IHP 604 Module One Short Paper Guidelines and Rubric
Overview
You are the quality director at a long-term care facility. Your manager has asked you to investigate two areas of care: colonoscopy care and pressure ulcer injuries. Your facility has seen a
recent increase in their patients needing colonoscopy care that goes beyond what your facility can provide. It would be helpful to gather information on the quality of colonoscopy care by local
hospitals.
For pressure ulcer injuries, you are concerned about this quality indicator: the percentage of patients with pressure ulcer injuries that are new or that have worsened since their arrival at your
facility. In your facility, that quality indicator is 15% of residents, while the state percentage is 2.5%. Your manager has requested that you investigate how to improve this quality indicator in
your long-term care facility so that the percentage will become closer to the state percentage.
This assignment will help prepare you for your course project through the application and analysis of problem-solving frameworks.
Prompt
Part 1: Part 1: For the first part of this assignment, explore the following websites that are public sources of healthcare industry data: AHRQ;; Find and Compare Nursing Homes, Hospitals, and
Other Providers Near You; and About the National Quality Strategy. Take some time to review the content of each of these sites in terms of available data information, and then write a 1-page
paper on what you found.
Specifically, you must address the following rubric criteria:
1. Types of data information: Types of data information: Describe the types of data information that the find-and-compare website contains on providers and hospitals.
2. Data example: Data example: Discuss one example of data from either the AHRQ site or National Quality Strategy site related to colonoscopy care and how this information could be valuable to a
healthcare organization (you must provide the link for the data source that you used).
Part 2:Part 2: In the second part of this assignment, you will select a process improvement framework from the list in the first item below and then apply that framework to your goal of lowering
your facility’s metrics on pressure ulcer injuries. Nursing Home Pressure Ulcer Rates: Spring 2019 provides data on pressure ulcer injuries in long-term care facilities. You should consider
preventative measures such as understanding which residents are at higher risk, ensuring frequent changes in their position, providing proper nutrition, and using specialized beds to reduce
pressure on the skin. Write 2–3 pages for Part 2.
Specifically, you must address the following rubric criteria:
1. Differentiate between frameworks: Differentiate between frameworks: Differentiate between the following problem-solving/performance improvement frameworks by examining their goals and processes:
A. Root cause analysis (RCA)
B. Plan-do-study-act investigation (PDSA)
C. Tracers
D. Failure mode effect analysis (FMEA)
2. Framework steps:Framework steps: Select one of the four frameworks and discuss each step in the process of your chosen framework.
3. Benefits of framework: Benefits of framework: Explain the value and benefits of your chosen framework.
4. Apply framework:Apply framework: Apply your framework to the problem at your facility with pressure ulcer injuries.
A. List what you would do in each step of your chosen framework for that issue.
B. Assess the significance of any data or metrics in each step.
5. Organizational process improvement: Organizational process improvement: Discuss what healthcare organizational issue or process might need to be revised to improve the performance area.
What to Submit
Submit this assignment as a Word document. It must be 3–4 pages in length. You must also include an APA-style title page. Use 12-point Times New Roman font, double spacing, and one-inch
margins. Sources should be cited according to APA style. If you need writing support, you can access the Online Writing Center through the Academic Support module of your course.
Module One Short Paper Rubric
CriteriaCriteria Exemplary (100%)Exemplary (100%) Proficient (90%)Proficient (90%) Needs Improvement (70%)Needs Improvement (70%) Not Evident (0%)Not Evident (0%) ValueValue
Types of DataTypes of Data
InformationInformation
Exceeds proficiency in an
exceptionally clear, insightful,
sophisticated, or creative
manner
Describes types of data
information that the sites
provide
Shows progress toward
proficiency, but with errors or
omissions
Does not attempt criterion 10
Data ExampleData Example Exceeds proficiency in an
exceptionally clear, insightful,
Discusses example of data from
public data sites related to
Shows progress toward
proficiency, but with errors or
Does not attempt criterion 15
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sophisticated, or creative
manner
colonoscopy care and how this
information could be valuable
to a healthcare organization
omissions
Differentiate BetweenDifferentiate Between
FrameworksFrameworks
Exceeds proficiency in an
exceptionally clear, insightful,
sophisticated, or creative
manner
Differentiates among problem-
solving/performance
improvement frameworks by
examining their goals and
processes
Shows progress toward
proficiency, but with errors or
omissions
Does not attempt criterion 15
Framework StepsFramework Steps Exceeds proficiency in an
exceptionally clear, insightful,
sophisticated, or creative
manner
Discusses each step in the
process of chosen framework
Shows progress toward
proficiency, but with errors or
omissions
Does not attempt criterion 15
Benefits of FrameworkBenefits of Framework Exceeds proficiency in an
exceptionally clear, insightful,
sophisticated, or creative
manner
Explains the value and benefits
of chosen framework
Shows progress toward
proficiency, but with errors or
omissions
Does not attempt criterion 10
Apply FrameworkApply Framework Exceeds proficiency in an
exceptionally clear, insightful,
sophisticated, or creative
manner
Applies a framework to the
problem of facility with
pressure ulcer injuries
Shows progress toward
proficiency, but with errors or
omissions
Does not attempt criterion 15
Organizational ProcessOrganizational Process
ImprovementImprovement
Exceeds proficiency in an
exceptionally clear, insightful,
sophisticated, or creative
manner
Discusses what healthcare
organizational issue or process
might need to be revised to
improve the performance area
Shows progress toward
proficiency, but with errors or
omissions
Does not attempt criterion 10
Articulation of ResponseArticulation of Response Exceeds proficiency in an
exceptionally clear, insightful,
sophisticated, or creative
manner
Clearly conveys meaning with
correct grammar, sentence
structure, and spelling,
demonstrating an
understanding of audience and
purpose
Shows progress toward
proficiency, but with errors in
grammar, sentence structure,
and spelling, negatively
impacting readability
Submission has critical errors in
grammar, sentence structure,
and spelling, preventing
understanding of ideas
5
Citations andCitations and
AttributionAttribution
Uses citations for ideas
requiring attribution, with few
or no minor errors
Uses citations for ideas
requiring attribution, with
consistent minor errors
Uses citations for ideas
requiring attribution, with
major errors
Does not use citations for ideas
requiring attribution
5
Total:Total: 100%
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