Essay On Quality Improvement In Health Care

Quality Improvement and Risk Management Aside from the bits and pieces mentioned throughout the paper regarding quality improvement and risk management that insurance companies, health organizations, and patients’ themselves have to do, this section discusses in further detail the risk management tools and quality tools that may be utilized through social, cultural and political impacts. Social impact from the patients’ viewpoint is accountability and increase involvement and collaboration. Organizations social impact is towards their stakeholders and their accountability. Insurance companies also have accountability towards their clients and their stakeholders. The key word is Accountability, Collaboration and Consensus between stakeholders in order to achieve the highest quality care with the lowest possible risks. Some things to consider when trying to offer quality care from the health care facilities point of view, includes: ensuring compliance with laws and regulations, following standards of care, ensuring staff and processes are necessary and effective, continuous training, developing and analyzing systems and processes within the company, minimizing unnecessary waste, resources, and processes. There are many “performance and core quality measures”, programs that may be implemented and once a program is started,
Organizations have to abide by all regulations and governing laws set forth by their governing entity. Regulations, laws, and standards of care are not obstacles in the health care industry, but are simply guidelines, to ensure the commitment of the establishment towards patient centered care. These regulations and guidelines may be viewed as protection plans to organizations and to patients, to ensure the care received and rendered are optimal, without biases on either