Include the following sections (detailed criteria listed below and in the grading rubric).
- Identification of the Selected Measure
- Identify the selected performance measure.
- Analyze the selected measure for clinical significance and evidence base.
- Describe practical implications for practice.
- Provide support from at least one scholarly source.
- Implementation Planning
- Develop a quality improvement plan for implementing the selected measure in your current or future practice, including:
- Strategies for client education
- Clinical workflow integration
- Documentation
- Provide support from at least one scholarly source.
- Develop a quality improvement plan for implementing the selected measure in your current or future practice, including:
- Measurement
- Identify a tool or data collection technique to measure the outcomes of implementing the selected measure.
- Describe how the tool can be successfully implemented.
- Provide support from at least one scholarly source.
- Application to Practice
- Discuss how the interventions can improve client outcomes.
- Discuss how the interventions can improve cost savings for the practice.
- Discuss how the interventions can improve client ratings (an NP’s patient scorecard).
- Provide support from at least one scholarly source.
- Reflection
- Reflect on the importance of using NCQA HEDIS measures in clinical practice.
- Identify two key takeaways to apply to your current or future practice.