Select one of the scenarios provided below:
1. Female patients are experiencing long wait times for mammograms and many are leaving before the test is completed.
2. A large number of hospitalized patients are developing pressure areas on the transitional care unit.
3. The post-operative surgical infection rate following tonsillectomy is higher than the national average.
4. The fourth quarter performance measure report indicates more than 50% of the patients being seen in the outpatient diabetic clinic have a HgbA1C > 10.
Item 1
Identify which scenario you selected. Explain how the information presented in the scenario might be addressed by a quality improvement process. (2–3 paragraphs)
Item 2
Select a quality improvement process and explain how you would apply the quality improvement process to determine potential solutions to the practice problem. (3–5 paragraphs)
Item 3
Analyze the preliminary results that are needed to demonstrate that the quality improvement process you selected is successful. (2–3 paragraphs)
Item 4
Compare the quality improvement process you selected to one other quality improvement process and explain why the quality improvement process you selected is relevant for the practice problem you selected. (3–5 paragraphs)