Improving Long-Stay and Short-Stay Satisfaction

Running head: QUALITY IMPROVEMENT 1
Quality Improvement
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QUALITY IMPROVEMENT 2
Improving Long-Stay and Short-Stay Satisfaction
Executive Summary
A quality improvement initiative may be described as the systematic activities that may be
implemented by an organization to assess, monitor, and improve the quality of performance at a
place of work (Abdallah, 2014). One of the initiatives is improving long-stay and short-stay
satisfaction at work by 10%. It is particularly very important in a healthcare setting. The purpose
of this initiative is to tackle long stays in hospitals thus helping to reduce the possibility of harm
to the patient and avoid unnecessary costs that come with spending a lot of hours in the hospital.
It is important to note that spending unwarranted long hours in the hospital may be bad for
patients. This is because long stays may lead to sleep deprivation, delirium, and increased risks
of contracting infections that are associated with healthcare (Bird et al., 2018). As a result, the
patient may experience deconditioning due to a loss of muscle strength leading to physical
dependence.
This initiative will target patients with moderate cognitive disorder and frailty. These patients
have the possibility of experiencing more positive health outcomes if the right procedures are
undertaken in care provision especially during the initial moments of admission. The older
patients particularly experience major declines due to long stays in the hospitals thus leading to
serious consequences. These consequences must be avoided at all costs to ensure that patients
experience better health outcomes thus improving their satisfaction with the services offered (Al-
Abri & Al-Balushi, 2014).
This quality improvement initiative is very important in the workplace and especially in a
healthcare setting. One of the importance of this initiative is that it helps in reducing the rate of