Patient harm events happen at an alarming rate, but resources are available to consumers to help them make informed decisions about the care that they receive. Being an informed consumer of healthcare will not only help you protect yourself, but it will help you protect your family and friends as well.
In this Assignment, you will review patient safety and quality of care performance measures at healthcare organizations in your own area. You will also analyze the data for similarities and differences, in order to become a better healthcare consumer.
To prepare for this Assignment:
Review the Learning Resources for the last 2 weeks.
Download the Week 2 Assignment Template from this week’s Learning Resources
Search for quality and safety at healthcare organizations
1. Medicare.gov. (n.d.). Hospital compare. Retrieved July 21, 2019, from https://www.medicare.gov/hospitalcompare/search.html?
2. The Joint Commission. (2018). Quality check. Retrieved from https://www.qualitycheck.org/
Choose two healthcare organizations in your area and search for data that exists on both websites. If you live outside the U.S., please search for organization data in your area.
Healthcare Organization 1: OSF Healthcare https://www.osfhealthcare.org/about/
Healthcare Organization 2: Unity Point Health https://www.unitypoint.org/peoria/default.aspx