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Book: Austin, C. J., & Boxerman, S. B. (2008). Information systems for healthcare management (7th ed.). Chicago: Health Administration Press.

Assignment: Write a 5-7 page paper in which you:
1.Analyze the basic technology underlying health care information systems and determine the most pressing need for innovation.
2.Explain (with specific examples using local hospitals or other health care providers) how your recommended innovation will improve the overall level of health care in your own community.
3.Recommend actions that senior management could take in the community in which you live to push the boundaries of information technology management.
4.Cite at least two (2) references from peer-reviewed sources to support your argumentation.

Please include cites with web addresses and please reference course book as needed...Thanks in advance!

Essay Instructions: Concepts of Quality and Patient Safety at the Organizational and System Level

Required Resources

Media

Course Media: Laureate Education, Inc. (Executive Producer). (2011). Organizational and systems leadership for quality improvement. Baltimore: Author.

"Concepts of Quality and Patient Safety" (featuring Dr. Stephen Jencks, Dr. David Nash, Dr. Donald Berwick, and Lillee Gelinas)

Readings

Course Text: Kelly, D. L. (2011). Applying quality management in healthcare: A systems approach (3rd ed.). Chicago, IL: Health Administration Press.

Chapter 1, "Fundamentals of Quality Management"

Chapter 2, "A Systems Perspective of Quality Management: Characteristics of Complex Systems"

Report: Kohn, L. T., Corrigan, J. M., & Donaldson, M. S. (Eds). (2000). To err is human: Building a safer health system. Washington, D.C.: National Academy Press.

Report: Institute of Medicine, Committee on Quality of Health Care in America. (2001). Crossing the quality chasm: A new health system for the 21st century. Washington, DC: National Academy Press.

Article: Wachter, R. (2010). Patient safety at ten: Unmistakable progress, troubling gaps. Health Affairs, 29(1), 165-173.

Article: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. (n.d.). Quality/equality: Talking about quality. Retrieved from http://www.rwjf.org/en/about-rwjf/program-areas/quality-equality/strategy.html



TOPIC: QUALITY IMPROVEMENT MILESTONES

Post a cohesive scholarly response that addresses the following:

1. Identify the milestone you chose in the history of quality improvement in the first line of your posting.

2. Analyze how this milestone has influenced the health care delivery system and nursing practice.

3. Evaluate how this milestone relates to the purpose and philosophy of quality improvement.

4. Address the proposition that health care quality is currently a national priority. Include one or more examples from health policy and/or current events to support your response.


These are some of the quality improvement milestone just the top of my head in health care

1.unneccessary hospitalizations. meaning that for a example urinary tract infection can be treated in a long term care facility and the patient need not to be admitted in the hospital to do so

2.psychiatric patient can be treated first with nonpharmacological meassures first and if not effective then psych made added.

3. reduction in falls in the elderly

4. GERIATRIC POLYPHARMACY

THERE HAS BEEN A REDUCTION IN ALL THIS IN MY FACILITY WHICH IS A MILESTONE. PICK ONE THAT IS EASIER FOR YOU TO WORK ON AND USE. THANKS

Essay Instructions: Discussion Question One:
Discuss the concept of clinical integration and the Accountable Care Organization and how do you feel it will help improve or hinder the quality of health care.

Discussion Question Two:
Identify a large integrated health care system in the county. Provide specific information about the health care system and identify why the system is a success.

Become familiar with the emerging strategies in modern health care organizations including joint venturing and physician practice issues and accountable care organization and long term planning.

Harrison: Chapters 9, 10 and 11

Harrison, J.P. (2010). Essentials of Strategic Planning in Healthcare. Chicago: Health Administration Press. ISBN-10: 1567933483, ISBN-13: 978-1567933482.

Other research as necessary


Other research as necessary
Harrison: Chapters 9, 10 and 11

Other research as necessary

Essay Instructions: Write each question followed by an answer
Assignment Title: Technology Assessment

1) Analyze the basic technology underlying healthcare information and determine the most pressing need for innovation.
2) Explain (with specific examples using local hospitals or other health care providers) how your recommended innovation will improve the overall level of health care in your own community (example: west Oak Lane).
3) Recommend actions that senior management could take in the community (west Oak Lane Philadelphia) in which you live to push the boundaries of information technology management
Cite at least two (2) references from peer-review sources to support your argument
Textbook:
Austin, C. J., & Boxerman, S. B. (2008). Information systems for healthcare management (7th ed.). Chicago: Health Administration Press.