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Application:Quality Measures

"The gold standard for defining quality measurement remains Donabedian's three-element model of structure, process, and outcome" (Varkey, p. 30).

Although this model of quality measurement may apply to all kinds of clinical care facilities, you will focus on hospitals for this assignment so that you can make use of data on the CMS's "Hospital Compare" Web site. Using this Web site, you will examine quality information for a particular hospital, and conduct some basic benchmarking analysis.

To prepare for this Application:

• Visit the Hospital Compare Web site:http://www.medicare.gov/hospitalcompare/?AspxAutoDetectCookieSupport=1
• • ClickonthelinksatthetoptitledAboutHospitalCompareandAbouttheDataandreviewthembriefly.
  • On the top left there is another tap titled "About Hospital Compare Data" that Shows information on Process of Care Measures, Outcome of Care Measures, and Outpatient Imaging Efficiency Measures.
• Asyouconsiderthisinformation,bringtomindthesixdimensionsofquality:Safety,effectiveness,patient-centeredness,timeliness,efficiency,andequity.Search...throughstep3.
• Forthepurposesofthisassignment,gobacktothe1stpageandselectahospitalbyeitherenteringthezipcodeforthehospitalorthenameofthehospital.Whenyou'vedonethatandclickedonShowHospitals,youshouldhavehospitalsthatyoucancompare.FollowthedirectionstoreviewPatientSurveyResults(HCAHPSsurveyresults),TimelyandEffectiveCareorReadmissions,ComplicationsandDeaths.
• Considerwhichorganizationsaremostappropriatetocompareforbenchmarkingpurposes.UsetheHospitalComparewebsiteandcompareyourprimaryhospital'sdatawithdatafromanotherhospitaleitheroneinthesameareaoroneacrossthecountry,asyouthinkappropriate.
• Aftercomparingthedata,assesswhichmeasuresyouthinkareofthegreatestconcernandinneedofimprovementinyourprimary/originalhospital.Whatisyourrationaleforthisassessment?Selecttwoorthreemeasurestofocusonforthisassignment.Considerwhichdimensionsofqualitytheyrelateto(safety,effectiveness,patient-centeredness,timeliness,efficiency,and/orequity).
• Review this week's Learning Resources, new the hospital's Web site, and consider what other steps you would take to get a clearer picture of these quality issues.

The Assignment

Write a 1- to 2-page paper that addresses the following:

• Identify the primary hospital you have selected.
• Identify the measures you have chosen to focus on (those that are most in need of improvement or that otherwise warrant attention). Compare and contrast the characteristics of structure, process, and outcome measures, and explain which category or categories your chosen measure relates to.Also, indicate the dimensions of quality with which these measures are associated.
• Briefly summarize the data, including your benchmarking analysis.
• Analyze the benefits and challenges of externally reported measures for health care providers and for patients. Also, explain why benchmarking can be useful for identifying areas for improvement.

This Application isdue by Day 7of this week. Your written assignments must follow APA guidelines. Be sure to support your work with specific citations from this week's Learning Resources and from additional scholarly sources