Describe the use of control mechanisms in Health Services Organizations
Part 1
Control Mechanisms in Health Services Organizations
Control mechanisms facilitate pathways that health care administrators might consider when deciding how to direct, adjust, and mobilize resources as they apply to day-to-day and business operations. Additionally, control mechanisms assist health care administrators in determining areas where opportunities for improvement might exist in order to facilitate enhanced business and health care delivery practices. As a current or future health care administrator, understanding how to interpret and modify control mechanisms is an essential skill that will contribute greatly to your decision making for enhancing process improvement.
For this Discussion, reflect on the Learning Resources for this week, and consider the findings in the Singer article. Then, select a control mechanism that is most appropriate for your HSO or an HSO with which you are familiar. Consider how this control mechanism might apply to promoting a culture of safety as a process improvement initiative in the HSO you selected.
(Singer article) Reducing Hospital Errors: Interventions that Build Safety Culture
Annual Review of Public Health
Vol. 34:373-396 (Volume publication date March 2013)
First published online as a Review in Advance on January 16, 2013
https://doi-org.ezp.
Post a description of the control mechanism you selected and explain its relevance to your HSO. Then, explain how you as a current or future health care administrator might apply this control mechanism to promoting a culture of safety in your HSO; explain why you would apply the mechanism in this way.
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Part II
Design and Control in Quality Improvement Initiatives
For this Assignment, review Case 3, “Barriers to an Effective QI Effort,” in Chapter 11 of the text, Managing Health Services Organizations and Systems. Reflect on how you as a current or future health care administrator might address strategies to implement a quality improvement initiative. Consider the following questions: What considerations should you keep in mind to address quality? How does one measure quality and identify strategies to improve quality in an HSO? Then, review the Week 6 Case Questions document in this week’s Learning Resources to complete the Assignment.
The Assignment (2–4 pages):
- Complete the case questions presented.
- Be sure to provide support from the literature in completing the case questions
Week 6 Case Questions
Design and Control in Quality Improvement Initiatives
CHAPTER 11, CASE 3: “BARRIERS TO AN EFFECTIVE QI EFFORT”
QUESTIONS:
- Use the principles of QI from Chapters 7 and 8 to outline a basic effort to improve quality in the ED.
- Identify some control measures that Lester could use.
