Quality Provided Services: A Case Study
Utilization of Quality Management in Health Care in Support of Quality Provided Services.
Wayne D. Slaughter
Texas A & M Corpus Christ
Utilization of Quality Management in Health Care in Support of Quality Provided Services The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 established regulations that require the quality improvement in “the delivery of health care services, patient health outcomes, and population health” (The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, 2011, p. 10). The national quality strategy section of this law further required the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services to develop a National Strategy for Quality Improvement in Health Care (the …show more content…
Dept of Health, 2011, Exec. Sum). The requirements further established an Interagency Working Group to help develop the National Quality Strategy. This group, composed of representatives from 23 Federal Health Care responsible agencies, is to ensure cooperation between both the Federal and private sector. This group developed a draft plan which was then provided to over 300 health care industry entities and the general public for comment on the draft principles and priorities. The combined effort came up with a strategic plan that is composed of three aims, six priorities, and ten principles (Working for Quality, 2011, About the National Quality Strategy). Section III of the National Strategy for Quality Improvement in Health Care will have the greatest impact on a health care organization’s quality management efforts since it addresses ten areas that establish the foundation for …show more content…
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Conrad, D. A., & Perry, L. (2009). Quality-based financial incentives in health care: Can we improve quality by paying for it? Annual Review of Public Health 30, 357-71. Retrieved from http://www.annualreviews.org/doi/full/10.1146/annurev.publhealth.031308.100243
Hart-Hester, S., Jones, W., Watzlaf, J.M., Fenton, S.H., Nielson, C., Madison, M., …Rudman,W. (2008). Impact of creating a pay for quality improvement (P4QI) incentive program on healthcare disparity: Leveraging HIT in rural hospitals and small physician offices. Perspectives in Health Information Management 5:14, n.p. Retrieved from http://library.ahima.org/xpedio/groups/public/documents/ahima/bok1_ 047416.hcsp?dDocName=bok1_047416
National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA). (2011), HEDIS and Quality Measurement. Retrieved from http://www.ncqa.org/tabid/59/Default.aspx
Stelmark, J. (n.d). Introduction to quality management (PowerPoint). Retrieved from http://profstelmark.com
The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. (2011). Summary of new health reform law. Retrieved from
Wayne D. Slaughter
Texas A & M Corpus Christ
Utilization of Quality Management in Health Care in Support of Quality Provided Services The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 established regulations that require the quality improvement in “the delivery of health care services, patient health outcomes, and population health” (The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, 2011, p. 10). The national quality strategy section of this law further required the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services to develop a National Strategy for Quality Improvement in Health Care (the …show more content…
Dept of Health, 2011, Exec. Sum). The requirements further established an Interagency Working Group to help develop the National Quality Strategy. This group, composed of representatives from 23 Federal Health Care responsible agencies, is to ensure cooperation between both the Federal and private sector. This group developed a draft plan which was then provided to over 300 health care industry entities and the general public for comment on the draft principles and priorities. The combined effort came up with a strategic plan that is composed of three aims, six priorities, and ten principles (Working for Quality, 2011, About the National Quality Strategy). Section III of the National Strategy for Quality Improvement in Health Care will have the greatest impact on a health care organization’s quality management efforts since it addresses ten areas that establish the foundation for …show more content…
mcres.com/mcrmm03.htm
Conrad, D. A., & Perry, L. (2009). Quality-based financial incentives in health care: Can we improve quality by paying for it? Annual Review of Public Health 30, 357-71. Retrieved from http://www.annualreviews.org/doi/full/10.1146/annurev.publhealth.031308.100243
Hart-Hester, S., Jones, W., Watzlaf, J.M., Fenton, S.H., Nielson, C., Madison, M., …Rudman,W. (2008). Impact of creating a pay for quality improvement (P4QI) incentive program on healthcare disparity: Leveraging HIT in rural hospitals and small physician offices. Perspectives in Health Information Management 5:14, n.p. Retrieved from http://library.ahima.org/xpedio/groups/public/documents/ahima/bok1_ 047416.hcsp?dDocName=bok1_047416
National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA). (2011), HEDIS and Quality Measurement. Retrieved from http://www.ncqa.org/tabid/59/Default.aspx
Stelmark, J. (n.d). Introduction to quality management (PowerPoint). Retrieved from http://profstelmark.com
The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. (2011). Summary of new health reform law. Retrieved from