DOCTORATE WRITERS: NUR 630 Overview of Quality in Health Care

DOCTORATE WRITERS: NUR 630 Overview of Quality in Health Care

Heightening the application of technology in health care is a quality improvement measure that plays a significantrole in reducing medical errors in healthcare. Before the intenseapplication of technology in healthcare, human errors were at their pinnacle as compared to the generation of technology (Zhang et al., 2019). For instance, modern healthcare technology comes with improved communication and automation of systems that limit health care professionals from making errors that can cost patients’ lives. Improving electronic medical records documentation through the EHR systems is important in limiting confusion of particular medication offered to patients (Billstein-Leber et al., 2018). Besides, it augments professional communication, allowing nurses and physicians to dispense their healthcare duties with minimal errors. The increased medical errors in healthcare institutions pave the way for constructive changes aligning with the current technology to increase quality and safety in healthcare.

QI Process Chosen

Incorporating the PDSA model as Quality Improvement (QI) for solving the issue of medical errors would be important increasing patient safety. The model is the shorthand meant to test the planned change, carry out the tests, observe and learn from the consequence, and determine the required modification that would effectively solve the proposed problem. The reason for choosing the PSDA model as a QI process is that it can test a proposed change (Leis & Shojania, 2017). The issues of medical errors are dynamic, implying that a measure taken now to solve the problem might not be effective after one or two years. This calls for the need to test changes and make improvements where necessary. Each of the proposed changes in healthcare would be subjected to the PDSA cycles that would aid in ascertaining their ability to solve the problem of medical errors in healthcare. Therefore, the model is important in ensuring that the planned change positively affects the quality of health care.

Data Sources for Outcome and Process

Administrative data and nurse surveys are the main sources of data for unveiling the extent of medical errors in health care. The need to protect health care professionals and the management of health care institutions does not allow them to record the cause of death of a patient as caused by medical error. Therefore, patient medical records might not unveil the exact data that would be important in solving the issue (Zhang et al., 2019). The data on the outcome process on the medical errors’ interventions would come from the nurse surveys as the nurses would table their experience about these errors in the past. The nurse surveys would as well be important in realizing the current state of the problem and how the problem might change in the future. The process data would also come from administrative data. This data would show some of the past cases of errors that the health care system has been dealing with in the past (Zhang et al., 2019). Besides, they outline the past measures that were taken to ensure that medical errors reduce among healthcare professionals.

Capturing and Dissemination of Data

The collected information from the questionnaires from the nurses and the administration would be done through an online survey. The online survey allows responses to be transmitted electronically. Besides, the electronically transmitted data would allow easy comparison and development of a particular trend (Tore et al., 2021).Electronic capturing and disseminating data is easier, thus reducing research time and selecting effective measures to reduce falls among patients. Moreover, capturing data from nurses and other professionals through an online system reduces the survey time and provides the professional with a better time to participate in the survey as they are offered in their free time.

Organizational Culture Considerations will be Essential to the Success of the Work

Confidentiality among the nurses and other healthcare professionals is one of the organizational cultures that would be important in addressing the issue. The clinic or management of healthcare institutions might be afraid to provide data on human error, and thus, they have to ensure effective confidentiality when giving such information. Trust developed among health care professionals, and administration would be important in solving issues of medical errors as they would be better placed in developing and implementing effective options that solve the issue (Tore et al., 2021). The connection between healthcare workers is also important in learning cultural competencies that aid in improving health care outcomes among patients with a high risk of falling.

Conclusion

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