The purpose of this assignment is to develop a proposal for a quality improvement plan to improve future patient safety.

Assume that you have recently been hired as the special assistant to the chief executive officer $($CEO$)$ of your health care organization. Your duty is to head up the new quality improvement department. Over the past year, the hospital has experienced substantial growth but is also facing a number of patient safety concerns, including a steady increase in medical errors and a $25\%$ rise in hospital$-$acquired infections. Based upon what you have learned in this course, prepare an action plan to present to the CEO with strategies for addressing these issues.