Quality improvement. Health, Medicine, Nursing Coursework

Quality Improvement
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The healthcare organizations compared are UW Medicine Valley Medical Center and the Overlake Hospital Medical Center. The two acute care hospitals use outpatient safe surgery checklist, the inpatient safe surgery, and hospital survey on patient safety culture. The core measures assessed are meeting the standards for patient safety, changes in patient outcomes, the success of efforts to reduce hospitalization, and the patient satisfaction measurements. The outcomes of care are also compared based on whether the interventions are timely, effective, and patient centered providing the best clinical care is associated with improved patient outcomes and quality of care.
Overlake Hospital Medical Center focused more on implementing specific quality improvement measures for improvising the quality and safety of patients including greater emphasis on prevention bundle and patient treatment. Both hospitals, share information best practices and UW Medicine Valley Medical Center has collaborated with other medical institutions to enhance the adoption of quality improvement. Overlake Hospital Medical Center meets the core measures best even as both hospitals prioritize implementing the national clinical guidelines.
The overall rating of the two hospitals was 4 out of 5 stars, and in many measures the outcomes were similar (Medicare, 2019). For Overlake Hospital Medical Center, 80% patients rep...