To prepare for this Discussion, carefully review your Learning Resources. Seek additional resources to support your Discussion from one of the known web resources of health care quality:
Websites:
- The Joint Commission http://www.jointcommission.org/
- Institute for Healthcare Improvement http://www.ihi.org/ihi
- Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality http://www.ahrq.gov/qual/
Post a comprehensive response(250-350 words) to the following:
How is quality of care viewed from the perspective of each of the followiing:
- A patient
- A health care provider
- A purchaser
What role can the health care manager play in ensuring quality and safety in a health care setting? Select one of the different methods for improving the delivery of care described in your Learning Resources (this can include the websites identified). Provide a specific example of how that method can help protect a patient from errors of underuse, overuse, or misuse of care.