The quality of health care remains an ongoing concern for consumers‚ payers‚ and policy makers. There are a number of national initiatives to measure quality and drive improvements in care. One initiative that has received significant attention is an effort by a group of purchasers known as the Leapfrog Group. (Sultz and Young) Founded in 2000‚ the Leapfrog coalition includes more than 65 employers and agencies that together purchase care for more than 34 million people. The Leapfrog Group has focused
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was in desperate need of a reliable general to lead the army and change the course of the war. The Confederacy had the leadership of the legendary Robert E. Lee‚ who I don’t believe even Grant could compare to. Lincoln saw that Hooker had all the qualities of an exceptional
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This essentials discusses both the importance of patient safety and quality improvement in regards to advanced practicing nursing. Patient safety is defined by the Institute of Medicine as “the prevention of harm to patients” ("Patient safety and quality‚" 2008‚ p. 2) In the health care world patient safety and the quality of patient care is extremely important. The master’s level education for nursing program will teach the advanced practicing nurse the tools needed to deal with an unsafe situation
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Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality The President of the United States appoints a Secretary of Health and Human Services. That Secretary‚ a Cabinet member‚ oversees the United States Department of Health and Human Services‚ and within that Department there are twelve agencies. The agencies that most of us are already familiar with are the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Food and Drug Administration. The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) is a
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Epidemiology in Healthcare Quality Improvement Quality improvement is a system by which better health outcomes are achieved through analysing and improving service delivery processes. Is the combined and unceasing efforts of everyone—healthcare professionals‚ patients and their families‚ researchers‚ payers‚ planners and educator to make the changes that will lead to better patient outcomes (health)‚ better system performance (care) and better professional development (learning) This definition
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“Quality” healthcare has a wide variety of meanings. To some people‚ sitting in the waiting room a short time to see a doctor means “quality” healthcare. To others‚ being treated politely by the doctor’s staff means “quality” healthcare. There are those who define “quality” health care by how much time the doctor devotes to examining you. While these are important‚ "clinical" quality healthcare is even more important. Healthcare has become a major concern to the people of the United States. Compared
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1. a) Nursing research is one of the concepts mentioned in the video‚ Evidence-based practice‚ quality improvement‚ & nursing research. Nursing research is a systematic inquiry that uses disciplinary methods to answer questions and to resolve problems. The goal of nursing research is to generate new nursing knowledge. Nursing research is based on theory and the use of rigorous methods in order to conclude viable results (Hewner‚ 2013). The results are applied in a broad spectrum. Research publications
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What contribution can you make to the learning environment? Every educational institution aims to provide a quality‚ effective and engaging learning experience for all its students. This aim has always been central to every institution’s objective to achieve a significant success. And in this learning experience‚ the learning environment is one of its critical components. Those superior-quality services to support learning depend on effective collaboration between the academic staff responsible
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specific patient population. The QSEN competency for my project is quality improvement (QSEN Institute‚ 2014). For this discussion‚ I will review my ICP‚ explain why I selected it‚ discuss my selected organization‚ and provide the proposed solution. The QSEN competency of quality improvement is defined as a process to continually develop and advance the safety and quality of health care systems by utilizing data to observe the outcomes of care methods and implementing improvements that will create and
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Software Quality Software quality metrics are a subset of software metrics that focus on the quality aspects of the product‚ process‚ and project. In general‚ software quality metrics are more closely associated with process and product metrics than with project metrics. Nonetheless‚ the project parameters such as the number of developers and their skill levels‚ the schedule‚ the size‚ and the organization structure certainly affect the quality of the product. Software quality metrics can be divided
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