An organizations culture can have a big effect on its capacity to successfully execute quality improvement initiatives. Analyzing situations where quality improvements were inhibited from being implemented, one can realize the elements of a culture that can promptly make improvements impossible even when those improvements will end up help in saving many, lives. Read about these three examples of problematic organizational cultures: 1. Article about Florence Nightingale- The Many Wars Of Florence Nightingale DALE 2. Discussion about Ignaz Semmelweis- Ignaz Semmelweis: The Savior of Mothers On the 200th Anniversary of the Birth 3. Article about a culture of blame and denial- Going from a Culture of Blame and Denial to a Culture of Safety 4. Then, consider what elements of those organizational cultures were problematic. In the examples of Nightingale and Semmelweis, you will also see how these people applied logical analyses (to the problem-solving frameworks) of metrics and data they collected. In this Paper Address the following: 1. What is your reaction to the examples of resistance to improvement initiatives. 2. Describe a few reasons for hesitancy toward the different quality improvement initiatives. 3. Do you think those reasons apply to todays healthcare industry? 4. Can the utilization of a problem-solving framework (for example, PDSA or FMEA) impact the organizational culture or perspective on improvement initiatives at a healthcare organization? 5. What do you think are the biggest hindrances for improvements in the healthcare industry today? Share a personal or professional experience of a quality problem in the industry, use an article to emphasize your claims or both. APA 7 formats citations and references. Please, put proper in-text citations and cite all references.Show more
