Quality Improvement Email Angel Lowe HCS/588 July 6, 2015 Georgia Rothstein Quality Improvement Email The goal of health care organizations is to provide safe patient and quality care. If an organization wants to achieve these two concepts then they require a continuous effort on the part of the organization. Quality improvement (QI) is an important factor in an organization as they work toward achieving safe patient and quality care. The organization needs to have set guidelines as well as dependable and consistent care as it relates to providing QI. This study will look into QI as well as look the importance of quality management as well as the impact it has in health care.
For this task I have been asked to describe how anti-discriminatory practise is promoted in health and social care settings, this meaning action taken to prevent discrimination against people on the grounds of race, class, gender, disability etc. anti-discrimination practise promotes equality by introducing anti-discrimination policies in the work place. It is important that health care workers promote equality, value diversity and respect the rights of service users always putting the service user at the heart of the service provision. This meaning that the service user’s individual needs will be meet and achieved . Care workers, also need to have an understanding of what it would be like to use the services, with this all the service
HIPPA ISSUE HIPPA Issues M230/HSC2641 Oct 13, 2013 Robert Feightner HIPPA Issues In the field of healthcare management we have a large responsibility to ensuring that hospital services and facilities are running smoothly and that patient’s health information are protected by upholding HIPPA standards and implementing them. This means that information is secure and private, and employees are properly trained and aware of these guidelines that are put out by HIPPA. If these standards are not supported and maintained than we could be in violation of HIPPA privacy rule and or security rule. The privacy rule regulates how patient health information (PHI) is being disclosed to third parties whether it is in electronic, paper or
Critical analysis will be maintained throughout the essay including the effectiveness of the monitoring, quality assurance or audit mechanisms in place. PURPOSE OF THE POLICY The purpose of this policy is to provide guidelines to establish the Aseptic Non Touch Technique as the safe and effective technique for all aseptic procedures. The guidance aims to enhance healthcare professionals’ knowledge to reduce the risk of microbial contamination in their everyday practice (NHS Trust 2010). It encompasses the necessary infection control measures to prevent pathogenic micro-organisms on hands, surfaces or equipment from being introduced to susceptible sites during clinical practice (RCN2009). Asepsis can be defined as a state of being free from living pathogenic microorganisms (REF).
Visiting Angel nursing home strives to ensure that * The services provided incorporates evidence based, effective practices; * The care and services are appropriate to each consumer’s needs, and available when needed; * Risk to patients, providers, and staff is minimized, and errors in medication in the delivery are prevented. * A proactive sharing of the patient care plan with family and nursing home staff are respected and services are provided with sensitivity and caring. Different approaches to quality improvement are used but The Visiting Angel nursing home care approach to quality improvement is based on the following principles: * A leadership is committed to providing quality care by improving medication errors in the facility, and providing residents with more efficient, effective, and patient-centered care * Changing the organizational culture where mistakes are opportunities for improvement rather than
Therefore, doctors, physician assistants, nurses, pharmacists, and the individual themselves are in fact what makes up the the health care industry that needs to reduce the risks from using medicines and to get the most benefit out of them. In order to make medicine use safer, one must speak up about their past and present because the more information a health care organization knows about them, the better they can plan the care that’s right for them. Another important factor that FDA effects in the health care industry is finding the correct facts. Before the health care organization can decide on a prescription or OTC medicine, one must know understand as much about it as possible. The most important factors to identify are brand and generic names, active ingredients, inactive ingredients, uses, warnings, possible interactions, side effects, possible tolerance, dependence, or addiction, overdose, directions, storage instructions, and expiration
This must include a clean quite safe environment that promotes rest. The work design of Mercy Gilbert Medical center is a perfect example of a healing Hospital work design process. They have routed Patient transport and Employee paths in a way to avoid converging with that of visitors. Advanced technologies expedite the processes of patient care but still maintain a caring environment. Health care leader Eric Chapman has promoted a philosophy of “radical love” With all of the latest Bells and whistles a hospital cannot be considered a healing Hospital if the care is not delivered by a compassionate caring staff.
In other words, the way we support our service users should reflect and illustrate what has been written in the legislation. We should therefore make sure that we promote anti-discriminatory practice, inclusion, equal opportunities, equality and diversity, and confidentiality to promote best practise. If we keep good notes and share information with colleagues correctly then we will be able to help and support patients correctly and encourage positive behaviour. We should also make sure that we are up to date with any changes regarding legislation. 1.2 Define what is meant by restrictive interventions.
HIPAA was set into place to help protect the patients information and their rights. When it comes to HIPAA for the most part this has been successful at protecting the patients information from being breached and used in the wrong manner. HIPAA has also impacted health care facilities as it has encouraged the facilities to switch to electronic health care records which makes things more organized and easier in the facility. Electronic health care records make documenting patients needs easier and also makes it to where health care professionals can read over the patients information easier has they are not having to try to decipher the previous notes that are documented. Electronic health records also decrease errors in the health care
However, in some situation cases, for example, it is not punished if it brings a person who is very sick to hospital. The reason why "laws" has been established is to make better life for humans. Thus, law should be applied in flexible manner if it is beneficial to people. All things considered, with the reasons mentioned above, I have sufficiently and adequately explained my position on