DHA 8750 SDSU WK 8 Quality Indicators in Long Term Care & Home Health Care Discussion

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For this Discussion, review the quality indicators for long-term and home health care organizations in the resources for this week. Reflect on the measures obtained and how this may relate to your role as a health care executive in promoting effective and efficient health care delivery.

Post an explanation of how quality standards for long-term and home health care facilities might differ. Then, explain how you, as a health executive at a hospital, might determine potential partners for an integrated health system that includes long-term care and home health care. Explain how the potential partners may help to reinforce the mission and vision of your health care organization. Then, explain how this type of partnership or integration may be reflective of social change for consumer-driven health care. Be specific and provide examples.

Required Readings

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. (n.d.-a). About home health care compare data. Retrieved from https://www.medicare.gov/homehealthcompare/Data/Ab…

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. (2015b). Nursing home quality initiative. Retrieved from https://www.cms.gov/Medicare/Quality-Initiatives-P…

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. (2016b). Home health compare datasets. Retrieved from https://data.medicare.gov/data/home-health-compare

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. (2016d). Nursing home compare. Retrieved from https://www.medicare.gov/nursinghomecompare/search…