Healthcare delivery systems’ quality and improvement programs are designed to achieve improvement in needed areas. Usually there is a proposal or formal planning process before an improvement program/project begins.

Case Assignment

You are the Quality Improvement Director at Trident International Hospital (TIH). Select an area of interest that you would like to improve upon in the hospital, for example, reduction of patient falls. Be as specific as possible with your selection. You are to develop a proposal for an improvement plan/program for your selected area of interest. Include the following in a 2- to 3-page proposal:

1. Title Page – On the title page, identify the name of your plan (i.e., TIH Reduction in Patient Falls 2018: Quality Improvement Plan).
2. Key Features – Identify 3-4 key characteristics of your area of improvement (i.e., quarterly patient fall staff training, increase staffing by 10% by 2020 to assist with effective patient monitoring, etc.).
3. Impact on Healthcare Delivery System – Identify and explain how the improvement will impact healthcare delivery from a patient and organizational perspective.
4. Importance – Explain the importance of your improvement.
5. Benefits – Identify and explain 2-3 benefits of the area of improvement.
6. Challenges – Identify and explain 2-3 challenges in executing your improving plan/program (i.e., challenges related to understaffing and finances may impact program efficiencies).
7. Timeline – Identify a reasonable timeline to completion of your project.
8.  Expected Outcomes – Identify 2-3 outcomes from your improvement plan (i.e., reduce patient falls by 30% by year 2020).

Note: The example used in this assignment cannot be used in your submission.

Assignment Expectations

Conduct additional research to gather sufficient information to justify/support your report.

1. Limit your response to a maximum of 3 pages (title and reference page is not included in page number count).
2. Support your report with peer-reviewed articles, using at least 3 to 4 references. Use the following link for additional information on how to recognize peer-reviewed journals: http://www.angelo.edu/services/library/handouts/peerrev.php.
3. You may use the following source to assist in formatting your assignment: https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/research_and_citation/apa_style/apa_formatting_and_style_guide/general_format.html
4. For additional information on reliability of sources, review the following source: https://nccih.nih.gov/health/webresources.
5. This assignment will be graded based on the content in the rubric.