Linking the Project to Outcome Measurements Paper

Linking the Project to Outcome Measurements Paper

Linking the Project to Outcome Measurements Paper

. Outcome measurements in healthcare are critical to evaluating the effectiveness of care interventions offered to patients by providers. According to the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) (n.d.), outcome measurements show the effects of health care services or interventions on patients’ health status. The agency advances that outcome measurements represent the “gold standards” in evaluating quality. However, these measurements occur due to a host of factors, many beyond the providers’ control. In their paper, Kampstra et al. (2018) observe that outcome measurements are critical and used by organizations to evaluate their quality levels and effective care delivery. Quality improvement initiatives in different organizations require the use of outcome measurements as the standards to inform the different actions or decisions that an entity can take to enhance overall care provision.

The outcome measurements include readmissions, care safety, mortality, effectiveness of the care offered, patient care experience, timeliness of care and efficient utilization of medical imaging and mortality rates or events in a hospital (Alhowimel et al., 2021). At the core of measuring, reporting, and comparing outcome measurements in health is the need to attain the Quadruple Aim of healthcare.  The Quadruple Aim is a model that implores stakeholders to enhance patient care experience, improve the health of population, reduce the cost of care, and improve the welfare of healthcare providers or workers.

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The purposeful hourly rounding project links to the outcome measurements and Quadruple Aim in different ways. Firstly, the project focuses on improving patient care by reducing adverse events like possible patient falls, susceptibility to medication errors, and ensure that providers attend to patient needs at any moment. Secondly, the project enhances patient safety, reduces possibility of readmission, ensures not mortalities occurs, and demonstrates effective care provision, prompt or timely response to patient needs, and efficient use of healthcare resources. The implication is that these outcome measurements are an integral part of the quality care expected by patients from providers (Savage, 2020). The project also links with the Quadruple Aims framework as it ensures effective identification of issues that will lead to readmissions, and increase cost of care. Hourly rounding improves quality of care by ensuring that providers address patient needs effectively. The rounding leads to better welfare of providers as they can offer quality care services to patients.

 References

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) (n.d.). Types of Health Care Quality

            Measures. https://www.ahrq.gov/talkingquality/measures/types.html

Alhowimel, A., Alodaibi, F., Alotaibi, M., Alamam, D., & Fritz, J. (2021). The Patient-Reported

Outcome Measures Used with Low Back Pain and the Attitude of Primary Healthcare Practitioners in Saudi Arabia toward Them. Medicina, 57(8), 812.

DOI: 10.3390/medicina57080812

Kampstra, N. A., Zipfel, N., van der Nat, P. B., Westert, G. P., van der Wees, P. J., &

Groenewoud, A. S. (2018). Health outcomes measurement and organizational readiness support quality improvement: a systematic review. BMC health services research, 18(1), 1-14. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-018-3828-9

Savage, A. (2020). Reducing Patient Falls Through Purposeful Hourly Rounding. [Doctoral

project. University of St Augustine for Health Sciences]. Student Scholarly Projects Collection. https://doi.org/10.46409/sr.UOZB3951

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Replies to Latha Zacharias
Latha, excellent discussion! According to Tinker (2018), the top seven outcome measurements include mortality, readmissions, safety of care, effectiveness of care, patient experience, timeliness of care, and efficient use of medical imaging. This is really an awe inspiring list of outcomes….and really, all most quality improvements fit into these buckets. What is it important that we focus on targeted areas? There are limited resources in terms of time, talent, and funds. Nurse leaders need to focus on what is critical for organizational outcomes as opposed to working on individual priorities.

The goals of measuring and reporting quality healthcare outcomes is to: improve patient care experience, improve population health, reduce per capita healthcare costs, and reduce clinical and staff burnout (Quadruple Aim) (TInker).

Wow —Think about your projects. How does your project 1) link to the seven outcome measurements; and 2) link to the quadruple outcomes?