Assignment 4

In this Assignment, you will be assessing the quality of services provided by hospitals. Likewise, you will also assess how these hospitals can improve their organizational performance.

· Using the Medicare Hospital Compare website, research two hospitals varying in quality performance*

· One hospital should display a high level of quality

· One hospital should display a low level of quality

Please use Sanford Medical Center, and Essentia Health Center in Fargo, ND

Reference: http://www.medicare.gov/hospitalcompare/search.html

· Provide a general overview of each hospital (e.g., name, location, bed size, ownership, etc.)

· Discuss the quality performance differences between hospitals (e.g., survey results, deficiencies, complaints, services provided, value, etc.)

· Discuss how the first hospital is able to yield a high level of quality.

· Discuss opportunities for the second hospital to increase their level of quality.

· Synthesize how each hospital could potentially increase value to their existing services.

· Report your findings by using one (1) of the methods below:

· 3-4 page paper excluding front and back matter (APA standards apply).