Quality Control and Patient Satisfaction
Running head: Improving Quality Management
Quality Control and Patient Satisfaction:
Improving Quality Management at Grady Memorial Hospital
Nicholas B. Fannings
Keller Graduate School of Management
Grady Memorial Hospital opened its doors in 1892 and is today is listed as the fifth largest public hospital in the United States possessing a 918 bed capacity (LeValley & Page, 2010). Grady is designated as the public hospital for the city of Atlanta and noted for housing the only Level I Trauma center within 100 miles of metro Atlanta (Grady Health System, 2012). Since its opening, Grady Memorial Hospital has grown into Grady Health System, which includes, Grady Memorial Hospital, Children’s HealthCare of Atlanta at Hughes Spalding, Crestview Health, and Rehabilitation Center, and nine neighborhood health centers (Lee, 2008). Grady Health System employees over 5,000 employees and in addition to offering emergency services it provides services for the treatment of asthma, burns, sickle cell, and strokes. Grady Health system operates in the hospital and health care industry and provides services under the category acute short-term care. While Grady possess a wealth of facilities and services, it has experienced issues that plague many hospitals, Grady deals with issues in the areas of efficiency, overcrowding, and struggling to maintain patient satisfaction, and quality scores (Shaw, 2011). The intent of the paper is to focus on the correlation between customer satisfaction and quality score. The first part of this paper introduces the problem of discussion; the next part introduces a literary review that offers differing views on how to improve quality and customer satisfaction in the healthcare field. The fourth section offers an in-depth analysis of the problem statement, followed by recommendations and personal reflections.
Introduction to the Problem
According to the HCAHPS (U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, 2012) (Hospital
Quality Control and Patient Satisfaction:
Improving Quality Management at Grady Memorial Hospital
Nicholas B. Fannings
Keller Graduate School of Management
Grady Memorial Hospital opened its doors in 1892 and is today is listed as the fifth largest public hospital in the United States possessing a 918 bed capacity (LeValley & Page, 2010). Grady is designated as the public hospital for the city of Atlanta and noted for housing the only Level I Trauma center within 100 miles of metro Atlanta (Grady Health System, 2012). Since its opening, Grady Memorial Hospital has grown into Grady Health System, which includes, Grady Memorial Hospital, Children’s HealthCare of Atlanta at Hughes Spalding, Crestview Health, and Rehabilitation Center, and nine neighborhood health centers (Lee, 2008). Grady Health System employees over 5,000 employees and in addition to offering emergency services it provides services for the treatment of asthma, burns, sickle cell, and strokes. Grady Health system operates in the hospital and health care industry and provides services under the category acute short-term care. While Grady possess a wealth of facilities and services, it has experienced issues that plague many hospitals, Grady deals with issues in the areas of efficiency, overcrowding, and struggling to maintain patient satisfaction, and quality scores (Shaw, 2011). The intent of the paper is to focus on the correlation between customer satisfaction and quality score. The first part of this paper introduces the problem of discussion; the next part introduces a literary review that offers differing views on how to improve quality and customer satisfaction in the healthcare field. The fourth section offers an in-depth analysis of the problem statement, followed by recommendations and personal reflections.
Introduction to the Problem
According to the HCAHPS (U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, 2012) (Hospital
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