To prepare for this Application:
- Peruse the Hospital Compare Web
site: http://www.medicare.gov/hospitalcompare/search.html
Click on the link at the right, Learn More about Hospital Process of Care Measures, and read this background information.
Then read through the Process of Care measures at:
http://www.medicare.gov/hospitalcompare/Data/Measures.html - Using the Walden library and
credible Web sites, conduct additional research to learn more about the
CMS standards (core measures).
- Evaluate the CMS standards
(core measures).
- Compare the CMS standards with
the guidelines proposed by one other organization of your choosing. (You
may select the same organization you focused on in the Discussion, or
choose a different one from that list.) Be sure to consider similarities
and differences, as well as the strengths and limitations of each
organization's guidelines.
The
Assignment
Write a 2- to 3-page paper that
addresses the following:
- Analyze the CMS standards (core
measures).
- Compare the CMS standards with
the guidelines proposed by one other organization.Based on this
comparison, would you recommend that a health care setting adopt this
organization’s guidelines as supplementary to CMS’s? Why or why not?
- Briefly analyze the
relationships among various aspects of health care quality and safety,
including the creation of standards, accreditation, certification,
credentialing, and continuing education. Describe the benefits and
constraints associated with these approaches for promoting quality.
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