Aspen University Patient Safety Goals Discussion and Triple Aim Initiative Paper

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Discussion Question:

The Joint Commission determines the highest priority patient safety issues and how best to address them, including as a National Patient Safety Goal (NPSG). Access the Joint Commission website for the most current NPSGs. Select one or more NPSGs and address the following: Explain the rationale for applying the NPSG in nursing practice. Discuss some of the benefits and/or challenges of implementing the NPSG in a health care organization? How does appropriate application of the elements of performance in the NPSG reduce negative patient outcomes?

PART II

Assignment:

Reflect upon the patient experience, patient safety, and healthcare cost as well as Joint Commission’s role in quality healthcare. Write a paper that addresses the following questions:

  • How      would you apply the principles of the Triple Aim initiative to improve      quality, safety and satisfaction in the acute care or long-term care      setting?  
  • Reflect      on your current or future role in healthcare. How you would you, in the      role of director of nursing or healthcare administrator contribute to      improving cost effective quality care, patient satisfaction, and patient      safety?
  • What      practices would you apply to minimize medical errors among front-line      nursing staff?

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Part II: The Triple Aim Initiative
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Part II: The Triple Aim Initiative
The Triple Aim initiative aims to help healthcare organizations enhance patient
populations' health by delivery of quality healthcare. The initiative also focuses on the
improvement of patient experience by ensuring accessibility, reliability, and high-quality
healthcare services while reducing healthcare costs. Improving the patient population
experiences, health status, and reducing healthcare services' cost helps healthcare institutions
assess healthcare delivery issues such as organization and management of the healthcare
services. Besides, the healthcare institutions can identify and redirect resources to aspects that
significantly impact the well-being of the various populations. The purpose of this paper is to
identify ways of applying the principles of the Triple Aim Initiative in long-term care facilities,
reflect on the role of a nursing director in healthcare, and identify practices to minimize medical
errors.
Application of the Principles of the Triple Aim Initiative in Long-term Care Setting
Integration of the Triple Aim Initiative in healthcare settings can help address healthcare
issues in the acute healthcare setting. Healthcare spending and waste of resources significantly
impact long-term care delivery with minimal strategies to combat the issues (Einav et al., 2020).
The demand for long-term care results in integrating the Triple Aim Initiative to develop quality,
safe, and efficient, and affordable healthcare services. Applying the Triple Aim Initiative in longterm care setting is thus essential for the success of the healthcare facility as it helps move
towards value-based healthcare delivery.

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Long-term care involves providing care to patients with complex conditions that require
medical services for a long period. Patients requiring long-term care are mainly those with
chronic illness recovering from acute illnesses, surgery, and patients experiencing trauma.
Various events occur in long-term healthcare facilities that substantially affect the health of the
patients in the facility. Health issues affecting the patients in such settings include medical errors,
falls, and pressure ulcers. The healthcare issues result in an increase in healthcare resources
wastage and an increase in the cost of healthcare services (Einav et al., 2020). Using the Triple
Aim Initiative will help provide quality healthcare services by minimizing the health hazards
such as medical errors to improve patient experience and safety in the long-term healthcare
facility.
Understanding of the healthcare services and the gaps in healthcare delivery in the longterm care facilities will also help apply the principles of the triple aim initiative. Research on the
disparities in care delivery in long-term care facilities will help determine service delivery
weaknesses and address them to ensure patient safety and satisfaction. Besides, the information
will help establish evidence-based strategies to improve health outcomes while minimizing costs
(Obucina et al., 2018). The use of Medicaid and Medicare programs...


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