The good intentions, as well as the commitment of a facility to hard work and training of staff, cannot guarantee effectiveness and quality of patient outcomes. Instead, quality improvements and the commitment of staff to hard work must be measured by comparing the outcomes with the established performance benchmarks. Adhering to the standards of care and promoting quality health services stand out as the most crucial aspect of health facilities in contemporary society (Ghazisaeid et al., 2015). This is achieved through healthcare benchmarking. The latter refers to the process of analyzing the performance metrics of a health organization and comparing it with standards developed by a state or health system of similar organizations. Specifically, dashboard benchmarks and other reports about a care facility provide vital information that an organization can use to gauge how they meet the performance standards set by local, state as well as federal laws (Nathan & Kaplan, 2017). Stakeholders and other leaders use the benchmark reports to analyze how an organization is performing by comparing the outcomes with peers. The leaders must understand how the facility conforms to the requirement of health care reforms and how quality outcomes can be improved to meet the established standard. However, in the era of evidence-based care occasioned by technological advancement, the viability of care facilities can be complicated by new regulations that may pose ambiguity in interpretation. This requires healthcare leaders to be well-versed with existing laws of a state and interpret the new regulations to avoid the risk of closure of the facility.
The present article focuses on the dashboard benchmark on standards of care developed by Minneapolis. These benchmarks will be analyzed with respect to Mercy Medical Center based in Shakopee of the state. The article explores the ethical factors in quality care and identifies opportunities for improvement that the selected facility can adopt to optimize quality outcomes to patients.
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[Develop a value-based proposition for change management that incorporates quality and risk-management concepts.]
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[Identify relevant internal and external benchmarks, using a systems-based perspective.]