Signature Homework: Quality CQI Health Care Organization
We often hear the stories of what goes wrong in health care, medical error tragedies and examples of how organizations have failed their patients.
There is much to learn, however, from those who do a great job of taking care of their patients, meeting their needs and going beyond their expectations.
Using all that you have learned from this course, you will do the following:
I. Identify a health care organization that is known for their high quality of care, service and safety.
II. Create a paper that addresses:
i. An overview of the organization, a description of what care or services they are known for, and the data that is available to evidence the success of their quality/patient safety efforts;
ii. Identification of the top four practices in the organization that have contributed to their creation of a "culture of excellence". A description should be provided for each of these practices with examples for how they have contributed to the organization's success.
iii. Identification of the one practice that you believe is most valuable to the success of the organization, which you would like to experience in your own organization; or, would like to put into place as a future health care leader.
iv. Lastly, you will identify the lessons you have learned, from a leadership standpoint, from your research.
RECOMMENDATIONS FOR A GOOD HEALTH ORGANIZATIONS:
Top 7 hospitals in the United States:
i. Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore
ii. Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston
iii. Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota
iv. Cleveland Clinic in Ohio
v. UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles
vi. Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago
vii. UCSF Medical Center in San Francisco
Use statistical evidence on this.
Hospital Compare at the Medicare gov website contains this information. You can find your health care organization's key CQI historical data on this Medicare website. The more specific information you have about your organization, the more useful and better your paper will be.
Format your homework according to the following formatting requirements:
i) The answer should be typed, using Times New Roman font (size 12), double spaced, with one-inch margins on all sides.
ii) The response also includes a cover page containing the title of the homework, the student's name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
iii) Also include a reference page. The Citations and references must follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.