Quality Improvement Initiative

When attempting to garner support for a quality improvement initiative, it is important to demonstrate how the initiative supports the organization's mission, vision, and values, as well as external factors that influence an organization's priorities.

Delivering a proposal for a quality improvement initiative requires clear, concise communication of the plan.

Write a minimum of 550 words essay with at least 2 references in APA format. Include the level one headings as numbered below:

1) Choose a QI initiative which has been the subject of focus in any healthcare setting. Explain the rationale that your senior leaders used in selecting this initiative for attention and focus.

2) Explain how adverse events are handled in your organization from the public's perspective and well as internally.

3) Find a scholarly article or one from the public press, published within the last 5 years which recounts a serious error. Relate this error to any organization with which you have some familiarity.

Required Readings

Joshi, M.S., Ransom, E.R., Nash, D.B., & Ransom, S.B., (Eds.). (2014). The Healthcare Quality Book, 3rd ed. Chicago, IL: Health Administration Press.

Chapter 11: "Patient Safety and Medical Errors"

Clarke, C. M., & Persaud, D. D. (2011). Leading clinical handover improvement: a change strategy to implement best practices in the acute care setting. Journal of Patient Safety, 7(1), 11-18.

Designed for leaders who want to improve quality care, this article focuses on clinical handovers that occur within acute care facilities. It provides a model for improvement and is intended to be a supplemental resource that can be used with the existing research and literature on this topic.

Sennett, C. (2010). Healthcare reform: Quality outcomes measurement and reporting. American Health & Drug Benefits.