What process improvement process might be the most useful

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Homework: Research Paper- Patient Safety Issue in Hospitals

For this homework, you will conduct research and write a paper about one prevalent safety issue in hospitals. Examples include but are not limited to falls, medication errors, hospital-acquired infections, wrong-site surgery, pressure injuries, and missed/delayed diagnosis.

At a minimum, your research and writing must cover the following:

1) Definition of the problem

2) Scope of the problem

3) Current statistics regarding the problem

4) Effects on patients

5) Mitigation strategies

6) The role of quality management, process improvement, patient safety, and risk management in managing the safety issue you selected.

7) What process improvement process might be the most useful in improvement efforts for the safety concern you selected?

8) Any relevant laws or regulations that govern the safety concern you selected.

9) How the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) relates to the safety concern you selected or any applicable privacy concerns

10) A comparison to a historic trend in health care

11) Which health care setting does the issue exist in?

12) Include which health care team members would be involved.

13) What is leadership's role?

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