Description Healthcare today is complex and growing more complex every day. Systems thinking provides a model that helps organizations analyze the relationships between the system’s parts for better decision-making (Cordone,

Description Systems thinking is an effective way of thinking about healthcare. It can be used as the foundation for automating, simplifying, improving, and changing almost any aspect of a healthcare

Description A root cause analysis (RCA) is a structured approach of problem solving methods used to reveal the causes of problems or events (American Society for Quality, n.d.). RCA is

Description Instructions In 2006, the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) launched the 5 Million Lives Campaign, a nationwide quality initiative to significantly reduce levels of morbidity and mortality in the

Description The main focus of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) is to provide more Americans with access to affordable health insurance, improve the quality of healthcare and

Description Healthcare organizations face a multitude of challenges when it comes to documenting and tracking supplies that come and go through a facility (Carr, Pilch, & Shill, 2016). When William