Health care Orginization

Introduction
This health care organization has recently experienced substantial growth with increasing volumes of patients and consumers. Unfortunately, the expansion of the company is a major contributor to the creation of new problems. Along with growth there are more opportunities for mistakes; and all staff members must view these errors as areas for development. The purpose of the Quality Improvement Department is to direct and guide output of employees within the organization toward providing safe and efficient health care services. If our hospital is expanding rapidly it’s crucial that the organization has the necessary capacity and resources for operating under these conditions. Anticipating patient volumes and determining the scope of health care services to be provided are important considerations that should be taken into account. The problems this health care organization is experiencing are closely associated with the growth of the hospital and appropriate action must be taken. Creating a Quality Improvement Department is a strategic investment which will substantially increase our ability to provide safe, high quality and efficient care. This unit is specifically designed to assist in maintaining compliance with state and federal regulations, guiding employee actions towards completing organizational objectives, and establishing standards of quality, safety and efficiency. Our hospital can utilize the QI department to organize the efforts of our entire staff and drastically improve patient safety issues. In order to properly address problems with patient falls, medication errors and hospital acquired infections the organization requires a unit dedicated to quality improvement.

Patient Falls
The patient safety issues that have been reported include five incidents per week regarding an individual patient