Reference no: EM133804919
Discussion Post: Continuous Quality Improvement
Prepare
For this discussion, you will examine a quality improvement program. You can choose to either examine the quality improvement program from the Case Study: Eliminating Pressure Ulcers at Lakeview on page 393 in the Effective Management of Long-Term Care Facilities text. Alternately, you can select a quality improvement program from a long-term care facility that you will research online. Be sure that you can talk about the following areas of your chosen program:
• Structures.
• Processes.
• Outcomes.
• Regulatory minimum standards.
Task
In this discussion preparation, you were asked to either examine the quality improvement program from the Case Study: Eliminating Pressure Ulcers at Lakeview, on page 393 in your textbook, or to do online research of a quality improvement program from another long-term care facility. Use the case you selected to address the following:
1) Describe the current quality improvement program chosen as part of the Discussion Preparation. Focus on the areas listed below and specify the main roles involved in this program.
a) Structures
b) Processes
c) Outcomes
d) Regulatory minimum standards.
2) Determine whether this quality improvement program is aligned with Deming's Process Improvement Cycle.
a) Provide a rationale for your determination.