Identify and analyze an opportunity for improvement for a healthcare process that would be related to patients in a hospital (i.e. falls, pain, patient satisfaction, education, ).

Opportunity for Improvment

Identify and analyze an opportunity for improvement for a healthcare process that would be related to patients in a hospital (i.e. falls, pain, patient satisfaction, education, ).

Analyze internal and external data to support the opportunities for change- what data is driving your decision? What is your goal?

Select and discuss a quality improvement model of your choice, and describe how you would use this framework to implement an evidence-based solution to the issue.

Describe the following:
QI framework
EB solution- what evidence exists to support this intervention?
Key stakeholders (in both the microsystem and macrosystem)
Method of evaluation (short and long term)
Plan for sustainability

Select and discuss a change theory that you would utilize to help facilitate the quality improvement initiative and to sustain the change. Does the organizational structure within the organization foster or hinder this change?