How the Intervention Improves Quality of Care, Enhance Patient Safety and Reduce Costs to System and Individual

How the Intervention Improves Quality of Care, Enhance Patient Safety and Reduce Costs to System and Individual

The proposed intervention improves the quality of care given to the patient in the case study. The use of web-based self-management interventions for hypertension and pre-diabetes minimize the risk of adverse events. The reduction in risk is attributed to blood pressure and glycemic control. The interventions also promote the provision of patient-centered care. The use of web-based interventions ensures that the patent is in constant interaction with the healthcare providers. The interaction ensures continuity in the care provision for the patient, hence, enhanced wellbeing and health outcomes. The proposed intervention also aims at promoting patient safety. The intervention promotes the safety of the patient by minimizing any harm due to complications of hypertension and pre-diabetes (Aminuddin et al., 2019). The intervention also promotes cost-effectiveness in care. As noted in the earlier analysis, web-based interventions minimize visits to the emergency department and hospital admission among patients with chronic illnesses. The use of the interventions also reduces healthcare spending due to the reduction in adverse events related to hypertension and pre-diabetes. The intervention also promotes efficiency in resource utilization in health organizations. The reduction in hospital re-admission rates and visits to the emergency department minimize the resources that could have been used in health organizations to provide care to patients with hypertension and pre-diabetes (Li et al., 2020).

Conclusion

Overall, web-based interventions are effective for the self-management of hypertension and pre-diabetes. Web-based interventions promote safety and quality in the care that would be given to the patient. The interventions minimize the risk of complications as well as the increased need for intensive utilization of healthcare services. The interventions also promote cost-effectiveness in care. Therefore, the implementation of the solution will be done with a consideration of the policies, guidelines and ethics that govern nursing practice.

References

Alessa, T., Hawley, M. S., Hock, E. S., & Witte, L. de. (2019). Smartphone Apps to Support Self-Management of Hypertension: Review and Content Analysis. JMIR MHealth and UHealth, 7(5), e13645. https://doi.org/10.2196/13645