Unit 1 Chapter Reading Assignments TEXTBOOK: Healthcare Quality Management: A Case Study ApproachFACHE Pruitt, Zachary, PhD, MHA, NEA-BC Smith, Candace S., PhD, RN, Eddie Perez-Ruberte • Read Ch. 1

Unit 1 Chapter Reading Assignments

TEXTBOOK: Healthcare Quality Management: A Case Study ApproachFACHE Pruitt, Zachary, PhD, MHA, NEA-BC Smith, Candace S., PhD, RN, Eddie Perez-Ruberte

• Read Ch. 1 in Healthcare Quality Management Text

 Question #1

o Prompt: Why does the U.S. healthcare system have lower value than other comparable high-income counties?

o Requirements: Responses should be thorough to reflect a deep understanding of the subject.

• Question #3

o Prompt: Why is healthcare quality management an imperative in today’s healthcare environment?

o Requirements: Responses should be thorough to reflect a deep understanding of the subject.

Unit 2 Chapter Reading Assignments

Chapter Questions: Responses should be submitted by Saturday 11:59 p.m.

• Question #1

o Prompt: Why do you think Ignaz Semmelweis failed where Florence Nightingale succeeded in healthcare quality management?

o Requirements: Responses should be thorough to reflect a deep understanding of the subject.

• Question #4

o Prompt: What does the term “Lean” mean in the context of Womack and Jones’s original research on the Japanese automobile industry? How can Lean be applied to healthcare?

o Requirements: Responses should be thorough to reflect a deep understanding of the subject.