1. Read about the Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act of 2005 on the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services website.
2. Review the Joint Commission website, reading each of the Core Measures (soon to be referred to as Accountability Measures), on the right hand side of the web page.
https://www.jointcommission.org/core_measure_sets.aspx
3. Choose one of the listed Core Measures.
4. Compose a 2-3-page scholarly essay.
5. The content of the essay should describe the chosen core measure, an appraisal of how a healthcare facility might follow the requirements in the chosen core measure, and a prediction of the penalties that might occur, if the policy/procedure is not followed.
6. Effectively communicate using well-constructed, thoughtful, organized writing, each of the elements discussed in the breakdown of the assignment’s parts found below.
7. A minimum of five references (none older than five years) required.
8. Please remember your submission will be subject to Safe Assign.
9. Use APA formatting; include a title page, and necessary headings and subheadings.
