HA425Unit2Assignment.docx Historical Evolution of Healthcare HA425 Operational Analys

HA425Unit2Assignment.docx    Historical Evolution of Healthcare   HA425 Operational Analysis and Quality Improvement  Purdue Global University  Introduction   You cant know where youre going until you know where youve been, and in healthcare thats no different. Healthcare is continuously changing, from new technology to new healthcare reform so its important to know its history, from there you can start to improve the future. There are some incredible pioneers in the history of improving the quality of healthcare. You have Florence Nightingale, Dr. Ignaz Semmelweis, Ernst Codman and many more. Its important to note how far the U.S. has come in our efforts to reform healthcare. The Affordable Care Act, Medicare/Medicaid are part of the continuous improvement.   Part 1 Explain the historical evolution of healthcare quality improvement programs.  Healthcare quality improvement can be traced back hundreds of years, they were just never labeled as programs. You have pioneers such as Florence Nightingale, whos quality improvements include limiting the amount of beds to not overcrowd, not allowing horses to remain in the hospital with the humans and making sure the bathrooms were sanitized. Her quality improvements reduced mortality rates by a significant rate. Dr. Ignaz Semmelweis is known for discovery of handwashing and how it reduced the spread of infections or diseases.   However, it wasnt until about 1910 that things really started to change. Following Ernst Codmans that the American College of Surgeo