Because performance improvement activities are information intensive, organizations must provide the proper resources and systems to support improvements. It’s important to recognize that PI programs need to meet accreditation standards such as The Joint Commission and Medicare and Medicaid Conditions of Participation, which require access to national comparative data collections. This assignment, based on a textbook case study, will help students to understand Joint Commission information management standards by analyzing how a scenario relates those standards.

Instructions

• Your assignment will focus on the Case study on pages 444-447. After reading Chapter 17 and the Case Study, please complete the tasks at the end of the case study:
• Review the collected data
• Assign the appropriate quality code using the key provided in figure 17.5
• Analyze the data:
  • Which code is most common?
  • Is there one service that seems to be a problem?
  • What can you conclude from the data?
• Establish a plan. How you are going to fix the problem?
• Your submission should be a minimum of two pages but does not require APA style or outside research.
• Be sure to fully address each of the questions in the assignment. If you do use outside research, list your references in proper APA style.

Assignment 2

Performance Improvement programs and effective project management require an understanding of the four phases of the project life-cycle: initiation, planning, execution/implementation, and closure. It is important to have each phase of the project mapped on a timeline and to be sure the project team has the appropriate members with the right skills to ensure a successful program. Using a case study from the text, students will demonstrate their ability to review and evaluate a performance improvement program by arranging the information provided into a timeline and devising a team with the appropriate skills and knowledge to work the plan.

Instructions

• Read Chapter 18 in the text, and focus your assignment on the Case Study on pages 362
• Answer the following questions based on the case study:
  • Draft a timeline showing the major phases of the project cycle (see Figure 18.1) and the key tasks for each phase.
  • Develop a team of up to seven representatives from different departments to serve on a multidisciplinary project team. Construct a list of the types of individuals you would want to serve on this project team.
  • What departmental areas of the healthcare organization should be represented on the team?
  • What specific skills, knowledge, and expertise should team members possess?
• Your submission should include your timeline (use the Gantt chart in Figure 18.3 as a guide), as well as a minimum of 2 additional pages that answers questions 2, 3 and 4.
• Please prepare the paper in APA style, including cover and reference pages, with an introduction and conclusion.
• Your references should include the textbook and at least two other outside resources.

Assignment 3

• Research the differences between EHRs in ambulatory and acute care settings.
• Develop a comparison for the ambulatory EHR and acute care EHR. Ensure that the following are addressed in the comparison:
  • Infrastructure
  • Data presentation
  • Data use
  • Documentation
  • Order Entry
  • Medication Administration
  • Results (including imaging)
  • Reporting
  • Patient Education
  • Interfaces
• Your documentation should be in Microsoft Word or Microsoft Excel format.
• Cite all sources in APA format.
• Submit your comparison for grading.
• Reminder: You must upload your completed documents using Browse My Computer. Then, hit the Submit button to successfully complete the assignment submission process. Do not copy and paste text into the text box.

Assignment 4

• Research the typical patient and provider (physician or advanced practice provider) workflow for an ambulatory, in person, visit.
• Research the typical patient and provider (physician or advanced practice provider) workflow for an E-Visit, online.
• Create workflows to depict from both the patient and provider perspective the workflow for both an ambulatory visit and an E-Visit.
• Discuss in a 2-3 page paper your findings including the commonalities between the two visit types and the differences.
• Your workflows can be in Microsoft Word, Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft Visio, or Adobe Acrobat format. Your paper should be in Microsoft Word format.
• Cite all sources in APA format.
• Submit your workflows and paper for grading.
• Reminder: You must upload your completed documents using Browse My Computer. Then, hit the Submit button to successfully complete the assignment submission process. Do not copy and paste text into the text box.