Healthcare Quality Improvement

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HEALTHCARE QUALITY IMPROVEMENT
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Introduction
Patient safety is the process of nonappearance of the avoidable injury or difficulties to
the individual getting addressed under health care setting (Marx, 2019). It is addressed in
order to reduce the risk factors which may cause excessive harm that are related to the health
care to a satisfactory decrease in the condition (Lynn, & Lynn, 2015). An adequate amount of
decrease is referred to the combined concepts of the present knowledge provided, available
resources and the setting where health care and treatment that has been delivered considered
against the negative effects caused because of the non-treatment or error in the treatment
process (Dekker, 2016). Accreditation is found to result in better and developed quality of
health care and safety for the patients in a health care setting (Shekelle et al., 2016). It guides
the nursing staff to deliver the patients with services focusing on the rights of the patients
which aims towards respect and protection of the patient (Brubakk et al., 2015). The
assignment will focus on the on quality care plan delivery and its effect on patient safety and
better health outcome.
Discussion
Purpose of implementing a quality plan
Patient safety is matter of concern for every county that aims towards delivering
health care services, despite of the fact that they are in private manner commissioned or they
are being funded by the government of the country (Singh & Sittig, 2016). The practice of
prescribing and administering antibiotics without any concern regarding the primary
condition of the patient and also without focusing on the fact that whether the provided
antibiotics will be helpful for the patient, also administering individual with multiple drugs
without attending the side effects or the severity that may cause due to these drugs
administration, altogether have the capability to cause harm to the patient’s safety and

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increase the risk of mortality (Gandhi et al., 2018). Individuals seeking for health care and
treatment are not only effected by the act of misuse of health care technologies, but the health
care delivery can be also hampered because of the deprived communication among the
different health-care staffs (McFadden, Stock & Gowen III, 2015).
The nursing care plans are one of the very essential aspects of the health care services
in providing the patient with quality care (Sowan et al., 2018). They elaborate the nursing
role in the treatment and care process of the patient, also they provide steadiness in the care
given to the patient and helps the nursing staff to develop intervention and care management
focusing on the individual patients needs and requirements (Doenges, Moorhouse & Murr,
2016). Apart from the above mentioned, a quality care plan is observed to promote holistic
care and treatment of the individual and helps in addressing particular goals for these
individuals (Giger, 2016). Thus it makes it essential to develop a quality care plan in order to
provide the individuals with enhanced and appropriate health care and treatment without
causing any error or complication which might lead to increase the risk factors associated
with the patient’s health.
Status of Quality Tools and Standards
Accreditation standards drive an organization’s patient safety and quality initiatives:
Accreditation is one of a voluntary programs conducted by the health care settings
where trained and experienced external health care reviewers assess and inspect a healthcare
setting’s agreements and analyses it to associate with the health care settings pre-established
presentation principles (Saadati et al., 2018) The process has been showing effective result in
encouraging good health care safety practices, error reporting practice and awareness
generation among a community. Accreditation in to a health care setting plays a role as
inspiration to unceasing development and improvement of the setting (Bogh et al., 2016). It

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empowers the health care setting so that they can better validate commitment to the patient’s
quality care (Mohammad Mosadeghrad, Akbari Sari & Yousefinezhadi, 2017). By
performing the accreditation into a health care setting will gain trust and confidence of the
community towards the services that is been provided by the settings to them. It also helps
the healthcare services with the opportunity to target towards the best for the community
(Grepperud, 2015).
The members of the accredited health care organisation are found to be pleased
majorly as these health care organizations accounts for constant learning process, enhanced
and pleasant workplace environment, management and also provides possession of the care
and treatment processes (Vimonvattana, Srisuantang, Songpracha & Supachutikul, 2018).
Meaningful Use is demarcated by the usage of the proficient Electronic Health
Records technology in a significant way such as electronic suggesting (Slight et al., 2015). It
has a purpose of confirming that the proficient Electronic Health Records technology is
associated in a way which is found to provide for the purpose of electronic exchange of the
health care information in order to progress the quality of health care (Birkhead, Klompas &
Shah, 2015). It also states that in the usage process of the proficient Electronic Health
Records technology, the professional must acquiesce to the associated Secretary of Health &
Human Services (HHS) evidence on the quality of health care provided and various other
procedures (Centres for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), HHS 2015).
The implication of the meaningful use in the health care setting is found to be helpful
enough to provide appropriate safety and care to the patients of the health care setting (Meigs
& Solomon, 2016). It keeps a detailed and managed records of the health care setting
regarding such as prescription, medication, patient medical history, update regarding the
treatment process and the recovery process of the patients, in order to avoid any chances of