Identifying Community Sites for Quality Improvement
-To prepare, identify three sites within your community that would benefit from an evidence-based practice (EBP) quality improvement (QI) project.
1. MedStar Washington Hospital Center is a not-for-profit, academic medical The MedStar Heart & Vascular Institute is nationally recognized and includes a unique clinical and research alliance with Cleveland Clinic Heart & Vascular Institute. Their unique services include, organ transplantation, cancer treatment, diabetes and endocrinology, gastroenterology and GI surgery, orthopedics, trauma and critical injury care, and our Burn Center, the region’s only adult burn center.
2.Pyramid health care Charlotte Hall, Maryland (Detox & Residential Treatment Center. This residential center is for men and women in St. Mary’s County, offering treatment for alcohol use disorder, opioid and other drug disorder, mental health disorders and co-occurring disorders).
3. Transitional Care Center Capitol City, Washington (The Transitional Care Center Capitol City in Washington is a nursing home facility that focuses on post-acute care, including skilled nursing and rehabilitation services. It aims to assist patients in transitioning back to living at home after receiving care).
-Based on your professional experience, consider practice or organization issues that would make sense as the focus of an evidence-based practice (EBP) quality improvement (QI) project initiative. Select one on which to focus for this Assignment. Note: You should consider practice or organization issues that you are particularly interested in or passionate about.
Identifying Community Sites for Quality Improvement
ASSIGNMENT
6-page paper (not including cover page and references page), do the following:
- Describe each of the three healthcare settings you identified as the proposed site for your evidence-based practice (EBP) quality improvement (QI) initiative. Be sure to address the following questions about the site: Site Selection (2 pages)
Who is the patient population(s)?
What is their mission?
Is it a public or private entity?
Is it a stand-alone organization or a member of a larger corporation?
What other information about the site do you think is relevant and significant?
Compare the strengths and weaknesses of the three sites in terms of their viability as the location for an evidence-based practice (EBP) quality improvement (QI) initiative. Be specific and provide examples.
- Identify one of the three you selected. Describe the factors on which you base your decision. Explain your decision-making process using the guide below.
Stakeholders (1 page) APA