Week 7 Quality and Performance Management in Healthcare APA Style Question Part 1 Discussion Prompt 1-3 Paragraphs Discussion Prompt After reading this week’s chapters and the article below, address the following: Should population health management focus on populations with the greatest disparities and health inequity, or areas where the greatest financial opportunities are present? Defend your response. Access the following article in your WCU Online Library. Jha, A. K. (2019). Population health management: Saving lives and saving money? JAMA, 322(5), 390–391. doi:10.1001/jama.2019.10568 ( Attached) Cite and reference your sources using APA Style. Part 2 (Please Separate this part to a different Word Document) Week 7 Signature Assignment: Increasing Values of the KPI With Quality Metrics Objective: Use quality metrics to increase the values of the KPI. Instructions Identify a quality issue or process improvement issue in a hospital or workplace that you have not addressed previously. Utilize key quality metrics to determine how you will increase the values of the KPI for the organization. Develop a target benchmark and a plan to raise the values. For example, if the quality issue is an increase in C. diff due to a low percentage of employees who wash their hands, what type of plan are you going to develop to decrease the occurrence of C. diff? Create a three- to four-page paper in APA Style, including a title page and a reference list. You must cite and reference at least three scholarly sources. You may use your textbook as a source. ****Remember that you may not discuss a quality issue that has been used previously in the course. Find a new and unique topic. Review the materials in the Additional Resources folder for ideas.**** (Below are the links from the Additional Resoruces Folder) Weekly Resources Click the following links to explore web content related to this week's topics. What Is Quality of Care and Why Is It Important? How Can We Define “Quality” in Health Care? CMS The official site for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, a valuable tool for students that will be used throughout their program and career Click the following links to explore web content related to this week's topics. Strategy & Performance Management In Healthcare: An In-Depth Case Study Of Folkhälsan Enabling Sustainable Healthcare Accreditation, Healthcare, Certification: The Joint Commission The Joint Commission is the premiere organization in the United States for certification and accreditation of hospitals and other healthcare facilities. American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE) Code of Ethics The site contains information about ethics (include a self-assessment tool) and governing and board information. Click the following links to explore web content related to this week's topics. What Is Project Management? The Project Management Institute (PMI) is the premiere organization for project management. You may eventually want to join, but for now, just explore. All About Project Management This site from the Free Management Library has a lot of information about project management and can also be used by students to look up other management topics. Click the following links to explore web content related to this week's topics. Business Process Reengineering: 6 Key Steps + Some Secret Sauce Advancing Excellence in Health Care The AHRQ is helpful for resources such as training materials and education to improve the care and increase compliance knowledge for students. Redesign Processes and Systems This site from the Institute for Healthcare Improvement is specifically related to this week’s topic of redesign process in health care. The site contains current projects and is consistently updated to showcase new projects. Patient Safety and Quality Healthcare Click the following links to explore web content related to this week's topics. What Is Healthcare Big Data? Top Predictive Analytics & Prescriptive Analytics Software This site from PAT Research showcases the most current software used in big data analytics, today. Although it may seem overwhelming at first, students may peruse key topics and see reviews of the software. How Predictive Analytics in Healthcare Is Changing Hospitals Click the following links to explore web content related to this week's topics. What Is Healthcare Analytics? Predictive Analytics This site from HealthIT showcases many different articles, blogs, and resources for healthcare analytics. Students may read the information without joining. Click the following links to download documents related to this week's topics. Practical Guidance for Health Care Governing Boards on Compliance Oversight From the website of the Office of the Inspector General, this guide provides assistance for healthcare organizations and their governing boards—it has many resources for compliance training and other important information. Click the following links to explore web content related to this week's topics. What Is Population Health Management? Population Health Management: A Primer State Health Facts This section of the Kaiser Family Foundation allows students to look up information on their own state’s health, especially referring to compliance, external audits, and reviews. Click the following links to explore web content related to this week's topics. 10 Health Care Quality Improvement Trends You Can’t Ignore This site from Prometheus Research (2019) includes current healthcare improvement trends that are showcasing where health care is moving to for future QI. The Top Six Examples of Quality Improvement in Health Care Trends That Are Affecting the Future of Quality Management While not specific to health care, this quality improvement section details innovation in philosophy and quality improvement tools and techniques.

Directions: After reviewing and studying this module’s content, answer the following 5 questions. Be sure to complete all lab activities and attend/watch all live lectures before completing this assignment. All of your answers should be written in your own words, using full sentences, correct terminology, and proper spelling and grammar. Explain the anatomical concepts associated with biology, chemistry, and homeostasis. Summarize this module’s key points in 5-6 sentences. Explain the physiological concepts associated with biology, chemistry, and homeostasis. Summarize this module’s key points in 5-6 sentences. How will you apply the concepts you have learned about biology, chemistry, and homeostasis in real life and in your future career? Which topic within this module has been the most valuable to your learning experience and why? Which topic(s) within this module did you struggle to understand and why? (Optional) Do you have any suggestions for your instructor on how they could help you connect with the difficult topics you’ve noted?