For this Application Assignment, you will consider quality and patient safety efforts for a paticular type of organization.

Choose a healthcare setting: acute care, physician offices, public health, home health care

As you review the Learning Resources for this week, consider why quality and patient safety are important for this type of organization. Also think about the key challenges regarding quality and/or patient safety for this setting. Use the Learning Resources and conduct your own research to identify and investigate three or four strategies for improving and assuring quality and patient safety that would be beneficial in this type of setting. Then research theaccreditation, licensure, and/or oversight needed for this type of organization, including the processes or criteria that are used.

With this in mind, write a 1- to 2-page paper in which you:

•Explain why quality and patient safety are important, particularly for this type of organization

•Identify the key challenges regarding quality and/or patient safety for this setting

•Describe three or four strategies for improving and assuring quality and patient safety in this organization, and explain why you chose these strategies

•Describe the accreditation, licensure, or oversight for this type of organization, and explain the process or criteria used