Quality healthcare: principles, practices, and outcomes

Quality Health
If I were to assume the CEO position and recommend someone for the Chief Quality officer, being a position that predominantly deals with quality data collection and handling, a background knowledge and experience in the clinical sector would be of requisite importance. The individual also needs to have a comfortable knowledge in technology and IT since he is an individual who will be interacting with the technology department staff quite often. At a personal level, the individual needs to be a team player and a team builder. He needs to be a coach who is able to handle emotionally charged challenges and the adverse events. A person with knowledge in the business administration would also be instrumental in ensuring the CQO position is filed in with the most qualified person.
Unintended consequences of the use of electronic documentation tools
In as much as the electronic documentation is meant to make work easier for clinicians, there are consequences or effects that may come without necessarily being intended. There is possibility of overdependence on technology as a consequence since with the breakdown of the system will be met by a staff that had dissociated with the paper regime. The other consequence is the never –ending demand for system changes as there will be upgrades required and adjustment of the documents as additional parameters are added on the paper based records and documents (Health IT, 2017).
Accreditation and adherence to standards
Accreditation is often done by qualified bodies that are legally charged with the task of accrediting institutions and individuals across the nation. The accreditation takes place in line with some standards set hence the person who passes the accreditation will be the best that can there be in the market. The adherence to standards set by the accreditation and standards bodies in nursing will ensure the safety of the patients and the continued improvement of healthcare quality. In as much as accreditation may take a relatively short period of time, adherence is a lifetime commitment of every medic who still practices in the medical field since the standards cannot be reduced at any given point, instead there can be increase in minimums expected.
Cultural barriers and enablers
Cultural barriers and enablers are instrumental in considering the quality of the services that are offered in the health care system. Getting acquainted with the various cultures that a medic deals with will help in reducing the health disparity and improve on the culture sensitive or tolerant medical attention given to patients. Cultural barriers include lack of knowledge of the language of the patient, lack of knowledge on the dressing code and gender based cultural considerations between the health care provider and the patients, diversity in medical beliefs and drug adherence between races. There is also the concern of racial concordance between the medical practitioner and the patient which often plays a detrimental role in quality service provision.
References
Health IT, (2017). Introduction to Unintended Consequences. https://www.healthit.gov/unintended-consequences/content/module-i-introduction-unintended-consequences.html