Scenario: Jerald is a nurse in the ICU at Southaven Medical Center, and for the past several weeks every bed has been filled. Jerald has been working longer hours than normal, and the hospital is short-staffed. At the end of his shift one night, he is delivering a report to the next shift in the nurse’s station that is central to the unit. A patient’s mother overhears some private health information about her adult son. She asks the son about it, and although he is still suffering from an injury, begins to get very agitated and angry.
Requirement:
- Explain the difference between quality and risk. Use examples and support with scholarly sources.
- Explain how quality and risk are also interconnected in a healthcare setting. Use examples and support with scholarly sources.
- Explain why it is important to have a plan in place to address both quality and risk within your selected HSO.
HSO: community hospitals, specifically those operating in rural and underserved areas. These hospitals provide essential healthcare services such as emergency care, primary care, and outpatient services. To provide a more structured and comprehensive analysis, I will use AdventHealth Hendersonville—a rural community hospital within the broader AdventHealth system—as a representative HSO for my study. This organization has implemented telemedicine services and shares many characteristics with smaller community hospitals facing similar operational and technological challenges.
Need to read:
https://catalyst.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/CAT.18.0197
https://www.ijimt.org/papers/266-CM244.pdf