Assignment: Quality and Patient Safety By Setting

To prepare for this assignment:??You will consider quality and patient safety efforts for a particular type of organization.??Begin by selecting one type of health care setting.??Consider why quality and patient safety are important for this type of organization. Also think about the key challenges regarding quality and/or patient safety for this setting. Conduct your own research to identify and investigate three or four strategies for improving and assuring quality and patient safety that would be beneficial in this type of setting. Then research the accreditation, licensure, and/or oversight needed for this type of organization, including the processes or criteria that are used.??To complete this assignment, write a 2- to 3-page paper in which you:

• Explain why quality and patient safety are important, particularly for this type of organization.

• Identify the key challenges regarding quality and/or patient safety for this setting.

• Describe three or four strategies for improving and assuring quality and patient safety in this organization, and explain why you chose these strategies.

• Describe the accreditation, licensure, or oversight for this type of organization, and explain the process or criteria used.

Your written assignments must follow APA guidelines. Be sure to support your work with specific citations from this week's Learning Resources and additional scholarly sources as appropriate. Refer to the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association.