Use the following resources for this assignment:

• Hospital Compare website

Choose an organization from the Hospital Compare website.

Review your selected hospital’s qu

• The available quality measures include:
  • Survey of patients’ experience
  • Timely & effective care
  • Readmissions, complications & death
  • Use of medical imaging
  • Medicare payment
  • Number of Medicare patients

Select a quality measure as the basis for this assignment.

*Be sure to select a quality measure that displays current hospital performance data.

Write a 1,050- to 1,400-word paper in which you:

• Describe your selected quality measure, including all sub-categories.
• Perform a GAP analysis of your hospital’s performance data by comparing them to State and National averages.
• Interpret your GAP analysis results and explain their significance as they relate to the hospital’s performance.
• Create a graphic comparison of actual performance versus state and national averages.
• Propose recommendations to fill any gaps that exist along with a timeframe for completion.

ality measures and performance data outlined in the tabs on the Hospital Profile.