Assignment Details
Describe two or more pioneers of quality improvement. Include the following:Their major contributions to the field.
Explain how their contributions positively impacted quality.
Explain how their influence still impacts quality improvement today in their area of expertise.
Discuss how these early pioneers’ work could be expanded upon to improve quality in a healthcare environment in the future.
Requirements
Your submission is composed in a Microsoft Word document.
To meet the objective requirements, your response is at least 500 words in length.
Your submission includes specific examples of concepts, topics, definitions, and other elements to demonstrate mastery of the objective.
Your submission includes a highly developed viewpoint and purpose.
Your response is in Standard English and demonstrates superior organization.
Your communication is highly ordered, logical and unified, as well as original and insightful.
Your submission displays exceptional content, organization, style, and mechanics.
A separate page at the end of your response contains a list of references.
Include both in-text and reference list citations where appropriate and reference all sources used following proper APA citation style.
Please review the APA formatting and citation style in Academic Tools
Criterion 1: Historical Efforts
Provides a description of at least two pioneers in quality improvement.
Includes both of the following:
● Their major contributions to the field.
● How their contributions positively impacted quality.
Criterion 2: Role in Current Quality Improvement
Identifies and elaborates on at least two current quality improvement areas derived from early pioneers
Criterion 3: Quality Improvement Area
Selects an area of improvement and provides detailed outline for future quality improvement based on previous category
Criterion 4: Writing Requirement: Resources
Supports all opinions and ideas with relevant and credible sources of information.
● Includes more than three professional references.
Criterion 5: Writing Requirements: Length and APA
Meets length requirements of 500 words
HA425_2102C_-1: Assess the need for cost containment in healthcare systems given the influence of performance challenges and healthcare reform efforts.
● Cites sources using APA style.
● Includes in-text citations.
● Makes authorship clear when using quotation marks.
● Includes conclusion
Student work indicates an advanced ability to explain the historical evolution of healthcare quality improvement programs by scoring by scoring 93-100 percent on the paper.