HSA 501 Week 8 Assignment 2: Managing Health Care Quality (worth 200 points).

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Running Head: Managing Health Care Quality 1 Managing Health Care Quality HSA 501: Management in Health CareMANAGING HEALTH 2 The purpose of quality management in health care is to enhance viabili... ty in the way that care is delivered in a healthcare setting as well as implement quality care of patients (Sarkissian, 2017). Professor Avedis Donobedian, an architect in the field of quality in healthcare, has defined it as "... almost anything anyone wishes it to be, although it is, ordinarily, a reflection of values and goals current in the medical care system and in the larger society of which it is a part (Donobedian, 2005)." It stands to reason then that an important goal of quality management in healthcare is to ensure, define and improve patient safety. Quality of care and patient care management are most important and essential for a hospital to increase its value. For most people, ‘quality of care of a hospital’ means proper and dedicated treatment to patients by doctors and other staff, at the right time, in the right way (Burns, Bradley & Weiner, 2012). The purpose of this paper is to write a report for Sunlight Hospital on certain improvements in quality of patient care while considering important measurements of quality of care and main features used to design a successful quality improvement plan for increasing efficiency and value of the hospital [Show More]

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