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this discussion, you are tasked with comparing two hospitals, one that is considered a safety-net hospital (public hospitals who care for a large segment of the population who are uninsured or underinsured) and one hospital from a more affluent area in the state where you live.

Visit The Joint Commission: Quality Check (Links to an external site.).
Take the following steps to find two hospitals:

·  Enter a city and state, and then select Locate.

·  A list of hospitals for that city and state will populate on the page. Select View Report.

o  Select View Accreditation History. Next, select the most recent Quality Report, which will open as a PDF document. Scroll down to the pages that list the National Patient Safety Goals and then the National Quality Improvement Goals. Choose one from either list.

o  If you choose a National Patient Safety Goal,

§  State the goal and the procedure(s) indicated in the Organization Should

§  Discuss the implications to the patient, staff (physicians, nurses, medical assistance, pharmacists, etc.) and hospital if the health care professional fails to follow the procedure indicated.

o  If you choose a Quality Improvement Goal,

§  State the measure and explanation of that goal.

§  Discuss how the hospital can improve their performance to meet the target.

·  Repeat the above steps for a second hospital. Reminder, one hospital should be a safety-net hospital and one should serve an affluent community.

·  Next, compare and contrast the differences between the two facilities. After review of the two hospitals, discuss your opinion about the reasons these hospitals could have disparities.