All of your previous assignments have been built up to complete this assignment. Now, it is time to create a quality improvement project plan, using data to create a sense of urgency. You should include depictions of pre- and post-implementation workflows and the risk management mitigation plan you developed. Use the Quality Improvement Project Plan Template [DOCX] to complete this assignment. Remember to use evidence-based practice to support your plan.
Overall, your assignment will be assessed on the following criteria:
- Explain the problem, its significance, and its impact on the chosen health care environment.
- Make sure you use appropriate data from sources like Leapfrog and Medicare Compare to support your explanation.
- Outline proposed technology/informatics solutions and the plan to implement them within the chosen health care environment.
- Make sure you address why your plan is relevant to your problem.
- Explain potential implementation challenges related to the proposed plan.
- Think about the logistical, personnel, and resources that might be part of the challenges or that could help overcome the challenges.
- Explain the role of leaders in change management related to the proposed plan.
- Think about who the relevant leaders would be for implementing your plan and what type of communication plan they should be using to help with implementation.
- Analyze the workflow related to the technology/informatics, providing visual depictions of the workflow before and after implementing the proposed plan.
- Make sure to address both pre- and post- implementation workflows, as well as create depictions of each workflow.
- Convey purpose in a well-organized text, incorporating appropriate evidence and tone in grammatically sound sentences.
- Apply APA style and formatting to scholarly writing.
Additional Requirements
Your assignment should also meet the following requirements:
- Length: Submit a completed Quality Improvement Project Plan Template [DOCX], which will likely be 6–10 double-spaced pages, plus your reference list.
- References: 5–8 scholarly or professional resources, no more than five years old.
- APA format: Submission should follow current APA style and formatting. Review the Evidence and APA section of the Writing Center for guidance.
Competencies Measured
By successfully completing this assignment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following course competencies and scoring guide criteria:
- Competency 1: Justify the use of technology, data, and change management to meet the needs of the health care industry.
- Explain the role of leaders in change management related to the proposed plan.
- Competency 2: Analyze the use technology and its effect within a health care organization.
- Outline proposed technology/informatics solutions and the plan to implement them within the chosen health care environment.
- Explain potential implementation challenges related to the proposed plan.
- Analyze the workflow related to the technology/informatics, providing visual depictions of the workflow before and after implementing the proposed plan.
- Competency 3: Evaluate and solve ethical and legal issues relating to health care technology.
- Explain the problem, its significance, and its impact on the chosen health care environment.
- Competency 4: Address assignment purpose in a well-organized text, incorporating appropriate evidence and tone in grammatically sound sentences.
- Convey purpose in a well-organized text, incorporating appropriate evidence and tone in grammatically sound sentences.
- Apply APA style and formatting to scholarly writing.
Quality Improvement Project Plan Scoring Guide
Due Date: End of Week 10
Percentage of Course Grade: 25%.
| CRITERIA | NON-PERFORMANCE | BASIC | PROFICIENT | DISTINGUISHED |
| Explain the problem, its significance, and its impact on the chosen health care environment. 15% | Does not describe the problem. | Describes the problem. However, it is lacking in detail or is missing one or both of its significance, and its impact on the chosen health care environment. | Explains the problem, its significance, and its impact on the chosen health care environment. | Explains the problem, its significance, and its impact on the chosen health care environment. Uses appropriate data (Leapfrog, Medicare Compare, et cetera) to support the explanation. |
| Outline proposed technology/informatics solutions and the plan to implement them within the chosen health care environment. 15% | Does not describe a proposed technology/informatics solution. | Describes a proposed technology/informatics solution. However, the plan to implement them is either unclear, not relevant, or not presented within the context of the chosen health care environment. | Outlines proposed technology/informatics solutions and the plan to implement them within the chosen health care environment. | Outlines proposed technology/informatics solutions and the plan to implement them within the chosen health care environment. Notes why the proposed solution is relevant to the problem. |
| Explain potential implementation challenges related to the proposed plan. 15% | Does not identify potential implementation challenges related to the proposed plan. | Identifies potential implementation challenges related to the proposed plan. | Explains potential implementation challenges related to the proposed plan. | Explains potential implementation challenges related to the proposed plan. Notes potential solutions or resources that could be applied to help overcome the challenges. |
| Explain the role of leaders in change management related to the proposed plan. 15% | Does not identify relevant leader or change management strategies. | Identifies the relevant leaders or change management strategies, but does not combine them into an explanation that is relevant to the proposed plan. | Explains the role of leaders in change management related to the proposed plan. | Explains the role of leaders in change management related to the proposed plan. Outlines a communication plan that leaders could use to improve their change management efforts. |
| Analyze the workflow related to the technology/informatics, providing visual depictions of the workflow before and after implementing the proposed plan. 15% | Does not explain the workflow related to the technology/informatics. | Explains the workflow related to the technology/informatics. However, it is lacking in detail, does not include a visual depiction, or does not address the workflow both before and after implementing the proposed plan. | Analyzes the workflow related to the technology/informatics, providing visual depictions of the workflow before and after implementing the proposed plan. | Analyzes the workflow related to the technology/informatics, providing visual depictions of the workflow before and after implementing the proposed plan. Notes areas of inefficiencies, breakdowns, or communication errors that existed pre-implementation and how they will have been addressed post-implementation. |
| Convey purpose in a well-organized text, incorporating appropriate evidence and tone in grammatically sound sentences. 15% | Does not convey purpose in an appropriate tone and style, incorporating supporting evidence and adhering to organizational, professional, and writing scholarly standards. | Conveys purpose in an appropriate tone or style. Clear, effective communication is inhibited by insufficient supporting evidence and/or minimal adherence to applicable writing standards. | Conveys purpose in a well-organized text, incorporating appropriate evidence and tone in grammatically sound sentences. | Conveys clear purpose, in a tone and style well suited to the intended audience. Supports assertions, arguments, and conclusions with relevant, credible, and convincing evidence. Exhibits strict and nearly flawless adherence to organizational, professional, and scholarly writing standards. |
| Apply APA style and formatting to scholarly writing. 10% | Does not apply APA style and formatting to scholarly writing. | Applies APA style and formatting to scholarly writing incorrectly and/or inconsistently, detracting noticeably from good scholarship. | Applies APA style and formatting to scholarly writing. | Applies APA style and formatting to scholarly writing. Exhibits strict and nearly flawless adherence to stylistic conventions, document structure, and source attributions. |
