Quality Improvement at Comanche County Memorial Hospital

Quality Improvement at Comanche County Memorial Hospital



Introduction

At Comanche County Memorial Hospital, the administration is committed to ensuring the providence of quality healthcare and treatment to its patients and community members. Similar to strategy implementation, the success of quality improvements plans is highly dependent on the senior authorities and their interest to ensure safety and security of patients, as well as practitioners. The paper outlines various essential elements, which play a conspicuous role in the success of quality improvement plans at Comanche County Memorial Hospital.

Discussion

Authority Structure

The responsibility of implementing quality improvement plan resides with members of the board of trustees, who work in cooperation with the administration and leadership of the hospital and set policies by exercising the ultimate authority over the hospital (Comanche County Memorial Hospital, 2012).

The board has outlined a committee, which is responsible for quality care and successful implementation of the plan at the hospital (QIP, 2011). In a nutshell, the structure of authority puts quality control team, hospital; administration and staff, CEO and CMO under the command of the board of directors, who take final decisions on quality improvement programs and plans at the hospital.

Description of Each Role

Successful implementation of quality improvement plan solely stays with the board and its associated committee on quality improvement. Role of board members is to monitor availability of quality care services to members of the community and to take initiatives, which can continuous improvement in the quality of healthcare delivery (QIP, 2011).

Hospital senior administration such as CEO is authorized by the board to implement quality plan. On the other hand, the quality care committee and chief medical office are responsible to plan, design, implement, evaluate and coordinate the activities of clinical quality improvement and care of patient (QIP, 2011).

Process to Communicate Outcomes

Formal agenda meetings are scheduled to discuss various aspects and progress of quality improvement plan and to compare and evaluate the actual performance level. Information on implementation of the plan is communicated by the CEO and CMO to the committee and board members. Quarterly interval Programs are organized on an organizational level to communicate implementation performance with administrative and clinical staff, and to take their views on improving the implementation phase.

Data Collection and Preparing Reports

Data collection and documentation of facts is a critical stage in implementing plan; therefore, hospital members ranging from patients and janitorial staff members to the administration and clinical practitioners, are ...