patient-centered,

patient-centered,

The Institute of Medicine’s six domains of healthcare quality—safe, effective, patient-centered, timely, efficient, and equitable—provide a framework for assessing quality and guiding improvement. Though broad, the do

The Institute of Medicine’s six domains of healthcare quality—safe, effective, patient-centered, timely, efficient, and equitable—provide a framework for assessing quality and guiding improvement. Though broad, the domains can help in generating more specific measures to monitor within an organization.

*For example, if a nurse executive were interested in the timeliness of care, he or she may want to analyze appointment wait times.

*For this assignment, you consider your own experiences in healthcare settings—either professional or personal—and evaluate one situation for its markers of quality.

mains can help in generating more specific measures to monitor within an organization.

*For example, if a nurse executive were interested in the timeliness of care, he or she may want to analyze appointment wait times.

*For this assignment, you consider your own experiences in healthcare settings—either professional or personal—and evaluate one situation for its markers of quality.