Description
This week's graded discussion topic relates to the following Course Outcome (CO).
- CO 5: Apply improvement methods, based on data from the outcomes of care processes, to design and test changes to continuously improve the quality and safety of healthcare. (PO 8)
Discussion
Review the story at the link below before posting to the discussion:
Rau, J. (2015). Half of nation’s hospitals fail again to escape Medicare’s readmission penalties. Kaiser Health News. Retrieved from http://khn.org/news/half-of-nations-hospitals-fail-again-to-escape-medicares-readmission-penalties/ (Links to an external site.)
After you have finished, consider how you would respond to the following situation:
Your local hospital has received notice from CMS (Centers for Medicare and Medicaid) regarding their readmission rates.
- As a BSN prepared nurse, you have been asked to serve as a consultant to suggest a new Quality (Performance) Improvement process for ONE of the areas of deficiency. Write some brief steps (suggestions) for improvement as you contemplate accepting the consulting opportunity.
- Share practice improvements utilized from your own clinical nursing experiences that have led to enhanced patient outcomes.
Grading
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Explanation & Answer
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Transition quality improvement
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As a BSN prepared nurse, you have been asked to serve as a consultant to suggest a new
Quality (Performance) Improvement process for ONE of the areas of deficiency. Write
some brief steps (suggestions) for improvement as you contemplate accepting the
consulting opportunity.
As a BSN prepared nurse, I have been asked to serve as a consultant to recommend a new
Quality Improvement process for transition of care, as an area of deficiency. Ineffective care
transitions after a stay in the hospital increase the rates and costs of hospital readmissions. To
reduce the number of hospital readmissions and avoid Medicare readmission penalties, the
hospital must focus on improving the transition of care from the hospital to a patient’s home.
Root cause analysis
The quality improvement method that will be used in this case is the root cause a...
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