Answer the assigned questions completely and in narrative, third person format. The paper consist of 1600 WORDS. Also, include at least four (4) scholarly sources in your responses that. Sources used MUST be from 2016-2021. Paper must be completed in APA format. NO PLAGIARISM! The assignment must be completed by FRIDAY May 14, 2021 at 5:00PM central time. MUST BE SUBMITTED ON TIME MEETING ALL EXPECTATIONS!
1. There are three types of homes delivering service/care in healthcare. The more popular types of homes delivering care are home health, assisted living, and skilled nursing facilities. What are they and who do they serve?
2. Some healthcare systems have established goals for their physicians to admit certain numbers of patients into their hospitals, praising doctors who met or exceeded their goals. Is this good management practice? Is it different for doctors who are employees of the health system versus voluntary members of the medical staff?
3. One of the measures of success is patient satisfaction. Please define patient satisfaction and how and by whom it is currently measured? Are these measures reliable and valid? Provide supporting research. What specific action steps can be taken based on patient satisfaction data? For example if satisfaction with nursing is low what should leaders and managers do? Look for root cause? Punish all the nurses? Send all nurses to training in customer satisfaction?
4. Steps are continually being taken to improve measures of patient satisfaction to provide specific actionable data. Identify at least three changes that demonstrated measured improvement in the measurement tools? Who has the best tool? What is the most used tool not HCAHPS. Who determines the value of the tools? Free market?
