Describe a time when you or someone you know were part of a healthcare quality initiative.

 

Describe a time when you or someone you know were part of a healthcare quality initiative.

Healthcare quality initiatives can include such things as improved patient care, electronic health record management/implementation, clinical equipment upgrades, and facilities upgrades. Describe a time when you or someone you know were part of a healthcare quality initiative. Explain what the quality initiative was, and what was not working well with the current process/procedure (i.e., the improvement opportunity the quality initiative sought to address). What were the goals of the project? What were the outcomes of the quality improvement project? Were all of the goals met? Explain how “success” was measured.

 

materials

Nash, D. B., Joshi, M. S., Ransom, E. R., & Ransom, S. B. (Eds.). (2019). The healthcare quality book: Vision, strategy, and tools. (4th ed.). Chicago, IL: Health Administration Press. ISBN-13: 9781640550537,Chapter 4 in The Healthcare Quality Book: Vision, Strategy, and Tools

● Allam, N., & AlSadhan, N. (2019). Plan-do-check-act framework: Effects on pediatric students nurses compliance toward using intravenous smart pump. Asian Journal of Pediatric Research, 2(2), 1-14. Retrieved from http://www.journalajpr.com/index.php/AJPR/article/view/30104

● Arabi, Y. M., Al Aseri, Z., Alaama, T., Alqahtani, A., Alharthy, A., Almotairi, A., … Mohrij, S. (2019). National approach to standardize and improve mechanical ventilation. Annals of thoracic medicine, 14(2), 101–105. Retrieved from https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6467017/

● Barson, S., Doolan-Noble, F., Gray, J., & Gauld, R. (2017). Healthcare leaders’ views on successful quality improvement initiatives and context. Journal of Health Organization and Management, 31(1), 54-63.

● Celaya, L., Mueller, D., & Hernandez, S. (2018). Developing healthcare leaders, fostering collaboration, and facilitating transformation in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia: Practice-based synthesis projects in a global executive graduate program. Editorial Universitat Politècnica de València. 671-678. Retrieved from https://riunet.upv.es/handle/10251/109588   ●