standards are established to guide the implementation of interventions in a manner that addresses
the expectations of different parties. Primarily, patients are at the center of interest since they are
the primary consumers of health care. As a consequence, many quality plans are designed with
the focus of the clients. Hospitals and other health institutions practice the measurement of such
standards to identify improvement opportunities to adhere to industry requirements as well as
attract customers.
Measurements of Quality Care
Structural Measurements
These are measures based on the infrastructure of the hospital, which is essential in the
delivery of quality health care (FamiliesUsa, 2014). They include available buildings such as
wards, offices, laboratories, and reliable sources of power. They also entail the personnel
endowment of the facility and the qualifications of the staff members. This is because hospitals
can have ample structures but lack competent workers to carry out necessary activities in them.
Others include the environmental policy under which care is provided and the general
availability of resources in the center.
A common consideration under this class is the installation of systems necessary to provide
quality care such as the electronic health record system, the re-ordering software for drugs, and
the overall technological advancement (Cantiello, Kitsantas, Moncada & Abdul, 2016). Other

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than clients, industry accreditors and insurance companies use these structure measures to weigh
the ability of a hospital to deliver quality care.
Patients use structure measures in selecting a preferred hospital because they provide one with
necessary information about the capacity of a facility (FamiliesUsa, 2014). The characteristics of
a health care center can profoundly determine its ability to provide the desired quality of care.
Also, since these are the same measures used in the e...

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