NR 447 Week 6 Performance Measurement Assignment Latest

Performance Measurement PowerPoint Slideshow:

Guidelines

Purpose

The purpose of this assignment is to locate and compare performance measurement data on common health conditions for the hospitals in your area. You will investigate the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services websites and locate hospital compare data for hospitals within a 50 mile radius of the community where you are working or had your pre licensure clinical experiences. You will prepare a PowerPoint presentation and share the results of your findings. Opportunities for improving performance measurement indicators will be shared.

Course Outcomes

Completion of this assignment enables the student to meet the following course outcomes.

CO 1: Apply leadership concepts, skills, and decision making in the provision of high-quality nursing care, healthcare team management, and the oversight and accountability for care delivery in a variety of settings. (PO 2)

CO 2: Implement patient safety and quality improvement initiatives within the context of the inter professional team through communication and relationship building. (PO 3)

CO 3: Participate in the development and implementation of imaginative and creative strategies to enable systems to change. (PO 7)

CO 7: Apply leadership concepts in the development and initiation of effective plans for the microsystems and system-wide practice improvements that will improve the quality of healthcare delivery. (POs 2 and 3)

CO 8: Apply concepts of quality and safety using structure, process and outcome measures to identify clinical questions as the beginning process of changing current practice. (PO 8)

Due Dates

This assignment is to be submitted to the Dropbox by Sunday, 11:59 p.m. MT, end of Week 6.

Points

This assignment is worth 200 points.

Directions

1. Review information found on the following website related to hospital compare Read the information carefully and then locate the following website. Search for hospitals within a 50 mile radius of the community where you are working or had your pre licensure clinical experiences. Type in your zip code. Select your hospital and two others. Select hospitals/facilities and choose compare. If you live in a remote area and there are no hospitals listed within a 50 mile radius, select a zip code for a family member or a close friend who does not live near you. The idea is to review comparative data.

2. Click on the following topics to learn more. a. Survey of patient’s experiences b. Timely and effective care (focus your search on two of the conditions that apply to services provided at the hospitals) c. Readmissions, complications, and deaths

3. Carefully read the information provided.

4. Develop a PowerPoint slideshow consisting of 8–10 slides. Include the following, keeping in mind what all this data means.

a. Title slide with information pertinent to the course.

b. List reasons to recommend hospital care to consumers (patients).

c. List reasons to recommend hospital compare to staff who may seek employment.

d. Summarize patient experiences data for each hospital.

e. Summarize timely and effective care data for two conditions.

f. Summarize data for readmissions or complications and deaths.

g. List recommendations for improving data for one selected facility.

h. Summarize what you learned from this experience.

5. Develop PowerPoint slides to include criteria listed above. For those not familiar with the development of a PowerPoint slideshow, the following link may be helpful. Submit your PowerPoint slide show to the Dropbox.

Grading Criteria: Performance Measurement PowerPoint Slideshow

Category	Points	%	Description
Title Slide	10	10%	Slide contains pertinent information related to assignment, course, student, date, and faculty member.
Reasons to recommend hospital compare to patients	20	20%	Format of reasons is logical, easy to read, and specific.
Reasons to recommend hospital compare to staff	30	20%	Format of reasons is logical, easy to read, and specific.
Data related to patient experiences	30	30%	Three hospitals are labeled A, B, and C and data related to patient experiences is displayed
Data related to timely and effective care	30	30%	Three hospitals are labeled A, B, and C. Two different conditions are named and applied to hospitals A, B, and C.
Data related to readmissions, complications, and deaths	30	30%	Three hospitals are labeled A, B, and C. Data related to readmissions, complications, and deaths are appropriately displayed.
Recommendations for improving data for one facility	20	20%	Either hospital A, B, or C is specified, and recommendations for improving data are appropriately displayed.
Summary of learning related to this assignment	20	20%	Learning about completing this assignment is stated. Summary of learning is displayed with lists, bulleted items, or other creative ways.
Scholarly writing and formatting	10	10%	Slides are provided and labeled appropriately. Punctuation and sentence structure are correct. There is evidence of spell and grammar check.
Total	200	100%	A quality assignment will meet or exceed all of the above requirements.