Benchmark - Quality Improvement OrganizationsThrough accreditation and certification processes,...

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Benchmark - Quality Improvement Organizations

Through accreditation and certification processes, organizations like the Joint Commission contribute to the quality of health care in the United States. These organizations monitor and evaluate health care organizations, creating and reinforcing standards for patient care and safety.

Write a 1,000-1,250 word paper in which you describe three organizations responsible for monitoring quality in health care organizations. You may not use the Joint Commission, but are encouraged to consider organizations at the state and national levels.

Identify each organization's purpose, duties, and methods of monitoring quality. Describe their impact on quality of care in health care organizations.

Cite at least three references, including your textbook.

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Running Head: HEALTHCARE
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HEALTHCARE
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HEALTHCARE
Table of Contents
3Overview
3Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
3Purpose
4Duties
4Methods of Monitoring Quality
4Impact on Quality of Care in Health Care Organizations
5US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
5Purpose
5Duties
5Methods of Monitoring Quality
6Impact on Quality of Care in Health Care Organizations
6Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
6Purpose
6Duties
6Methods of Monitoring Quality
7Impact on Quality of Care in Health Care Organizations
9References
Overview
Healthcare plays a major role in promoting physical, mental and overall well-being of people all around the world. In context to United States (US) health care system services are provided to the consumer at a reasonable rate. The rules for such transactions are governed by various associations, which are mandated to comply with the laws of the country formed by the federal government. Various healthcare systems of US are designed to look after various departments of healthcare and perform related functions. Some of the most influential regulators of the healthcare system in US are listed below.
Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Purpose 
Firstly, purpose of FDA is to regulate and supervise the safety of foods, tobacco products, radiation emitting products, vaccines, blood and biologics, drugs, medical devices, animal and veterinary products, and cosmetics (Burazeri & Kragelj, 2013). Secondly, it also helps to provide regulations to prevent the initiation, transference of communicable disease (section 361 of the Public Health Service Act) and lastly to furnish regulations governing tissue products.  
Duties
Firstly, the FDA safeguards the public health by guaranteeing the assurance of human and veterinary drugs, biologics, medical devices, nation’s food supply, cosmetics, and radiation emitting products. In addition, it is responsible for assisting the public health by helping to speed up the healthcare’s that make medicines and foods more efficacious, secured, and more low cost. It also responsible that the public get the reliable, science based information they need while using medicines and foods to boost their health. (Food and Drug Administration, 2017).
Methods of Monitoring Quality
Since FDA is an organisation under which various departments deal with specific subjects each performing their respective functions. Therefore,

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