Read the following article:
Donabedian, A. (2005). Evaluating the quality of medical care Download Evaluating the quality of medical care. The Millbank Quarterly, 83(4), 691-729.
Select and explore one of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) quality initiatives listed below:
Hospital Quality InitiativeLinks to an external site.
Nursing Home Quality InitiativeLinks to an external site.
End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Quality InitiativeLinks to an external site.
Home Health Quality InitiativeLinks to an external site.
Post-Acute Care Quality InitiativesLinks to an external site.
Hospital Inpatient Quality Reporting ProgramLinks to an external site.
Hospital Outpatient Quality Reporting ProgramLinks to an external site.
Research one of the initiatives above to see how it applies to a local healthcare facility in your area.
Write a four- to five-page paper in which you:
Describe the goals of the initiative you chose to research and its relationship to a local healthcare facility in your area.
Describe how the information obtained from the initiatives may be used in the healthcare facility you selected.
Interpret three data sets of the initiative you chose to research.
