Healthcare Quality Improvement

Running head: HEALTHCARE QUALITY IMPROVEMENT
HEALTHCARE QUALITY IMPROVEMENT
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1HEALTHCARE QUALITY IMPROVEMENT
Question 1
Accreditation implies the establishment of qualitative standards which serve as
benchmarks for ensuring deliverance of patient care services by healthcare organizations. Hence,
accreditation standards ensure patient safety since they compel hospitals to certain acceptable
standards of healthcare in terms of quality treatment, diagnosis, evidence based practice,
accessibility and affordability (Lam et al., 2018).
Question 2
The National Patient Safety Goals (NPSGs), set standards for healthcare organization to
ensure patient safety, prevent medication and diagnostic errors, correct medication labeling,
improve patient monitoring and medication intake, optimum functioning of medical equipment,
patient assessment, hand hygiene and surgical procedures. Such NPSGs are associated with JCI
survey since the results are indicative of factors influencing infection prevention and control,
prevention of delays and erroneous diagnosis and provision of a coordinated healthcare
environment (Joint Commission, 2019).
Question 3
If hospitals do not adhere to the standards established by the Joint Commission, they will
be denied accreditation and funding of Medicare and Medicaid from the federal government
resulting in loss of patients and higher expenditures (Lee et al., 2016).