Part 1:

National Organizations: Measuring Quality

Based on the national quality management organization you were assigned in Unit 1, consider the types of measures that your organization is involved in on the national and local health care scene.

In a 250- to 300-word response, discuss one specific measure or quality assurance activity that your assigned national organization works on. Do you see evidence of these efforts in your own organization or in your community?

Please use APA format with in-text citation and reference page.

Part 2:

Using Data to Improve Organizational Processes

Chapters three and four of the Measuring Health Care Quality textbook concentrate on methods to collect data and to use this data to improve an organizational process. Both chapters provide several case studies to demonstrate this process. Consider the quality process called PDCA (Plan Do Check Act) cycle. From your own work experience or work within an health care organization, consider other situations where data may be collected and used to improve an organizational process.

In a 250- to 300-word substantive post:

• Provide your own unique case study of a process that could be improved within your own organization.
• Discuss what types of data would need to be collected and how that data would be used to seek improvements.
• Provide your post following the Plan Do Check Act (PDCA) method.
• Please use APA format with in-text citation and reference page.