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Use the same organization type you selected for the Risk
Management AssessmentSummary in Week Two. Your role as a
consultant continues as you relate risk management policies and
practices to quality management. You must summarize a plan
for the organization’s leadership that will serve as the
foundation for developing a quality management program
description for the organization.
Resource: Quality Management Assessment Summary
Grading Criteria
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Research key concepts of quality management in health
care, factors that influence quality outcomes, and the
relationship between risk management and quality management.

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Write a 1,400- to 1,750-word executive summary in
which you complete the following:o Describe the purpose of
quality management in health care organizations in general and
in your chosen organization type in particular.
o Explain three to five key concepts of quality management.
Comment briefly on why there are so many other names and
terms used to describe quality management—continuous quality
improvement, total quality management, performance
management, and performance improvement—and if these
distinctions are important. Explain the terminology your chosen
organization type uses and why your organization uses them.
o Identify at least three of the organization type’s typical longterm goals and at least three typical short-term goals.
o Identify at least five factors—internal and external—that
influence quality outcomes in your chosen organization type and