Ashford University HCA375 Week 4 Assignment: Adverse Event Analysis

This assignment, designed for an HCA375 course, focuses on continuous quality monitoring and accreditation within a healthcare setting. The student is tasked with detailing an adverse event, providing its historical background, legal and accrediting agency requirements, CQI team communication, and operational or safety processes. The assignment requires graphing data related to the chosen adverse event and analyzing its frequency in comparison to patient discharges, identifying potential factors contributing to changes. Furthermore, the student must select and illustrate the use of a CQI tool, such as a Fishbone diagram, Flowchart, or Pareto Diagram, to address the adverse event. Finally, the assignment culminates in applying the PDSA (Plan-Do-Study-Act) cycle to develop future prevention strategies, including problem identification, solution implementation, data summarization, and plan revisions. The assignment requires a minimum of three scholarly, peer-reviewed sources, with APA citations and references.