Quality Assurance in Healthcare Systems

Quality Assurance in Healthcare Systems

Assignment 2: Quality Assurance—SWOT Analysis

You are to develop a two- to three-page SWOT (strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats) analysis for the quality assurance program of your hospice facility. You will present your analysis to senior management. There are several SWOT analysis examples on the Internet that you may access and use, including Excel spreadsheets.

1.     Assess a hospice's internal quality strengths and quality weaknesses.

2.     Analyze the hospice industry for opportunities and threats. 

Include the following external factors that impact the hospice facility:

o    consumer and social

o    competitive

o    technological

o    economic

o    legal and regulatory

3.     Make a recommendation to senior management based upon the results of the SWOT analysis