Assignment task:
APA Format, 200 words.
Chapter Objectives:
This focus of this chapter is to introduce the history of performance improvement and how healthcare organization use quality performance improvement (PI) methods to improve healthcare delivery in the U.S.
Learning Objectives:
1. Summarize the historical events that have contributed to modern performance improvement programs.
2. Relate how key legislation has influenced healthcare quality initiatives.
3. Illustrate how key individuals and organizations have shaped the theory and developed models for use in performance improvement activity.
Assignment 1:
AHIMA Competency: Describe healthcare organizations from the perspective of key stakeholders.
Refer to Learning Objectives from your Syllabus/Course Calendar, Week 1 (page 14). Answer the three (3) questions posed. Be sure to write the learning objective first and the response below.
Find an article about healthcare organizations and their key stakeholders and use as a reference.
-- utilize at least 200 words for this assignment.
-- submit the article with your assignment--no links.
In your summary, be sure to address this question:
In 1965, the US Congress passed Public Law 89-97, an amendment to the Social Security Act of 1935. This law established the Medicare and Medicaid programs. Discuss the impact of this legislation and how it changed the healthcare industry.
List and define three terms from the article