Post Your Introduction [WLOs: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5] [CLOs: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6] Introduce yourself to the class! In your initial post, include the following: Your nickname, if any.The state where you live.Your

Post Your Introduction [WLOs: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5] [CLOs: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]

Introduce yourself to the class! In your initial post, include the following:

• Your nickname, if any.
• The state where you live.
• Your hobbies.
• Share one thing you consider to be unusual or unique about yourself or any other interesting information you would like to share with the class.
• Review the weekly modules and include at least one topic in your post that you are interested in learning more about and how the topic(s) may relate to your professional interests or goals.

Note: Review the Project Brief: Quality Improvement Initiatives page for your Collaborative Project: Quality Improvement Initiatives assignment due in week 5.

Project Brief: Quality Improvement Initiatives

In Week 1, your instructor will assign you to a team of three to five for the Collaborative Project: Quality Improvement Initiatives. 

This project is a scenario-based role-play in which you and your team members will prepare a group presentation for a hospital quarterly meeting. This week, you will communicate with your team to select a hospital to be your employer from the hospitals listed on the Medicare.gov Find and Compare Providers Near YouLinks to an external site. webpage.

• In this scenario, you work in the Department of Quality Improvement (QI) at your team’s chosen hospital.
• Over the next five weeks, your team will develop its unique culture and dynamics. As you and your team members embark on this journey, fostering a culture of trust and collaboration is crucial.
• Your CEO calls on you and your colleagues in the QI department to resolve the low-performing quality and patient safety issues that you all identify for your team’s selected hospital.

Scenario

• The hospital CEO asks your team to present the collaborative quality improvement initiatives in the next hospital quarterly meeting, which is in five weeks.
• You will meet with your team members virtually to elect a team leader to organize the final presentation for the Collaborative Project: Quality Improvement Initiatives assignment.
• You and your team members can begin brainstorming and deciding which low-performing quality and patient safety issues your team will address.
• Your decisions will significantly impact on the quality of care we provide.
• Your decisions will have a significant impact on the quality of care we provide.
• Each team member will work on a unique issue.
• You also need to begin brainstorming the mission and vision statement of the QI department, which you will include as part of the final presentation in Week 5.
• Your team will choose the best virtual meeting method via Zoom, email, or other telecommunication tools.
• Each member is encouraged to work collaboratively, trust each other's abilities, and support one another in learning and completing individual QI initiatives.

Over the next five weeks, your team must develop its culture and dynamics. Team members must work collaboratively, trust each other, and help each other learn and complete individual QI initiatives.  This unity will be the cornerstone of your success.

While you each will be writing your own papers for your Week 2, Week 3, and Week 6 assignments, you will need to come together as a team to establish which elements you each will cover. No two team members can research the same initiative.  

The Collaborative Project Team Charter can help team leaders facilitate the team processes. Refer to the Examples of QI Initiatives From a Team, to understand how to select a specific measure from the website. Team leaders then need to submit the complete Team's QI Initiatives document to the instructor.

Review the Navigating the Medicare.gov Website video.

MHA624: Week 01 Navigating the Medicare.gov Website TranscriptDownload MHA624: Week 01 Navigating the Medicare.gov Website Transcript

Refer to the following outline for the expected deliverables of this project:

• Week 2: After choosing the hospital your team will research, each team member must select their own quality or patient safety measure and independently complete their QI initiative for the Quality Improvement Initiative: Part 1 paper.
• Week 3: Each team member will work independently to identify QI tools or methods and assess stakeholders of their QI initiative for the Quality Improvement Initiative: Part 2 paper.
• Week 5: Each team member will send their individual slide to include their name, QI Initiative, and SMART goals to the team leader who will incorporate the QI initiative presentations into a templated PowerPoint presentation on Day 1 of the week.
• Week 6: Each team member will work independently to assess health information technology used to support their QI initiative, assess how the QI initiative fits into the strategic plan, and determine how to evaluate its effectiveness. Each team member will write a paper for the Quality Improvement Initiative final project.
  • Be sure to include Quality Improvement Initiative: Part 1 paper and Quality improvement Initiative: Part 2 paper in your final project

ResourcesVideo

The University of Arizona Global Campus. (n.d.). Navigating the Medicare.gov websiteLinks to an external site.. [Video]. Kaltura. https://uagc.mediaspace.kaltura.com/media/MHA624+%7C+Week+01+%7C+Continuous+Quality+Improvement+and+Accreditation/1_btou7wab

Supplemental Materials

The University of Arizona Global Campus. (n.d.). Collaborative project team charter Download Collaborative project team charter[Worksheet]. Canvas@UAGC. https://login.uagc.edu

The University of Arizona Global Campus. (n.d.). Teams QI initiatives Download Teams QI initiatives[Worksheet]. Canvas@UAGC. https://login.uagc.edu

The University of Arizona Global Campus. (n.d.). Examples of QI initiatives from a team Download Examples of QI initiatives from a team. Canvas@UAGC. https://login.uagc.edu

The University of Arizona Global Campus. (n.d.). Navigating the Medicare.gov website Download Navigating the Medicare.gov website[Guide]. Canvas@UAGC. https://login.uagc.edu

The University of Arizona Global Campus. (n.d.). Joint Commission E-dition: Accessing Joint Commission E-dition Download Joint Commission E-dition: Accessing Joint Commission E-dition[Tipsheet]. Canvas@UAGC. https://login.uagc.edu