1. Using a healthcare organization you know well, provide three (3) examples of each of the classes of quality measures (structure, process, and outcome).
Healthcare organization quality measures examples:
Structural Measures:
The ratio of providers to patients.
Whether the health care organization uses electronic medical records or medication order entry systems.
The number or proportion of board-certified physicians.
Process Measures:
The percentage of people with diabetes who had their blood sugar tested and controlled.
The percentage of people receiving preventive services (such as mammograms or immunizations).
Outcome Measures:
The rate of surgical complications or hospital-acquired infections.
The percentage of patients who died as a result of surgery (surgical mortality rates).
Improve the patient experience of care and health of populations.
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