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Final Project.

The final project for this course is the creation of a quality plan-also known as a performance improvement plan. You may develop this plan for an acute-care facility, a same-day surgery facility, an ambulatory care organization, a clinic setting, a long-term care facility, or some other type of healthcare organization you may be familiar with given your own professional healthcare work experience.

In addressing the critical elements for this assignment, all APA formatting and citation requirements apply. Further, as this is a scholarly initiative, you must use peer-reviewed or evidence-based sources for this assignment. Data may be derived from public healthcare databases, or you may use data from your own healthcare organization.

The final product represents an authentic demonstration of competency because quality plans are used as tools by healthcare facilities to provide frameworks for collaboratively planned, systematic, and organization-wide approaches to improvement. These quality plans are always kept on-site, updated yearly, and reviewed by surveyors and accreditors.

I. Purpose and Quality Statement:

In this section, you will define patient safety and the purpose of a quality plan.

A. Explain the purpose of implementing a quality plan. In your explanation, consider how accreditation standards drive an organization's patient safety and quality initiatives.

B. Determine the healthcare organization's commitment to patient safety and quality. Consider the mission statement and policies of the organization to guide your answer.

C. Describe the various stakeholder groups that have a vested interest in the performance-improvement process (e.g., nursing leadership, departmental directors). Consider utilizing an organizational chart to depict these stakeholders.

D. Develop a quality statement that outlines the objectives of the quality plan.

II. Status of Quality Tools and Standards:

In this section, you will review the status of the information management system and accreditation.

A. Describe the current status of accreditation based on recent accreditation survey reports.

B. Analyze the current information management systems and patient care technologies for their ability to collect data used to report quality measures and accreditation requirements. Are these systems and technologies adhering to the appropriate policies and regulations to meet the needs for accreditation and compliance?

C. Explain the impact of meaningful-use implementation at the organization as it pertains to patient safety and quality.