Quality Improvement Report HCS/588 Measuring Performance Standards November 18, 2013 Quality Improvement Report Quality Improvement (QI) in healthcare is essential. There is always a need to improve healthcare organizations patient satisfaction as well as improving health outcomes. These improvements are the focus of management and it is the goal of management to assemble various employees within the organization to accomplish these goals. Organizations must have the personnel with the ability and insight to integrate a system that will provide distinct contributions such as a safer and effective healthcare environment (Lamb, Zimring, Chuzi, & Dutcher, July). This paper will address the foundational frameworks of QI, the various stakeholders’ definition of quality, the various roles of clinicians and patients in QI.
This suggests that there is a need for further research within this area. Now the author is aware of existing literature it will be interesting to observe how long it takes for more research to be carried out. The author has personally developed through the production of this paper and personal involvement in interprofessional workshops arranged within university. An enhanced knowledge of the needs of patients within intermediate care has been developed along with an improved understanding of interprofessional working and its benefits in practice. With healthcare becoming more integrated with social care and care moving out of hospitals and into the community and the wider area the author envisages interprofessional working becoming more prevalent in the care provided to
This assignment should be added to the learners PDP’s. P5 and M3 – require learners to reflect on and explain how the knowledge gained within the classroom has influenced their professional development within placement. Learners should use examples where possible to link their theoretical understanding to practical experience. This M3 criterion could be completed in the middle of the learner’s course of study and then towards the end of the course as this would lead into learners covering D2 which requires learners to
Organization creates a more peaceful environment for co-workers and holds a positive aspect to it that helps motivate each member to do his or her best work while on the job. Any business will run more smoothly with an organized manager, any organization that can be made should be to hold the most efficient staff and give the best care in medical health care. Has anyone here ever been to a doctor’s office or hospital that was not as organized as they could have been? What was the outcome?
The Family Center Care (FCC) is an advance to the planning, delivery and evaluation of health care that is founded in the similarities of partnerships among health care providers, patients, and families. The FCC enables health care practitioners the importance of creating relationships with family members of the patients whether the patient are little children or adults. They recognize that social, emotional and developmental support systems are important aspects to look for in health care. The Family Center Care promotes better outcomes of patient care because families are there to restore self-esteem and control them in a well manner. It leads to better outcomes and it creates better patient and family satisfaction.
If they are learning, as time and experience build the NP will have improved patient outcomes. This has been experienced first-hand in the UK where Greta Westwood and her colleagues have developed six core values to improve patient outcomes. The six values are care, compassion, competence, communication, courage and commitment. Their paper states that, “advocates of the healthcare workforce should be responsive to knowledge about best practice, research and innovation that promotes adoption and dissemination of improved service delivery, to reduce variability and
Magnet hospitals have brought improved patient care, patient satisfaction along with nursing satisfaction to the forefront by using systems that foster evidence based practice (Saver, 2006). The use of evidence practice will only help further along the profession of nursing. Using EVP will help nurses provide improved patient care, better patient outcomes, improved nurse satisfaction and maintain credibility as a profession. Nursing has made great achievements in the last century that has lead to the recognition of nursing as an
| Teamwork and Collaboration in Healthcare Management | | | Thomas Calabro | Capella University | | As healthcare shifts to a patient-centered culture, the development of effective interprofessional collaborations and teams has become a necessity. An impactful interprofessional collaboration can benefit the patient, staff members, and the organization as a whole. For the patient, interprofessional collaborations allow various specialties to contribute to the patient’s care in a unified process and minimize interference and communication breakdowns. This kind of collaboration also allows for a more concentrated type of care. A holistic approach can be taken, focusing on the patient needs.
The health care system has developed significantly in the way it operates, and is constantly changing with time, to achieve the best outcomes for both the HCP and the patient. Conducting research is fundamental, as it provides nurses/paramedics with an increasingly sound evidence base, from which they are able to adapt to and better their practice (Burns & Grove, 2007). Research is a systematic enquiry, which utilises disciplined methods to be able to solve problems and answer questions (Polit & Beck, 2008). Evidence-based practice in health care relates to the process in which the practitioner, utilising the research, obtains empirical evidence regarding the effectiveness of the range of options, and then determines the relevance
Training and Education in Health Care Jazmin Ontaneda HCS/341 March 5, 2012 Dorothy Cucinelli Training and Education in Health Care 1.Explain why training and education are vital in health care The health care industry is as diverse as the persons it serves. Constant change in medicines, procedures and mandates cause the need for higher education and continual training. Education and training provide the foundation for a knowledgeable staff. The expectation of life-long change within the health system develops a staff ready for change culminating in adaptation of diverse situations with each individual patient need. Training and education are vital in the healthcare field because it determine the quality of care that each provider or administrator will deliver.