Tools in Health Care Quality for Patients

Tools in Health Care Quality for Patients

Tools in Quality Care

INSTRUCTIONS:

Consider healthcare quality and how the focus is on providing high-quality patient care while reducing costs associated with the care. Quality is a subjective measurement. One patient can view care positively, whereas another patient, with a very similar experience, may view it negatively. Read ahead to topic 2 and/or complete additional research for this discussion, as necessary.

Instructions:

• Explain how managers and leaders can ensure that their organizations are focused on quality care.
• Describe tools that can be used to illustrate the level of quality of care to patients, especially for those who feel they were not treated as they had been expecting.

Please be sure to validate your opinions and ideas with citations and references in APA format. This topic is valued at 20 points. Please review post and response expectations. Please review the rubric to ensure that your response meets criteria.

Estimated time to complete: 2 hours

Peer Response: Unit 7, Due Sunday by 11:59 pm CT

Tools in Quality Care

INSTRUCTIONS:

Read the initial posts made by classmates. Respond to a minimum of 2 peers with the following:

• As a future leader in healthcare, explain how the focus presented on quality impacts a personal view on quality.
• Considering the tools discussed, describe the one tool that would personally be the best to assist with patient issues, with supporting the rationale.

Please be sure to validate your opinions and ideas with citations and references in APA format. Please review post and response expectations. Please review the rubric to ensure that your response meets criteria.

Estimated time to complete: 1 hour