Identify a quality improvement opportunity in your organization or practice.
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Identify a quality improvement opportunity in your organization or practice. In a 1,250-1,500 word paper, describe the problem or issue and propose a quality improvement initiative based on evidence-based practice. Apply “The Road to Evidence-Based Practice” process(Estabrooks, Midtgaard, & Jeffery, 2011) as a guide to describe how the practice initiative would be implemented.
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The quality improvement opportunity I have identified is improving patient satisfaction in my practice. Patient satisfaction has been an issue in healthcare for many years, and it is increasingly becoming a focus of measurement and quality improvement initiatives. Numerous studies demonstrate the importance of improving patient satisfaction with overall health outcomes, cost savings, and other factors (Hibbard et al., 2003).
To improve patient satisfaction in my practice, I propose implementing an evidence-based program focusing on patient engagement. This program would include educating patients about their diagnosis and treatment options; providing them with resources such as disclosure forms, patient portals, and communication tools; and engaging them throughout their care.
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The first step in implementing this program would be to conduct a literature review to identify best practices for patient engagement. This would involve researching existing evidence-based programs and determining which strategies successfully improve patient satisfaction. After identifying these best practices, I would create an action plan outlining how they will be implemented in my practice.
The next step would be to develop a quality improvement dashboard that tracks key metrics such as patient satisfaction scores and utilization rates. This dashboard could also include data on changes in health outcomes or costs associated with the program.
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Identify a quality improvement opportunity in your organization or practice. In a 1,250-1,500 word paper, describe the problem or issue and propose a quality improvement initiative based on evidence-based practice. Apply “The Road to Evidence-Based Practice” process, illustrated in Chapter 4 of your textbook, to create your proposal.
Include the following:
1. Provide an overview of the problem and the setting in which the problem or issue occurs.
2. Explain why a quality improvement initiative is needed in this area and the expected outcome.
3. Discuss how the results of previous research demonstrate support for the quality improvement initiative and its projected outcomes. Include a minimum of three peer-reviewed sources published within the last 5 years, not included in the Class Resources or textbook, that establish evidence in support of the quality improvement proposed.
4. Discuss steps necessary to implement the quality improvement initiative. Provide evidence and rationale to support your answer.
5. Explain how the quality improvement initiative will be evaluated to determine whether there was improvement.
6. Support your explanation by identifying the variables, hypothesis test, and statistical test that you would need to prove that the quality improvement initiative succeeded.
While APA style is not required for the body of this assignment, solid academic writing is expected, and documentation of sources should be presented using APA formatting guidelines, which can be found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center.
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