Financial reimbursement is commonly being tied to quality of outcomes, making it important to measure and evaluate outcomes. Areas to be evaluated may include change initiatives, quality and safety scores, individual performance, patient perceptions, and staff perceptions among others. Rather than re-invent models for measuring quality, safety, and individual performance, health care leaders are wise to draw from models already proven in business and industry. Therefore, it is reasonable to explore these models to determine how they may be applied to health care organizations. In this assignment you will identify quality, safety, and individual performance management models and evaluate their applicability to health care organizations.

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Directions:

Select three models commonly used in the business world to measure quality, safety, and individual performance.

Write a paper (1,250-1,500 words) that evaluates the applicability of these models to the health care industry. Include the following in your paper:

1. A brief description of each model selected.

2. A discussion of how each model may be or is being applied in the health care industry.

3. An evaluation of the effectiveness of each model in the health care industry.

 

 

 

ADDITIONAL DETAILS 

The age of transparency in health care

Introduction

The health care industry has always been a competitive one. But in recent years, transparency has become more important than ever. Patients are demanding more information about their health care options and providers are trying to keep up with them. We’ve seen this play out throughout our lives: when you go to the movies, you want to know what time it starts and how long each movie will be before intermission; when we’re shopping online for clothes or furniture, we want to know how much shipping would cost—and even if it’s going to fit right; when we’re looking for a new job at an unfamiliar company (or even just switching jobs), we want to know what kind of training they provide so that I can make sure this is something worth pursuing further once these interviews are over).

Competition is driving transparency.

Once upon a time, many health care providers were content with charging high prices for their services. They were afraid of competition and didn’t want the public to know how much they were making on each patient.

But now that there are more and more patients asking for transparency in health care pricing, many providers are starting to compete on price and transparency. In fact, some hospitals have started offering “price transparency” reports online so patients can see what they’re paying out-of-pocket versus what other hospitals charge for similar procedures or treatments.

This change is driven by two factors: firstly, because most people don’t trust their doctors anymore; secondly because more and more people are becoming aware of how much money they’re spending each year on medical bills (and not getting reimbursed).

Consumers have strong opinions about transparency.

Consumers are asking for more transparency in health care. They want to know more about their providers, insurance companies, the health care industry and their own health.

If you’re a consumer of medical services—whether it’s a local doctor or an international travel emergency room—you may have already experienced this kind of dissatisfaction with the way things are done. But now, we have new tools at our disposal that can help us hold these companies accountable for their actions: social media platforms like Twitter or Facebook; apps like Yelp; even simple websites where consumers can leave reviews about how they were treated by a company (like Yelp). This new wave of information sharing has made it easier than ever before for patients’ experiences with doctors/nurses/doctors assistants etcetera

Technology presents both obstacles and opportunities.

Technological advances have made it easier than ever to share data. But there are also limits to how much information can be collected, stored and analyzed—and even more so when you consider that the technology itself is not always reliable.

A good example of this is the use of electronic health records (EHRs) in hospitals across Canada. In many ways, these systems are helping doctors and nurses do their jobs more efficiently by providing them with real-time access to patient data via smartphones or computers at all times; however, they can also be a source of frustration due to glitches such as lost records or incomplete entries.

Transparency is a win for patients and health care providers.

• Health care providers are losing money to transparency.

• Patients are getting more educated about their health.

The benefits of transparency in health care are numerous, from making patients more involved in their own treatment plans and more informed about what they can do to help themselves, to providing a better understanding of how the medical industry works for everyone involved (including doctors).

Transparency in health care can improve the patient experience and lower costs.

The age of transparency is here, and it’s time to embrace the benefits. Transparency can help patients make more informed decisions about their health care, find the best care available, learn how providers deliver care and improve their experiences—all while lowering costs for all parties involved.

Transparency helps patients get information they need to make informed decisions about their health care. Patients often don’t know what services are covered by insurance or whether they’re eligible for certain treatments or procedures. And if they do know these things, they may not have access to them because of privacy concerns (for example, if someone wants to keep something private from a potential employer). Transparency allows both parties involved in an appointment—the patient and doctor—to see each other’s policies upfront so there aren’t any surprises later on down the road when those policies come into play during treatment sessions or consultations between doctors who have access only through a secure website portal like ZocDoc .

Transparency helps providers improve quality by providing feedback during checkups so doctors can see where improvements need improvement; this also reduces costs because fewer unnecessary tests will be ordered due process completion before getting started on treatments such as chemotherapy drugs aimed at killing cancer cells within our bodies’ tissues.”

Conclusion

So how can you use this information to improve the health care experience for yourself or your family? Here are some ideas:

• Ask questions upfront when you visit your doctor or other health care provider, and make sure they have the answers ready for you at all times.

• Be aware of any hidden costs associated with your treatment plan, so that you know what to expect before starting any treatments. And always ask about alternatives if something seems too costly—you may end up saving money in the long run!

• Keep track of what’s happening with your health care bills by keeping a detailed logbook, so that if anything goes wrong later on down the line it won’t be too hard for someone else who needs help understanding what happened when it first started happening.”””