Quality Improvement Organizations (QIO) Lacretia DuVal HCS 310 June 24‚ 2010 Susan Miedzianowski Quality Improvement Organization’s are private‚ most of the time‚ not-for-profit organizations‚ which staff consists of professionals. This staff consists of doctors and other health care professionals‚ who are trained to review medical care and help beneficiaries with complaints about or problems with the quality of care and to implement improvements
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Evidence Based Practice for Quality Improvement In today’s society‚ the number of aging people are steadily increasing‚ leading to longer lives with advances in medicine and technology. Gerontology is the study of the physical‚ social‚ psychological‚ and cognitive characteristics of aging (Tabloski‚ 2014). These studies bring forth valuable information of the geriatric population to enhance quality of life. The purpose of this paper is to discuss challenges related to age‚ provide literature on
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Quality Improvement Paper Every company should want to ensure that it produces quality products or services. Verizon field technicians use a checklist to help ensure that they are doing quality work. The checklist reminds the technician what needs to be done at each job. Even with a checklist and process in place it could be better. The mangers need to spend more time in the field ensure quality work is being done. Verizon Verizon customer zone technicians install and repair phone lines in
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this project is to identify areas of improvement at the University of Kentucky’s Markey Cancer Center’s Comprehensive Breast Care Center (CBCC) on managed quality workflow. The CBCC ultimately aspires to provide breast care patients with reduced procedure times‚ and transparent cohesive patient location. This project will display an overview of the process; the communication difficulties‚ challenges faced with morale‚ and provided recommendations for improvement. The information collected resulted
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Reducing Medication Administration Errors: A Teaching Plan Rosemary Lantigua Sacred Heart University Reducing Medication Administration Errors: A Teaching Plan This paper provides an overview of a teaching plan of a single class during fundamentals of nursing course of a traditional BSN program. The subject of the class is on reducing the amount of medication administration errors in health care. The goals and objectives of the class will be provided as well as methods‚ resources
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References Athanasakis‚ E. (2012). Prevention of medication errors made by nurses in clinical practice. Health Science Journal‚ 6(4)‚ 773-783. Brady‚ A.‚ Malone‚ A.‚ & Fleming‚ S. (2009). A literature review of the individual and systems factors that contribute to medication errors in nursing practice. Journal Of Nursing Management‚ 17(6)‚ 679-697. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2834.2009.00995.x Choo‚ J.‚ Hutchinson‚ A.‚ & Bucknall‚ T. (2010). Nurses ’ role in medication safety. Journal Of Nursing Management‚ 18(7)
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..................3 Summaries of Journal Articles......................................................................3 Key Aspects: Medication Errors and their Causes.............................................. 4 Impact on Client Care.................................................................................5 Strategies to prevent Medication Errors ..........................................................6 Conclusion................................................................
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How to Guide How to Establish a Performance Improvement Plan A Performance Improvement Plan (PIP)‚ also known as a Performance Action Plan‚ is a great way to give struggling employees the opportunity to succeed while still holding them accountable for past performance. It is not always clear why an employee has poor performance. Did he or she not receive appropriate training? Does he or she not understand the expectations of the job? Are there unforeseen roadblocks in the way? Until you really
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Quality Assurance and Quality Improvement Introduction: In this assignment I am going to analyse the quality assurance and quality improvement framework and procedures on my teaching programme. The efforts to improve quality in education are very important and in recent years have received increasing attention. In particular three main factors‚ external pressure played an important role. * Educational Issues: Concerns about performance of schools and colleges. * Political Issues:
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PREVENTING MEDICAL OVERDOSE I A medication error is a failure in the treatment process that leads to‚ or has the potential to lead to‚ harm to the patient. There is a need for accurate and proper drug administration. Around 100‚000 Americans die yearly of drug overdose. Medication errors: what they are‚ how they happen‚ and how to avoid them. II Dennis Quaid’s twins almost died after being given a dosage that should have been for an adult. a. The medication given was heparin. b. Media
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