Healthcare Quality
Your assignment is to submit a homogeneous written paper. Each question should be addressed, thoroughly, and by following the IDA principle: Apply IDA Principals: Identify Components/Concepts. Define Components/Concepts. Apply Components/Concepts Comprehensively as related to the Healthcare Field. Use APA format. Times New Roman 12-point font, double spaced with 1″ margins. Title and reference pages are required. Include an introduction and conclusion. An abstract is not required. Use support from at least three reputable sources (other than course materials) written within the last five years. Question 1-Overview of Healthcare Quality · Identify and define (in your own words) the six aims from Crossing the Quality Chasm · What acronym is used to describe theses aims · Using the six aims describe a healthcare experience, either personal, family or friend in which you can compare and contrast if the six aims were achieved or not? Question 2-History and the Quality Landscape · Identify at least 3 Quality improvement models Question 3-Variation in Medical Practice and Implications for Quality · Distinguish between random and assignable variation. Discuss the relevance of each to measuring quality of care. · What is the US Preventive Services Task Forces recommendation for colorectal cancer screening? · While exploring opportunities to improve processes of care for a group practice, you find no variability in compliance with the US Preventive Services Task Forces recommendation for colorectal cancer screening across the practice. Is this absence of variation optimal? Why or why not?
