Concepts of Quality and Patient Safety
Order Instructions:
Application: Institute of Medicine Reports
The Institute of Medicine (IOM) is an independent, nonprofit organization whose work has helped draw attention to quality concerns in health care. Two IOM reports, To Err is Human and Crossing The Quality Chasm, particularly stand out for the provocative effect that they have had on quality improvement efforts.
To prepare for this Application, review this week’s Learning Resources, including the executive summaries of the two IOM reports and the article “Patient Safety at Ten: Unmistakable Progress, Troubling Gaps.”
The Assignment
Write a 2- to 3-page paper that addresses the following:
From your perspective as a health care professional and/or consumer, summarize two or three of the most important messages of the IOM reports To Err is Human and Crossing the Quality Chasm.
Analyze at least two of the changes proposed in these reports, and explain how they are expected to contribute toward the desired improvements.
Briefly assess some of the challenges related to these changes. (Select at least one challenge for each change you have chosen to focus on.)
Resources;
Please use those refrences:
Report: Institute of Medicine. (1999). To err is human. Washington, DC: National Academy of Sciences. Retrieved from http://site.ebrary.com.ezp.waldenulibrary.org/lib/waldenu/docDetail.action?docID=10038653
Executive summary
Released in 1999, this groundbreaking report provides the rationale for implementing comprehensive improvements in patient safety, an important subset of health care quality. Although only the executive summary is required this week, you are strongly encouraged to read additional sections of this report as you proceed through the course.
Report: Institute of Medicine. (2001). Crossing the quality chasm: A new health system for the 21st century. Washington, DC: National Academy of Sciences.
Retrieved from http://www.iom.edu/Reports/2001/Crossing-the-Quality-Chasm-A-New-Health-System-for-the-21st-Century.aspx
Select the link that says Click here for full text, and it will load the library’s 360 link page. The options for accessing the title are listed. To link to the title in ebrary or Net Library, select the Book link.
Executive Summary
This report was published by the Institute of Medicine in 2001 to highlight the significant gap between the state of health care quality and where it should be. The report draws attention to the need to improve the U.S. health care delivery system as a whole, and identifies six areas for improvement: safety, effectiveness, patient-centeredness, timeliness, efficiency, and equity. Although only the executive summary is required this week, you are strongly encouraged to read additional sections of this report as you proceed through the course.
Web Article: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. (n.d.). Quality/Equality: Talking about quality. Retrieved from http://www.rwjf.org/qualityequality/taq.jsp
This resource presents health care statistics, facts, and messages related to health care quality and reform. The collection of slides describes the current state of health care quality, goals for the future, and ways to achieve those goals.
NB: there is another resource to be uploaded but it must be as an attachment..Please let me know how i can upload it..its important for this paper as well. Also please use the resources given along with others you may use.
