Description Competency Appraise economical aspects that influence healthcare delivery systems. Scenario Your hospital received $4,000,000 in revenue this past year. Medicare withholds 2.6% of this amount ($) until the value-based purchasing scores are in. If the scores are good this year, the hospital will earn back this money. If scores are below the national average, […]
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Discuss how public reporting of the HCAHPS survey will create incentives for both hospitals and nurses to improve quality of care.
Description Identify a common error in healthcare delivery and work through Reason’s Swiss Cheese Model, identifying how the holes can occur and what layers of protection should stop the error from getting to the patient. How has the code of silence changed over the past few years? Is it more or less prevalent? Discuss how […]
