HSA405
Assignment 3:
Healthcare Quality
Week 6 and
worth 200 points
Assume that you
are a quality officer who is responsible for one (1) of the state’s largest
healthcare organizations. You have been told that the quality of patient care
has decreased, and you have been assigned a project that is geared toward
increasing quality of care for the patients. Your Chief Executive Officer has
requested a six to eight page (6-8) summary of your recommended initiatives.
Note: You may
create and /or make all necessary assumptions needed for the completion of this
assignment.
Write a six to
eight (6-8) page paper in which you:
Analyze three (3)
quality initiatives for your organization.
Determine the
supporting factors that would aid in the reduction of healthcare cost in your
organization without reducing quality of care for the patients.
Differentiate
between quality in a free market healthcare system and in single-payer
government system with three (3) examples for each.
Specify three (3)
common law quality initiatives that are still found in 21st century healthcare
organizations.
Defend your
position on the importance of healthcare quality for your organization. Provide
support with at least three (3) examples that illustrate your position.
Assemble a plan
to protect patient information that complies with all legal requirements.
Use at least
three (3) quality references. Note: Wikipedia and other Websites do not qualify
as academic resources.
Your assignment
must follow these formatting requirements:
Typed, double
spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all
sides; citations and references must follow APA or school-specific format.
Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
Include a cover
page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the
professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the
reference page are not included in the required assignment page length.
The specific
course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:
Describe the
evolution of hospitals and sources of law.
Examine tort law
and the criminal aspects of health care.
Analyze the
impact of healthcare financing and health insurance on healthcare access,
quality, and cost.
Determine the
factors that affect healthcare quality in healthcare organizations.
Examine
information management and health care records and how the legal reporting
requirements impact health care.
Assess the legal
implications of ethical decisions that impact consent for treatment,
right-to-die, and patient rights and responsibilities.
Use technology
and information resources to research issues in healthcare policy and law.
Write clearly and
concisely about healthcare policy and law using proper writing mechanics.
COM101
Week 6 Assignment
3.2: Voice Mail Follow-Up
Due Week 6 and worth 40 points
Your supervisor has asked to you write a brief
email on the vacation policy changes to
be distributed to staff. You have just finished up and have sent your newly constructed email to the
staff. Now, you must call your supervisor
and leave a voice mail response updating him or her that you have sent out the new vacation policy email
to staff. Once you create your voice
mail message, be sure to attach it when submitting this assignment.
Note: For this
assignment, you will need to use a sound recorder such as Sounder Recorder on
PC or Quicktime on Mac.
Leave a follow-up
reply voice mail for your supervisor when you have completed the email in which
you:
Inform your
supervisor that you have completed the email.
Confirm to which employees
you sent the email.
Confirm the date
and time when you sent the email.
Target the
appropriate professional audience.
Use appropriate
rate, volume, and pitch for professional audience.
Speak for
clarity, including articulation, pronunciation, and fluency.
Meet three to
five (3-5) sentence minimum requirement.
The specific
course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:
Demonstrate
understanding of the basic fundamentals of communication.
Develop and practice communication skills, including
verbal, nonverbal, listening, writing,
interpersonal, perception, and critical thinking.
Use various
electronic communication platforms in academic and professional work.
Relate to the
interpersonal and organizational dynamics that affect communication in
organizations.
Analyze and
assess effective communication.
Use correct
sentence mechanics, grammar, spelling, punctuation, and style.
Use technology
and information resources to research issues in communications.
Write clearly and
concisely about communications using proper writing mechanics.
