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Quality Improvement Model Application
The purpose of this assignment is to (a) provide examples of a quality improvement initiative or
patient safety issue in any healthcare delivery setting, (b) explore the contributing factors for this
adverse medical outcome, (c) apply quality improvement theories and philosophies to a
healthcare management project, (d) demonstrate an understanding of quality improvement tools
by correctly choosing and using them in specific cases, and (e) recognize the extent of problems
of patient safety in medical care.
Total Points Possible: 300
1. REQUIREMENTS
Assignment Criteria for the Paper
2. IDENTIFY ANY EXISTING QUALITY CONCERN OR AN EXISTING PATIENT SAFETY ISSUE AND
PROVIDE THE RATIONALE FOR CHOOSING THIS ISSUE .
3. EXPLAIN THE BACKGROUND AND SCOPE OF THE PROBLEM .
4. ANALYZE THE ISSUE BASED ON THE APPROPRIATE QUALITY PHILOSOPHY .
5. IDENTIFY THE REGULATORY GUIDELINES , INTERNAL AND /OR EXTERNAL BENCHMARKS , OR
EVIDENCE -BASED PRACTICE STANDARDS SURROUNDING THE ISSUE —EXPLAIN WHAT THAT
EXPECTATION IS AND WHY .
6. USE THE APPROPRIATE QUALITY IMPROVEMENT TOOLS TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY
OUTCOME.
7. DESCRIBE HOW YOU COULD OR WILL GET INVOLVED IN THIS INITIATIVE TO MAKE A
DIFFERENCE AND MOVE IT FORWARD TO ENACTMENT .
8. SUMMARIZE THE CONTENT IN CONCLUDING STATEMENTS.
9. THE BODY OF THE SCHOLARLY PAPER IS TO BE 4–5 PAGES IN LENGTH EXCLUDING TITLE
AND REFERENCE PAGES .
10. GRAMMAR, SPELLING, PUNCTUATION, REFERENCES, AND CITATIONS ARE CONSISTENT WITH
FORMAL ACADEMIC WRITING AND APA FORMAT AS EXPRESSED IN THE CURRENT EDITION .
11. INCLUDE A MINIMUM OF FOUR REFERENCES PUBLISHED WITHIN THE PAST 5 YEARS, NOT
INCLUDING YOUR TEXTBOOK . REFERENCES MAY INCLUDE SCHOLARLY WEBSITES OF
ORGANIZATIONS OR GOVERNMENT AGENCIES AND MUST BE PRESENTED USING APA CURRENT
EDITION FORMAT FOR ELECTRONIC MEDIA .
Category
Points
%
Description
Introduction and quality
concern
25
11%
Identify a quality issue/patient safety issue and
provide a rationale.
Background and scope of the
problem
Goals of improvement
Quality philosophy
application
20
9%
20
35
9%
15%
Analyze the problem from a literature review and a
practical point of view.
Identify three goals to improve the problem.
Using a quality model, analyze the patient safety
concern and the intervention to bridge the gaps.
Identification of the
regulatory guidelines and
internal/external benchmarks
or EBP standards for this
issue
Quality process tool and
improvement
recommendation
40
17%
Discuss all related factors to this problem and explain
what the expectation is and why.
40
17%
Conclusion
APA style
15
10
7%
4%
Scholarly references
15
7%
Grammar and spelling
10
4%
Apply appropriate quality improvement tools to
improve the quality outcome; provide illustrations for
all tools used (flowchart, gap analysis, root cause
analysis, etc.). Choose at least two tools for
implementation.
Provide summary and concluding statements.
Text, title page, and reference page(s) are completely
consistent with APA current edition format.
Paper is 3–5 pages in length, excluding the cover and
reference pages. References include a minimum of 4
scholarly references, excluding the course text.
Rules of grammar, spelling, word usage, and
punctuation are consistent with formal written work.
Total
230
100%
A quality assignment will meet or exceed all of the
above requirements.
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