Write 8-10 pages in which you identify a major patient-safety issue  within your own organization and use evidence-based best practices and  technology to develop a plan to improve the safety issue.

Quality improvement and patient safety are central to the nursing leadership role.

Central to the nursing leadership role, quality improvement and  patient safety are analyzed from many perspectives. Types of quality  improvement and patient safety programs may range from internal,  organization-based quality improvement team reports to external  benchmarks from The Joint Commission, the Agency for Healthcare Research  and Quality (AHRQ), MAGNET, and numerous other organizations.

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A landmark 2001 publication by the Institute of Medicine (IOM)  identified the imperative to focus on quality care and patient safety.  The initiative to create cultures of patient safety and quality care  remain at the forefront of the health care leadership landscape. As a  future nursing leader, you must understand the components and use of  effective tools for successful quality improvement programs within your  practice setting.

In this program, you have also examined the application of  research and information technology in the nursing profession.  Information systems and patient-care technologies have contributed in  many ways to improved patient outcomes; however, safeguards, secure  practices, and ethical standards are necessary to promote and support  data security, patient confidentiality, and regulatory requirements. You  have also investigated the effective use of patient-care technologies,  communication systems, and information systems across the health-illness  continuum.

To help you prepare for this assessment, review the resources you used  and the assessments you completed in BSN-FP4004, BSN-FP4006, BSN-FP4008,  and BSN-FP4016.

Preparation

As you prepare for this assessment, complete the following:

1. Before you begin, examine your organization’s history of safety  in a specific area and how your organization addresses patient safety  issues. If possible, consult with a key stakeholder in the organization  (such as an administrator) to better understand specific patient-safety  concerns and how the organization is working to resolve the concerns.  This person should also be able to discuss some of the organizational  barriers impacting the patient safety issue.
2. Next, look at the basic concepts, principles, and practices that  contribute to organizational quality improvement and patient safety.  Review the literature for best practices and how technology might be  used to improve the issue.
3. Finally, be sure to consider the legal and ethical implications  associated with the safety issue, as well as possible organizational  barriers to change.

Directions

As you construct this assessment, address each point as completely as possible:

• Describe a patient-safety issue within your organization,  comparing the way your organization addresses the issue with the  concepts, principles, and practices that contribute to quality  improvement and patient safety.
• Analyze the legal and ethical consequences of not addressing the issue.
• Recommend evidence-based interventions, including technology, to address the patient-safety issue.
• Describe strategies to overcome specific organizational barriers to change, based on your knowledge of the organization.

Additional Requirements

• Format: Include a title page and reference page. Use APA style and formatting.
• Length: Ensure your completed assessment is 8–10 pages in length, not including the title page and reference page.
• References: Cite at least five current scholarly or professional resources.
• Font: Use double-spaced, 12-point, Times New Roman font

brief, please answer the nine questions listed below. Please include the questions with the brief. When answering the questions, please ensure to use all information given to the class as a reference. For the questions requiring external research, please ensure to cite the information.  The group presentation should be between 20-25 minutes. The presenting group will be required to provide at least four PowerPoint slides. One set of slides are to be given to the professor and the other three are to be distributed among the other groups. When presenting, business casual attire will be required. Non-business casual attire will result in a reduction of points. Please have the group leader submit an electronic copy of the brief [as a word document (.doc/.docx)] and (when applicable) the PowerPoint slides under the Tests and Quizzes section on blackboard by 11:59 PM Monday (09/24/2018).

1: Please provide a detailed summary of the case. Please ensure to include and discuss all relevant material .

2: Please discuss at least four challenges facing inner city urban hospitals today (external research from respectable sources is required to answer this question) .

3: Please discuss the policy associated with the formation of 501C3 hospitals and the rationale associated with their existence. In addition, please discuss the community benefit obligations under the PPACA and how it may relate to Summit Regional Hospital (external research from respectable sources are required to answer this question) .

4: Please discuss the concept of population health management and what is needed to succeed in this environment (external research from respectable sources are required to answer this question) .

5: Please perform a SWOT (strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats) analysis on Summit Regional. Identify and explain at least four points for each category (please ensure to use information provided in the case to support your answer) .

6:  Please illustrate and discuss all of the steps in the Evidence Based Management (EBM) model to analyze three overall problems and arrive at three specific evidence based solutions.  Please analyze the solutions separately and use a table/chart to organize/explain the points in the mode and also ensure to use information provided in the case to support your answer .

7: Please rank and explain the three evidence based solutions from most likely to implement to least likely to implement .

8: Please specifically identify how your group will implement the chosen solution and then identify how you will evaluate the effectiveness (impact) of the solution .

9: Please identify at least three examples of courses (taken during the HCA program), which were most applicable in helping to apply the material in the case. Please ensure to explain why these courses were chosen .