Question

1. What are national patient safety goals? What is their purpose? a. How many of them are there? b. List them here: 2. What are CMS indicators? 3. What is value-based health care? 4. What is smart medicine? Give some examples. How do you think this will change healthcare?

Answer 1

Answer number 1

There are six National Patient Safety Goals

• GOAL ONE - Identify patients correctly.
• GOAL TWO -   Improve effective communication.
• GOAL THREE - Improve the safety of high-alert medications.
• GOAL FOUR - Ensure safe surgery
• GOAL FIVE - Reduce the risk of health care-associated infections
• GOAL SIX - Reduce the risk of patient harm resulting from falls.

a) The purpose of the National Patient Safety Goals is to improve patient safety.

b) The Joint Commission National Patient Safety Goals are tailored for each of its eight specific programs, from ambulatory care to office- based surgery centre.

C) There are

• Identify patients correctly NPSG. 01.01.01.
• Prevent infection NPSG 07.01.01.
• Improve staff communication NPSG 02.03.01.
• Identify patient safety risks NPSG 15. 01.01.
• Prevent mistakes in surgery UP. 01.01.01.

Answer number 2

• Controlling high Blood pressure.
• Use of High- risk Medications in the Elderly.
• Preventive Care and Screening :Tobacco UseUse : Screening and Cessation Intervention.
• Use of Imaging Studies for Low Back Pain.
• Preventive care and screening for clinical depression and follow up plan.

Answer number 3

Value based health care is a health care delivery model in which provider's,including hospital and physicians, are paid based on patients health outcomes.

Answer number 4

A drug which purportedly improves mental function.

Some examples are,

• Methylphenidate
• Amphetamine
• Modafinil

It will changes in the health care. I think it can improve quality and safety or save money.