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Walden University Improvement Approaches in Health Care Settings

Walden University Improvement Approaches in Health Care Settings

Walden University Improvement Approaches in Health Care Settings

Health care organizations, by their nature, must constantly strive to improve patient care. Many different approaches to improvement have been utilized over the years. In this discussion, you critically evaluate a number of these historical and contemporary approaches and consider what is most effective. You then apply those approaches to your case study, and analyze the effect they might have had on the outcome of that case.

To prepare for this Discussion, complete the readings in your Learning Resources.

  • Review this week’s Learning Resources, specifically Grol (2001) and the Course Text.

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Post a description of two historical and/or contemporary approaches to quality improvement you feel would be most effective to improve health care quality and safety. Then, evaluate how these approaches could be applied to the case study you identified in Week 1. Finally, analyze how adapting these approaches might have altered the outcome in that case study.

Support your work with specific citations from this week’s Learning Resources and/or additional sources, as appropriate. Your citations must be in APA format.

 

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Quality and Safety Improvement Techniques To be significant and enduring, organizational improvement cannot be achieved with only occasional effort. Real and meaningful improvement requires constant attention and continuous vigilance. There is no single path to improvement—o ne size does not fit all. There are, however, a number of proven approaches an organization can adapt to design its own unique plan of action for improvement. This week, you examine historical and contemporary approaches used to assess and improve health care quality and apply those approaches to your case study. Learning Objectives By the end of this week, students will: Evaluate historical and contemporary approaches used to assess and improve health care quality Differentiate circumstances for the appropriate use of various quality improvement techniques