Improvement Approaches in Health Care Settings
Health care organizations, by their nature, must constantly strive to improve patient care. Many different approaches to improvement have been utilized over the years. In this discussion, you critically evaluate a number of these historical and contemporary approaches and consider what is most effective. You then apply those approaches to your case study, and analyze the effect they might have had on the outcome of that case.
To prepare for this Discussion, complete the readings in your Learning Resources.
· Review this week’s Learning Resources, specifically Grol (2001) and the Course Text.
Post by Day 4, a description of two historical and/or contemporary approaches to quality improvement you feel would be most effective to improve health care quality and safety. Then, evaluate how these approaches could be applied to the case study you identified in Week 1. Finally, analyze how adapting these approaches might have altered the outcome in that case study.
Support your work with specific citations from this week’s Learning Resources and/or additional sources, as appropriate. Your citations must be in APA format. Refer to the Essential Guide to APA Style for Walden Students to ensure your in-text citations and reference list are correct.
Article: Grol, R. (2001).Improving the quality of medical care: Building bridges among professional pride, payer profit, and patient satisfaction.JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association, 286(20), 2578–2585. Retrieved from The Walden Library using the America Medical Association Journals database.
Improving the quality of medical care: building bridges among professional pride, payer profit, and patient satisfaction. JAMA: The Journal Of The American Medical Association, 286(20) by Grol, R. Copyright 2001 by the AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION. Reprinted by permission of AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION via the Copyright Clearance Center.
please up it in apa format citation
