Capella BUS4123 Unit 1 Discussion (dq1+dq2) Latest 2021 January

BUS4123 Quality Assurance and Risk Management

Unit 1 Discussion        

DQ1 Quality Management Organizations

Read the Discussion Participation Scoring Guide to learn how the instructor will evaluate your discussion participation throughout this course.

You will investigate one national organization that is focused on quality management or quality assurance.

If your last name begins with A–C: you have the National Committee on Quality Assurance (NCQA).

If your last name begins with D–F: you have the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI).

If your last name begins with G–J: you have the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ).

If your last name begins with K–N: you have the Ambulatory Care Quality Alliance (AQA).

If your last name begins with O–R: you have The Joint Commission (TJC).

If your last name begins with S–U: you have the Leapfrog Group.

If your last name begins with V–Z: you have the National Quality Forum (NQF).

Carefully investigate the organization that you were assigned (linked in Resources). You may consult the organization's website, your textbook, and the Capella library. Post a 250-word substantive post on the role of that organization in monitoring and promoting quality efforts in health care. Make sure to create this post using your own words; do not copy and paste information from the website or readings.

Response Guidelines

Reply to two learners who have been assigned to a different national organization than the one that was assigned to you. Give examples of how the quality efforts of the organization your peer mentioned affect patients directly and indirectly. Give examples of how those quality efforts can affect medical administrators directly and indirectly.

Finally, give your assessment of the quality of those monitoring and quality efforts in the organizations your peer mentioned.

Resources

Discussion Participation Scoring Guide.

National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA).

Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI).

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ).

AQA.

The Joint Commission.

The Leapfrog Group.

National Quality Forum.

DQ2 Case Studies in Measuring Quality

Chapter 1 of Dlugacz (linked in Resources) provides foundational discussion to what quality measures actually measure. Chapter 2 provides several case studies demonstrating the value of quantifying and measuring quality. Pick one of the following:

Case Example: Cardiac Mortality (p. 24).

Case Example: Intensive Care Unit (p. 26).

Case Example: Falls (p. 30).

Provide a 250–300 word analysis of your chosen case. Discuss what precipitated data collection for your case, what data was collected, and how that data applied to change or improve business practices. Is there anything different from what you would do in the face of a similar case?

Response Guidelines

Respond to two learners who have analyzed a case different from the one you chose. Give your opinion as to how the data could have changed or improved business practices differently. Explain your reasoning.