Quality article review

Quality Article Review

This assignment’s intent is to set the stage for this semester’s content by bringing your attention to a selection of articles that discuss quality and performance improvement in the healthcare environment.

Each student will select ONE article to review according to the guidelines below. Article selection will take place during the first week of class. All articles can be found on Sakai in the assignment section.

Assignment details:

Part 1

Respond to the following questions/comments:

– Provide an executive summary for this article in your own words. Must not exceed 250 words.

– In your opinion, how does this article contribute to the topic of quality in healthcare?

– Describe your top 2 take-a-ways from this article

Part 2

Write 50 words pertaining to the article you just reviewed.

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“Harnessing the Power of Enhanced Data for Healthcare Quality Improvement: Lessons from a

Minnesota Hospital Association Pilot Project,” by Michael Pine et al.

Executive summary

The urge to improve the quality of health care services at a relatively low cost has led to health care organizations coming up with ways of using health information that is in existence today. For instance, the health care organizations have come with a strategy of constructing data sets which combine both administrative and clinical data. This data has a high ability of reducing the cost of providing healthcare services. At the same time, the data……………..

APA

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