Executive Summary Health, Medicine, Nursing Coursework (Coursework Sample)

ASSESSMENT 1: REGULATORY ENVIRONMENT - EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Overview
Create a 3–4-page executive summary of tools and best practices for quality improvement, risk management, and learning guidelines. Include a summary table that describes the status of an organization's compliance with regulatory requirements.
Note: The assessments in this course build upon each other, so you are strongly encouraged to complete them in a sequence.
The scope of the regulatory environment and its requirements are ever-changing. Health care leaders need to know where they can find information about the requirements (within the subsector of the industry) to respond appropriately to issues. In addition, health care leaders need to proactively set strategies in place to mitigate future risks to their patients and organizations.
By successfully completing this assessment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following course competencies and assessment criteria:
Competency 1: Conduct an environmental assessment to identify quality- and risk-management priorities for a health care organization.
Conduct a proactive assessment based on the existing regulations and requirements.
Describe strategies to influence, impact, and monitor the needed changes for quality improvement.
Develop a value proposition for change management that incorporates quality- and risk-management concepts.
Create an executive summary of a risk-management issue that describes an organization's compliance with a regulatory requirement.
Competency 4: Analyze applicable legal and ethical institution-based values as they relate to quality assessment.
Integrate legal and ethical principles and also organizational mission, vision, and values into the decision-making process.
Competency 5: Communicate in a manner that is scholarly, professional, and consistent with expectations for professionals in health care administration.
Write clearly and concisely, with well-organized communication that is supported by relevant evidence.
Use correct grammar, punctuation, and mechanics as expected of a graduate learner.
Context
It is an exciting time in health care as all of us experience the implementation of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010. The change will likely affect your current or future health care job. Leaders in our industry are rethinking how business is to be conducted.
Understanding relevant terminology is an important step in addressing the topics of health care quality, risk management, and regulatory environment.
Read further in the Assessment 1 Context [PDF] document, which contains important information related to the following topics within the regulatory environment:
Quality of Services.
Potential Risks.
Regulatory Requirements.
Regulatory Bodies.
Benchmarking as a Condition of Participation.
Questions to Consider
As you prepare to complete this assessment, you may want to think about other related issues to deepen your understanding or broaden your viewpoint. You are encouraged to consider the questions below and discuss them with a fellow learner, a work associate, an interested friend, or a member of your professional community. Note that these questions are for your own development and exploration and do not need to be completed or submitted as a part of your assessment.
The Regulatory Environment:
Which regulatory bodies oversee the subsector of the health care industry in which you currently work or would like to work?
How would you figure out which organizations oversee the subsector?
How would you determine which laws apply to your setting and what type of data you need to collect and examine?
What are the standards of care?
How would you locate these standards?
How would you know if your organization exceeded those standards and might be in a position to apply for accreditation?
Establishing a Culture of Patient Safety:
What is an example of a best practice for establishing a systems-based culture of patient safety?
How will you know if your organization was identified as an example of success when best practices are used?
Benchmarking:
What types of processes exist for collecting and analyzing data to identify trends in the performance of your health care setting?
Who are some of the health care industry's best performers in terms of risk management?
What types of benchmarking data are important to consider?
What roles within your own organization need to be involved in a proactive risk-management program?
What are some critical success factors for the establishment of a systems-based risk-management program?
What types of considerations or cautions are important to keep in mind when interpreting internal and external benchmarking data?