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HCA375– Continuous Quality Monitoring and Accreditation

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HCA375 - WEEK 4 ASSIGNMENT

PART 1 – DESCRIPTION OF ADVERSE EVENT

Refer to the instructions in the Week 4 Assignment of your online course to understand what is expected in each column. This completed template should be between six to seven pages in length. Include APA citations within the description column where appropriate. List your references in APA format according to the Ashford Writing Center guidelines on the last page of this template.

CONTENT / DESCRIPTION
ADVERSE EVENT CHOSEN
DESCRIBE THE EVENT
WHO WAS INVOLVED IN THE EVENT (Health care Personnel)
COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUES/METHODS UTILIZED TO RESOLVE THE PROBLEM
OPERATIONAL OR SAFETY PROCESSES RECOMMENDED TO AVOID FUTURE EVENTS FROM HAPPENING. LIST AT LEAST 2.
HISTORICAL, CONTEMPORARY, AND LEGAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE EVENT CHOSEN
APPLYING CONTINUOUS QUALITY MONITORING - STATE THE IMPACT OF THIS EVENT FROM THE ORGANIZATION’S AND PATIENT PERSPECTIVE

WEEK 4 ASSIGNMENT

PART 2 – CQI TOOL

Choose a CQI Tool that best suits your chosen Adverse Event from this list of three:

·  Flowchart

·  Fishbone Diagram (Cause & Effect)

·  Pareto

Use the CQI Tool to illustrate the use of the tool with your chosen Adverse Event. You will be responsible for creating the CQI Tool, completing the tool, taking a screenshot, and copying/pasting the screenshot into the space below.

WEEK 4 ASSIGNMENT

PART 3 - FUTURE PREVENTION

APPLYING PDSA - Worksheet

PHASE / PHASE ACTIVITIES / EXPLANATION
PLAN / Identify the problem.
What is your objective?
Identify the team members that will work on the problem.
How would you communicate the plan to the stakeholders?
What data are you collecting?
Whom are you piloting your plan on? (You need to select a small group to pilot your plan on before you implement fully).
DO / Develop possible solutions to the problem.
Select one of the possible solutions to implement in this pilot phase.
What was the result of the pilot?
Detail the method(s) utilized to communicate the improvement process.
List observations and note any problems.
STUDY / Summarize the data collected and measure if the pilot solution was effective. Identify any issues that occurred. Include any communication issues.
Compare your objective in the Plan phase to that of the actual pilot result.
Revise plan if needed – describe.
ACT / Implement the plan for improvement. Describe how you will be continually monitoring for the improvement plan’s sustained success.

References

Excluding your textbook or course readings include a minimum of four scholarly, peer-reviewed sources; two of which must be from the Ashford University Library that were published within the past five years. All references must be in APA format according to the Ashford Writing Center.