...QI Plan Part Two Jessica Borgstedt HCS 588 Measuring Performance Standards January 19, 2015 Barbara Smith University of Phoenix QI Plan Part Two The organization, that has been selected, is a Critical Access Hospital. A Critical Access Hospital also known as (CAH) is considered a hospital that is under a set of Medicare Conditions of Participation (CoP). With that being said, it is structured differently than the acute hospital CoP. With some of the requirements for the Critical Access Hospital certification that will include having not more than a 25 inpatient bed, while maintaining an annual average length of stay of no more than 96 hours for an acute inpatient care, while offering a 24 hour and 7 day a week emergency care. That being stated they are in a rural area, at least 35 miles away from any other hospital or CAH (What Are Critical Access Hospitals (CAH)?" n.d.). The limited size and the short stay being allowed to CAH's is to encourage a focus on providing the care for common conditions and the outpatient care, meanwhile referring other conditions to larger hospitals (What Are Critical Access Hospitals (CAH)?", n.d.). . The certification will allow Critical Access Hospitals to receive cost-based reimbursement from Medicare instead of the standard fixed payment rate, this compensation has been shown to enhance the financial performance of the small rural hospitals that have been losing money prior to the CAH conversion and has reduced to the hospital closure...
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...Quality Improvement Plan: Part III - Managing and Improving Quality University of Phoenix Measuring Performance Standards HCS/588 Quality Improvement Plan: Part III - Managing and Improving Quality In today’s health care environment, competition remains high and many organizations are seeking new ways to improve their quality of care, as well as remain competitive with other health care organizations in the process. Various methods exist today for organizations to integrate quality improvement strategies to help in the measurement of performance improvements. This paper will discuss:1) several methodologies, the pros and cons that exist with these methods, 2) describe information technology applications, how they may be used to improve patient falls, 3)discuss how benchmarking and milestones are involved in managing the use of quality indicators, and finally,4) describe how performance and quality measures are aligned to an organization’s mission, vision, and strategic plan, and how these measurements align with Self-Regional Hospital’s mission, vision, and strategic plan for improvement. Methods for Quality Improvement Strategies Accidental Falls have become the most commonly reported incident in hospitals today, and Self-Regional Hospital is no exception. Recently, Self-Regional researched and gathered specific fall data that included “mobility/gait, lower-extremity strength, history in fractures, visual, or auditory impairments, dizziness, dehydration, depression...
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...University Of Phoenix HCS/588 Measuring Performance Standards Instructor: NORMA LLOYD Schedule: 02/16/2016 - 03/28/2016 QI Plan Part 1: Patient Education By Aurdry Mondragon QI Plan Part 1: Patient Education Introduction Patient education is a vital process at Davis Health Care by which our health care professionals convey medical information to patients and their caregivers. In order to provide total care the patient must have a clear understanding of service they are obtaining. Patient Education is the route of this information, it may be provided by any healthcare professional with the correct training and education to do so. There are different kinds of patient education tool which is used in different areas of health care, such as, post-op, preventive, health promotions, and disease or condition specific education. It is important to include all elements of patient education, they are skill building and responsibility that the patient must reflect to determine their understanding. This paper will cover the Data Display, Measurement and Reporting of patient education. Part 1: Data Collection Tools Explain data needed to monitor improvements. A baseline of the understanding of the subject educated on should be obtained to have a point of view of the success the patient has obtained. The time in which the patient takes to convey the understanding of information is monitor to know that the goal is being met. Explain at least three data collection...
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...Refer to: Tsuei JJ: Eastern and Western approaches to medicine. West J Med 128:551-557, Jun 1978 Special Article Eastern and Western Approaches to Medicine JULIA J. TSUEI, MD, Honolulu An objective comparison of Eastern and Western approaches to medicine is necessary to further evaluate the validity of Oriental medical techniques such as acupuncture. The development of medicine in Western nations follows the way of hypothetical deduction and the Eastern approach uses the inductive method. The Western approach clearly divides the health from the disease, yet the Eastern approach considers health as a balanced state versus disease as an unbalanced state. The Western approach tends to change the environment and the Eastern way is to prefer to adapt to the environment. There are numerous difficulties in comparing these two approaches. The same terminology may apply to entirely different facts, the teaching and learning methods are quite different, and the evaluation of the treatment is almost not comparable. In order to help understand the Eastern approach better, an understanding is needed of the basic Chinese concepts: the concept of a small universe living in a large universe; the duality concept of yin and yang; the concept of anatomy; the concept of physiology in Chinese medicine-the state of equilibrium expressed by the five elements; the concept of pathophysiology expressed by the external and internal insults; the concept of maintaining and promoting health expressed...
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...QI Plan Part 1 Kewanna Hatter HCS/588 June 28, 2015 Instructor Cynthia Hughes QI Plan Part 1 Introduction Performance improvement plans are tools organizations can use to identify areas where employees are lacking in their performance. These plans can also establish detailed steps employees can follow to boost their ability to meet expected performance standards in the department they work in to help the organization reach their goal. The ultimate goal of a quality improvement plan is to enable an employee to reach their best performance level, which is key to any business reaching optimum performance and ensuring they are abiding by the rules and regulation that govern their organization. In this paper, I will create a plan for an organization and I will describe the data needed to monitor improvement. I will identify and describe at least three data collection tools I can use to collect performance information. I will also Research at least two tools that measure and display the QI data that can be gathered with the data collection tools. The Organization and Issues Aurora Health Care is an integrated, not-for-profit, and all-for-people health care provider serving communities throughout eastern Wisconsin and northern Illinois. Our approach keeps people in our minds and at the heart of everything we do. We treat each person as a person, not as a patient, an illness or an appointment. Today we serve communities throughout eastern Wisconsin and northern Illinois, with...
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...QI Plan Part I- Consumerism HCS/588 October 17, 2011 QI Plan Part I- Consumerism Healthcare organizations have a responsibility to its consumers and various stakeholders to ensure only the highest quality care is delivered. Quality measures such as performance measurement and quality improvement processes play a critical role in helping organizations achieve quality outcomes. This paper will contrast performance measurement and quality improvement processes. In addition, this paper will discuss a healthcare organization, Gulf Coast Medical Center, its mission and QI goals, and the role of the consumer and stakeholders in the QI process. Performance Measurement vs. Quality Improvement Processes Performance measures are an important element of the overall quality management of an organization. “Performance measures quantitatively tell us something important about our products, services, and the processes that produce them” (Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education, n.d.). In the healthcare industry, performance measures are a tool used to help understand, manage, and improve what healthcare organizations do. Performance measures are composed of units of measure; a number to tell how much, a unit to give the number a meaning of what, each tying in to the overall target number. In contrast, quality improvement (QI) focuses on bridging the gap between current levels of quality and expected levels of quality. “QI uses...
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...QI Plan – Part I Kittitas Valley Community Hospital (KVCH) is a progressive, critical access hospital that provides exceptional health care to Kittitas County and surrounding areas. KVCH provides 24-hour emergency care and offers inpatient and outpatient hospital services. KVCH's emergency department is designated as a Level IV trauma service by the State of Washington Department of Health and is staffed 24-hours-a-day by an emergency physician (About KVCH, 2012). Over the course of this paper the types of care that KVCH focuses on, the organizations mission and their QI goals will be described as well as the role of consumers in the organizations QI process. Performance Measurement vs. Quality Improvement Processes According to the operations performance measurement program, “Performance measurement is the use of statistical evidence to determine progress toward specific defined organizational objectives. This includes both evidence of tangible fact, such as measurement of hospital acquired infections, and measurement of customer perception, such as would be accomplished through a customer satisfaction survey. In a service industry such as health care, the performance measurement process starts by defining precisely the services that the organization promises to provide, including the quality or level of service (e.g. timeliness, reliability, etc.) that is to be delivered” (Performance Measurement Fundamental, 2011). Quality improvement processes main goal is to improve...
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...NATIVE AMERICAN HEALTH CULTURE Native American Indian medicine historically was viewed with “superstition and thought” and “inferior to sophisticated medicinal practices of the early colonists’ (Portman, pg. 454) Many early colonists were treated with Native-American treatments and survived showing that such treatments were “successful in the context” (Portman, pg. 454) of the time period. Native-American healing practices are viewed as scared and are between the person seeking treatment and the healer. “There is a belief that the person being healed does not necessarily need to know all of the details of how the medicine man is healing them. The person “accepts that the medicine will work” Native-Americans “do not question things as much” and “accept that the healer or medicine man is going to heal them. The person does not need to know the details of why the healing occurs” (Portman, pg. 455) Native American healing traditions is defined as “to restore an individual to a healthy state using traditional medicines, such as healing and purification ceremonies, teas, herbs, special foods, and special activities such as therapeutic sings, prayers, chants, dancing and sand painting” (Portman, pg. 255) Native-American healing practices are directly related to four constructs: 1. Spirituality – Creator, Mother Earth, Great Father 2. Community – Tribe, Family 3. Environment – Daily life, nature, balance 4. Self – Inner passions, thoughts and values Spirituality...
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...Chuang Tzu Chuang Tzu took the Taoist position of Lao Tzu and developed it further. Chuang argued that our life is limited and the amount of things available to learn is unlimited. To use the limited to pursue the unlimited is simply foolish He had a unique skeptical philosophy that treated him as an individualist Chuang Tzu is also a complete anarchist. He believed that the world “does not need governing; in fact it should not be governed.” He also proclaimed that good order results spontaneously when things are let alone. Our future or the next part of our path (Tao) is affected by a set of natural forces.Chuang Tzu Main Message - Connect with the Wisdom of the Natural World: This writing suggests that we align ourselves with the rhythms of the natural world, honoring “the way” of the elements. Difference between Lao Tzu He believed in life as dynamic and ever changing, His understanding of virtue of Tao individualized in the nature of things is much more developed Greater emphasis on the individual in nature and the human place within nature. Chuang Tzu believed that life is transitory and that the pursuit of wealth and personal aggrandizement were wrong and distracted the individual from seeing and understanding the world. He did not reject language like Lao Tzu. He believed that being natural did not mean that he had to reject language. He believed that language was a natural noise. Unlike Lao tzu, he spends little if any time exploring...
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...Associate Level Material Appendix A Meditation Worksheet Directions: Locate two resources on the Internet that explain meditation techniques. • Enter the name of each website into the matrix, then copy and paste the web address. • After reviewing the website, provide a brief summary for each source. • Below your summary, list two interesting facts you learned from each site. • Try the techniques you located in your Internet search. Provide a brief description of what happened in your experience. When you are finished filling out the matrix, answer the two questions below. Information Website 1 Website 2 Website name and address (URL): Meditation 101: Techniques, Benefits and Beginner’s How To. http://life.gaiam.com/article/meditation-101-techniques-benefits-beginner-s-how How to Meditate Deeply: A Beginners Step-by-Step Guide http://www.quietmindsystem.com/how-to-meditate-deeply-a-beginners-step-by-step-guide/ Summary of the resource: The website states that meditation is an approach to training the mind. Since meditation is the process of clearing the mind. The article talks about different types of meditation techniques. There are instructions for beginners to try meditation for 2 to 3 minutes. The article tells you how long you should meditate for and gives step by step instructions on how to meditate. Two interesting facts: In Buddhist philosophy, the ultimate benefit of meditation is liberation of the mind from attachment of things...
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...A Trail Of Thoughts For You To look Up. | B A Y O We live in a society absolutely dependent on science and technology and yet have cleverly arranged things so that almost no one understands science and technology. That's a clear prescription for disaster. -- Carl Sagan Lumbini in Nepal. Bodhgaya (North India) Bodhicitta bodhisattvas anicca, Crepuscular Rays, Phosphenes “Think of and look at your work as though it were done by your enemy. If you look at it to admire it, you are lost” — Samuel Butler “COUNTRY” – EMPIRE OF THE SUN The Avalanches - Frontier Psychiatrist Astrocytes... Stella matutina, (Morning star) Teenage wasteland Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours Stevie Wonder You Sexy Thing Hot Chocolate Superfly Curtis Mayfield Pulsars, Before a spirit can be summoned it must teach the shaman its song Amazonian Colombia One More Chance – THE Notorious Big Do for love – 2pac “Who you are is a decision you make by yourself, based on the cards you were dealt” ‘Greed stops human intelligence evolving into wisdom; human intelligence without wisdom becomes destructive. It can destroy every aspect of nature.’ Obsolete MuteMath flow is a state of effortless attention. Autotelic http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/1xVtPX/www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0%252C28804%252C2085389_2085358_2085373%252C00.html Acid jazz knowledge about the future state is limited by the precision...
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...QI Plan Part III - Implementation and Revision HSC/588 Anna Caluza May 26, 2014 Linda Roan Q I Part III – Implementing and Revising The implementation of correct systems required a team including expert leader’s approach. Effective communications between leaders of Doctor’s Medical Center, end users, the vendors, and the department staff is important when collecting data. For data transfer, authority need to assure that the new system communicate with the existing system. The administrative leaders guide the project activities, data protocol collection, clearly understand roles and responsibilities, and set up policy and procedure. Leader guide the staff to pursue the desire to achieve the goal. In completion of the system, training is provided by trainers for the to staff to be efficient in using the system. A yearly system evaluation to improve quality performance is mandated. The final process of implementation and revising is to assure that the organization is complied with the Joint Commission and other accreditation agencies. Authority Structure and Organization Authority structure is crucial in implementing and revising plans to be successful. To achieve success in implementing project, roles and responsibilities must be organized. Included in the authority structures to achieve success are as follows: board of directors, executive leadership, quality improvement committee, medical staff, middle management, and department...
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...Comparisons and Contrast of Jainism and Daoism Both Jainism and Daoism (Taoism) have ancient roots going back a few thousand years. Statues and yogic seals found in the Indus Valley show that Jainism was practiced by civilizations as far back as around 2500 BCE, while Daoism appears to have originated around 2000 years ago. Although Jainism is older by about 4500 years both have continued to have to be practiced by numerous followers seeking a level of enlightenment. Although having over 6 million followers little has been known about Jainism outside of India. This may be due in part to there being no written scriptures in regards to this religion for a large part of its history. Rather the teachers of Jain would orally spread their knowledge whilst wandering the land. While Jainism was more or less “contained” in India, Daoism teachings are widespread throughout the world. Unlike Jainism, Daoism is a philosophical teaching and not a religion. This may help explain why so many people around the world choose to follow it as an escape from the “industrial rat race.” Yet when compared side to side, it is easier to understand how one would choose to follow Daoism over Jainism. To say that Jainism is strict is an understatement. To follow Jainism successfully one would have to adhere to teachings such as the teachings of Mahivira, the man credited with giving Jainism the form that is practiced today. These teachings include the three jewels: Right belief, Right knowledge,...
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...Scientific Premium Company - USA The Deadly Secrets of Dim Mak Vital Point Striking Introduction: Dim Mak is one of the most closely guarded secrets in the fighting world. Legends tell stories of the fabled “Death Touch”. Some have even said that a Chinese Tong member killed Bruce Lee with a delayed “Death Touch”. Of course a lot of what is taught about Dim Mak is conjecture at best. What we want to do with this additional report on Dim Mak, is try and add some additional information for you on how to approach these techniques to add into your martial arts curriculum. Scientific Premium Company- USA makes the claim that the information described here are for information purposes only and we accept no responsibility for you using these concepts to hurt, maim or intentionally or unintentionally end a life. It is with this that we suggest you get a qualified instructor to teach you in your area. The pressure and Dim Mak points that we are going to be discussing absolutely work and work very well. It is our belief that you can learn how to use Dim Mak striking methods without harming anyone if you are careful. It will be your sole responsibility to use this information with the utmost care and sensitivity. DO NOT TAKE THESE TECHNIQUES, CONCEPTS AND METHODS AND START STRIKING PEOPLE! Only use these points for the purpose of self- preservation or for healing. Why Teach These Deadly Concepts? One of the main reasons we have made this information available is so that you can...
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...Improvement Plan Part I- Consumerism HSC/588 Measuring Performance Standards September 9th, 2013 Debbie Simmons Quality Improvement Plan Part I- Consumerism Hospitals and other healthcare organizations in the United States are currently facing an irresistible pressure towards change. Numerous professionals in the business are projecting that “Multiple, intersecting pressures will drive the transformation of health care delivery and financing from volume-to value-based payments over the next decade” (American Hospital Association, 2013, para. 1). With the current regulatory and economic environments, hospitals are focusing most of their efforts on essential performance initiatives that are leading to success. In order to achieve success, organizations are placing focus on the establishment of quality improvement efforts. Evaluating hospital performance on any level requires an immense amount of knowledge and hard work. The goal of this paper is to create a plan for quality improvement for Kimball County Hospital (KCH) by identifying the difference between performance measurement and quality improvement, as well as key facts about the hospital, examine the role of consumers as well as quality indicators, and, explain stakeholder feedback and QI process. Quality Performance Measurement and Quality Improvement It is important to identify the difference between quality performance measure and quality improvement, as they are both useful in defining an improvement plan. Quality...
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