Quality Improvement Initiative: Part 1[WLOs: 2, 5, 6] [CLOs: 1, 3, 4, 5, 6] Prior to beginning work on this assignment, Read Chapter 4 from your course textbook, McLaughlin and Kaluzny’s Continuous Qu

Quality Improvement Initiative: Part 1[WLOs: 2, 5, 6] [CLOs: 1, 3, 4, 5, 6]

Prior to beginning work on this assignment,

• Read Chapter 4 from your course textbook, McLaughlin and Kaluzny’s Continuous Quality Improvement in Health Care (5th ed.).
• Review The Joint Commission E-dition Database video.https://uagc.instructure.com/courses/142578/files/22832658/?wrap=1 

https://uagc.instructure.com/courses/142578/files/22832658/?wrap=1

MHA624: Week 02 The Joint Commission E-dition Database TranscriptDownload MHA624: Week 02 The Joint Commission E-dition Database Transcript

• Review the Joint Commission E-dition: Accessing Joint Commission E-dition Download Joint Commission E-dition: Accessing Joint Commission E-ditiontipsheet.

For this assignment, you will write a 3- to 5-page paper detailing the information you found from your research regarding your chosen measure (e.g., sepsis care or colonoscopy follow-up) or at the team’s selected hospital. Recall from the Project Brief: Quality Improvement Initiatives that your team is to select a hospital from the Medicare.gov Find & Compare Providers Near YouLinks to an external site. webpage.https://www.medicare.gov/care-compare/

In order to fulfill the CEO’s request to identify the low-performing quality and patient safety issues in the hospital, browse through the following categories listed on the webpage for your team’s selected hospital:

• Patient Survey Rating
• Timely and Effective Care
• Complications & Deaths
• Unplanned Hospital Visits
• Maternal Health
• Psychiatric Unit Services
• Payment & Value of Care

Note: No two team members can research the same measure/initiative. Each team member will be working independently on their chosen measure/initiative. If you feel you need support, reach out to your team members.

After your team selects a hospital, explore the categories listed on your chosen hospital’s webpage to understand how it scores. Be sure to scroll down and expand each category to review the measures nested within the category. You can refer to the following examples:

• Example 1: The ABC Hospital, under the category “Timely and Effective Care" for Sepsis Care, scored 53% for this measure. This number is the percentage of patients who received appropriate care for severe sepsis and septic shock. The national average was 60%, and the state average was 55%. This is a low-performing quality and patient safety issue that could be explored.
• Example 2: Under the category “Timely and Effective Care” for Emergency Department Care, this hospital had 146 minutes for the measure “average (median) time patients spent in the emergency department before leaving from the visit.” The national average was 172 minutes, and the state average was 158 minutes. But another hospital in the same area had an average of 125 minutes. This measure could be explored as well.

In your paper,

• Describe your chosen hospital’s services or products and customers served.
• Evaluate one measure of your choice.
  • Compare your chosen hospital’s performance regarding your selected measure with the state average or national average.
  • Remember that each team member must have a unique measure.
• Discuss the importance of your selected measure (e.g., accreditation status, patient safety, and/or hospital financial status).
• Define two to three SMART goals that will improve your selected measure.
  • Be sure to include all five elements—specific, measurable, attainable, relevant, and time-bound—in each goal.
  • The following are examples of appropriate goals:
    • To implement an up-and-running emergency department tracking system by 12/31/2024.
    • To hire and train an additional five nurses to meet the staff-to-patient ratio during peak times by 12/31/2024.
    • To reduce the turnaround time at 10% for lactic acid/lactate levels laboratory testing by 12/31/2024.
• Analyze specific local, state, or national policies (e.g., The Joint Commission standards) that have been developed to improve your selected measure based on evidence-based practice research.

The Quality Improvement Initiative: Part 1 paper

• must be 3 to 5 double-spaced pages in length (not including title and references pages) and formatted according to APA StyleLinks to an external site. as outlined in the Writing Center’s APA Formatting for Microsoft WordLinks to an external site. resource.
• must include a separate title page with the following in title case:
  • title of paper in bold font
    • Space should appear between the title and the rest of the information on the title page.
  • student’s name
  • name of institution (The University of Arizona Global Campus)
  • course name and number
  • instructor’s name
  • due date
• must utilize academic voice.
  • Review the Academic VoiceLinks to an external site. resource for additional guidance.
• must include an introduction and conclusion paragraph.
  • Your introduction paragraph needs to end with a clear thesis statement that indicates the purpose of your paper.
  • For assistance in writing Introductions & ConclusionsLinks to an external site. and Writing a Thesis StatementLinks to an external site., refer to the Writing Center resources.
• must use at least 2 scholarly or peer-reviewed sources in addition to the course text.
  • The Scholarly, Peer-Reviewed, and Other Credible SourcesLinks to an external site. table offers additional guidance on appropriate source types. If you have questions about whether a specific source is appropriate for this assignment, please contact your instructor. Your instructor has the final say about the appropriateness of a specific source.
  • To assist you in completing the research required for this assignment, refer to this Quick and Easy Library ResearchLinks to an external site. tutorial, which introduces the University of Arizona Global Campus Library and the research process and provides some library search tips.
• must document any information used from sources in APA Style as outlined in the Writing Center’s APA: Citing Within Your PaperLinks to an external site. guide.
• must include a separate references page that is formatted according to APA Style as outlined in the Writing Center.
  • Refer to the APA: Formatting Your References ListLinks to an external site. resource in the Writing Center for specifications.

Carefully review the Grading RubricLinks to an external site. for the criteria that will be used to evaluate your assignment.