4455: Discussion

The Joint Commission Quality Check:

http://www.qualitycheck.org/consumer/searchQCR.aspx

US News:

http://health.usnews.com/best-hospitals/area

US Department of HHS (Hospital Compare):

http://hospitalcompare.hhs.gov/

National Patient Safety Goals:

jointcommission.org

These topics are hot topics for healthcare and CMS will deduct reimbursements on quality scores, starting in 2013. They are monitoring these scores now to see what percentage they will be deducting. We are finding in the hospitals across the country that nurses may be unclear about these and how they can impact patient outcomes.

Care Measures (AMI, CHF, PNU, and SCIP).Patient Safety GoalsFall PreventionsHCAHPS-(Hospital Consumer Assessment of Health Plans) Patient satisfaction scores

Go to these links and compare your facility to another hospital in your area. If you are not currently working in a hospital use a hospital that you did clinical at during school or a hospital your family would use. As a change agent pick one of the topics and discuss how you can implement change in your department to bring your quality scores up. Post your hospital scores in your presentation.

My Health Care facility is Baptist Health South Florida in Miami, FL

You will compare it to Mercy Hospital in Miami, FL

This is to be answered in 500 words no formatting required, 3 apa citations and references page