Performance Improvement in Health Care
Assignment Content
Based on the information you have acquired this semester, as well as through conducting some additional research, please complete 2 of the 3 questions below. Each response should be 3/4 of a page to 1 page in length.
A. Develop a SWOT (strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats) analysis of the QI plan for a health care facility, Select a hypothetical facility/agency of your choice.
B. As the new QI Director of an 800 bed Acute Care Hospital, you have been asked to develop a strategic plan to assess the current QI program and determine any required revisions or updates. Please complete a hypothetical assessment and a plan to address any required updates. Additionally develop a brief QI work plan of proposed topics for the remainder of 2022.
C. Quality tools are not those found in our toolbox at home, but assist in analysis of a potential issue or concern in a process.
- Discuss what quality tool you think would be most efficient for analyzing a patient elopement from a Nursing Home. What measures would you use to drill down to the possible contributing factors?
- Discuss the importance of benchmarking with other facilities/programs/plans and provide an example of how you can do this (remember the 1st discussion).
- Discuss the importance of launching an effective quality action team.
- How would you handle conflicts in a quality action team?
- How would you recommend rewarding achievements of a quality action team.
D. Develop a plan for survey readiness as a new Quality Director with 3 months until the New York State Department of Health or a CMS survey.
Please respond as completely and comprehensively as possible.
Total of 2 pages: APA Format and References.