Order Instructions
Scholarly Discussion Forum: Accrediting Agencies and Hospital Quality (graded)
Discussion
Sunny Valley Medical Center is accredited by The Joint Commission (TJC). The last survey was in 2016. Consistent with TJC tracer methodology approach to surveying, the survey was unannounced. The hospital worked diligently and continuously to prepare for this survey. Sunny Valley Medical Center and The Joint Commission are interested in customers’ concerns, problems, and any feedback at all times. If you have any problems, The Joint Commission encourages you to call the hospital. Sunny Valley Medical Center is committed to working out any concerns or problems that any customer may have.
During an official survey visit, Sunny Valley Medical Center demonstrated compliance with The Joint Commission’s national deeming status for the CMS standard for quality and safety. “The official survey visit was an intense three days, with extensive data review for most of their clinical processes, but the staff was ready,” the quality manager said.
Please use the case above to reflect on the following questions.
Briefly describe and differentiate between the TJC accreditation and CMS guidelines. Evaluate how these guidelines might influence the survey preparation.
Medicare.gov’s Hospital Compare has information about the quality of care at over 4,000 Medicare-certified hospitals: https://www.medicare.gov/hospitalcompare/search.htmlLinks to an external site.. Please reflect on the performance of one of your community hospitals using Hospital Compare’s quality matrix.
The initial posting must meet the following expectations:
• Address the TD question in a thorough, substantive manner.
o Demonstrate application of scholarly resources.
Provide relevant evidence of two scholarly resources in the initial post, clearly stating how the evidence informed or changed professional or academic decisions.
One scholarly resource must be from a nursing peer-reviewed journal.
o Demonstrate application of course knowledge.
Demonstrate the ability to analyze, synthesize, and/or apply principles and concepts learned in the course lesson and outside readings and relate them to real-life, professional situations.
Compare concepts and principles from the weekly lesson with personal experience as it applies to the practice setting.
• Include correct spelling, grammar, punctuation, syntax, and sentence and paragraph structure.
• Include a minimum of two scholarly sources, current within five years, to support information presented.
o Scholarly sources required for the TD must be sources that are separate from course-related sources and/or reading assignments.
o If course-related sources or readings are used as a source in the TD, they must be in addition to the required scholarly sources for the discussion and must be cited following the current APA guidelines.
o If used as a source in the assignment, course-related readings must meet the criteria for scholarly work: current within five years.
o Sources older than five years may not be used without the permission of the course professor.
o Correct APA format for citing and referencing sources is applied.