Document Preview:
Discussion Name: Institutional affiliation: Unit: Unit code: Date: Describe two ways (initiatives) healthcare quality can be improved to help reduce errors and improve patient safety. The quality of healthcare that Americans have been receiving for a long time now has not been up to par. In a bid to improve the quality of health care and reduce errors and subsequently improve patient safety the following can be done: Adoption is done. Recognition of employees in addition to rewarding for outstanding performance further improves quality of care as they dedicate themselves to work for the better (Abduljawad & Al-Assaf 2011). References Abduljawad A. & Al-Assaf A. F. (2011). Incentives for better performance in health care. Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal 11(2) 201. Advancing Patient Safety. Content last reviewed September 2012. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Rockville MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advancing-patient-safety/index.html [...]
Order Description:
• Describe two ways (initiatives) healthcare quality can be improved to help reduce errors and improve patient safety. • Discuss how creating incentives for providers (healthcare organizations) can improve quality and reimbursements (payments) for services/care. Needs: • Provide 2 references in APA format to support ideas • Fully answers the question • include practice (real-world) examples to support posting.
Subject Area: Nursing
Document Type: Term paper
