Quality Healthcare:
Week 3: Quality Healthcare: Measuring NP Performance
Purpose
The purpose of this assignment is to have students research the measurement tools of NP performance. Through the use of quality patient outcomes, student will list and discuss three different patient interventions and how they would specifically measure the outcomes and how these primary care interventions result in improved patient outcomes and cost savings for the practice. In addition, students will discuss how these interventions result in improved patient ratings.
Activity Learning Outcomes
Through this assignment, the student will demonstrate the ability to:
1. Employ strategies to impact the development, implementation, and consequences of holistic healthcare policies using evidence-based practice principles (CO1)
2. Critically analyze how healthcare systems and APRN practice are organized and influenced by ethical, legal, economic and political factors (CO2)
3. Demonstrate professional and personal growth concerning the advocacy role of the advanced practice nursing in fostering policy within diverse healthcare settings (CO3)
4. Analyze social, historical, ethical and political contexts of healthcare policies and advanced practice leadership (CO4)
5. Advocate for institutional, local, national and international policies that fosters person-centered healthcare and nursing practice (CO5)
Requirements:
The National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) (https://www.ncqa.org/ (Links to an external site.)) was formed to ensure quality of patient care and measurement of patient outcomes with set standards.
Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set (HEDIS) is a performance measurement tool used by millions of health insurance plans. There are 6 domains of care:
· Effectiveness of Care.
· Access/Availability of Care.
· Experience of Care.
· Utilization and Risk Adjusted Utilization.
· Health Plan Descriptive Information.
· Measures Collected Using Electronic Clinical Data Systems
(NCQA, n.d. https://www.ncqa.org/hedis/ (Links to an external site.))
