HCS 451 Quality Identifiers Discussion

HCS/451: Health Care Quality Management And Outcomes Analysis Wk 2 Discussion – Quality Identifiers [due Thurs] Discussion Topic Post a total of 3 substantive responses over 2 separate days for full participation. This includes your initial post of 275 words and 2 substantive 200 word replies to classmates or your faculty member. Due Thursday Respond to the following in a minimum of 275 words: • • What are some key identifiers used in health care to determine quality? Explain each one. Which identifier do you believe is most valuable? Why? Due Monday Respond to the following in a minimum of 200 words: Post 2 replies to classmates or your faculty member. Be constructive and professional.

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Copyright 2022 by University of Phoenix. All rights reserved. PLEASE TYPE MY INITIAL POST HERE: 1ST STUDENT TO RESPOND TO: Brittany Gilbert an hour ago, at 1:43 PM Hello Class, Key identifiers used in healthcare to determine quality: 1) mortality- refers to the number of deaths that have occurred due to a specific illness or condition 2) patient safety- Patient Safety is a health care discipline that emerged with the evolving complexity in health care systems and the resulting rise of patient harm in health care facilities. It aims to prevent and reduce risks, errors and harm that occur to patients during provision of health care. A cornerstone of the discipline is continuous improvement based on learning from errors and adverse events.

3) Effectiveness of Care- Effectiveness is doing “the right” things, for example setting right targets to achieve an overall goal (the effect). 4) Timeliness of Care- Timeliness in health care is the system’s capacity to provide care quickly after a need is recognized. Timely delivery of appropriate care can help reduce mortality and morbidity for chronic conditions. These are just a few of the key identifiers. The one I feel is most important would be patient safety. Without proper patient safety everyone is at risk. The patient is at risk for treatment and the facility is at risk for not following proper protocol to ensure patient safety. Protecting all confidential patient information is apart of patient safety as well and decrease the chances of medical errors and treatment. 2ND STUDENT TO RESPOND TO: Helen Cole (****CLASS INSTRUCTOR***) 6 hours ago, at 9:00 AM According to the library readings, Sollecito, W.A. & Johnson, J.K. (2013). McLaughlin and Kaluzny’s Continuous Quality Improvement in Health Care (4th ed.). Sudbury, MA: Jones and Bartlett: “Quality has been studied by pioneers in the field for many years yet has gained significant attention and practical application in organizations in the United States only in the past 40 years. Because quality is relative to the person experiencing it, a single definition of quality for a particular product or service is elusive. Many have tried to define quality, and organizations struggle to meet a multitude of definitions of quality. A few definitions of quality have emerged to broadly define the essence of quality

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Discussion Questions (DQ)

Initial responses to the DQ should address all components of the questions asked, include a minimum of one scholarly source, and be at least 250 words.
Successful responses are substantive (i.e., add something new to the discussion, engage others in the discussion, well-developed idea) and include at least one scholarly source.
One or two sentence responses, simple statements of agreement or “good post,” and responses that are off-topic will not count as substantive. Substantive responses should be at least 150 words.
I encourage you to incorporate the readings from the week (as applicable) into your responses.

Weekly Participation

Your initial responses to the mandatory DQ do not count toward participation and are graded separately.
In addition to the DQ responses, you must post at least one reply to peers (or me) on three separate days, for a total of three replies.
Participation posts do not require a scholarly source/citation (unless you cite someone else’s work).
Part of your weekly participation includes viewing the weekly announcement and attesting to watching it in the comments. These announcements are made to ensure you understand everything that is due during the week.

APA Format and Writing Quality

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I highly recommend using the APA Publication Manual, 6th edition.

Use of Direct Quotes

I discourage overutilization of direct quotes in DQs and assignments at the Masters’ level and deduct points accordingly.
As Masters’ level students, it is important that you be able to critically analyze and interpret information from journal articles and other resources. Simply restating someone else’s words does not demonstrate an understanding of the content or critical analysis of the content.
It is best to paraphrase content and cite your source.

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