· Examine two (2) well-known healthcare quality organizations thathave taken two to three (2-3) measures to improve quality within theorganizations themselves. Suggest one (1) additional measure that eachorganization could take to further improve healthcare quality. Justify yourresponse.
· Suppose you are a Quality Officer for a healthcare organizationin your area. You have been tasked with creating a plan to reduce theincreasing number of medical errors that occur within your organization.Specify two (2) quality initiatives that your organization could implement inorder to reduce medical errors and their related costs. Determine thefundamental tenets of the Standard of Care that would influence quality in yourorganization. Provide a rationale for your response.
· As a healthcare administrator, you have been tasked withresearching your hospital’s compliance in the proper reporting of both medicaland non-medical errors made by the staff. Compare the relationship ofhospital’s corporate liability with that of each employee’s vicarious liabilityin the event of an error. Discuss the essential steps that your organizationcan take to reduce occurrences in both. Provide at least two (2) examples ofthe successful application of such steps to support your rationale.
· Interpret the extent to which public reporting and value-basedpurchasing improve healthcare quality. Include a comparison of two to three(2-3) advantages to each reporting method. Support your response with two (2)examples of healthcare quality improvements that could have resulted from of anorganization implementing each type of reporting method in question.
