Write a proposal (5–7 pages) for a health care information review of the quality of care given to a specific patient population.

Write a proposal (5–7 pages) for a health care information review of the quality of care given to a specific patient population.

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Introduction

You now know:

• What information or data you will be reviewing.
• From where the information or data will come.
• Which standards or goals you are trying to reach.

You now need to determine how to make all of this happen. In this part of the process, you will put together your action plan. Who is going to do the work? What type of skills will they need? How long will it take them to do the work? This is your game plan. Each and every step needs to be clearly laid out and explained.

Keep in mind that you are writing a proposal. You are telling your physician group what you would like to do, why you want to do it, and how you are going to do it. You are not buying new devices or starting a new process. You are reviewing documentation that is already present in the office, or potentially in hospital records, to identify whether your group’s physicians provided quality care.

This assessment will complete your proposal for the health information review that you recommend. Throughout this assessment, explicitly state the reasons for each and all of your choices.

Please carefully review this assessment’s scoring guide to better understand the performance levels relating to each criterion on which you will be evaluated.

Instructions

You do not need to write your proposal in APA format. You do need to complete a cohesive, coherent, organized, and well-written proposal. Much of the information you include in your proposal will come from your previous assessments. Be sure your proposal includes all of the following headings and your narrative addresses each of the bullet points.

Introduction

• Explain what information you propose to collect.
• Provide the reasons for collecting this information.
• Describe how this information could be used to validate or improve the quality of care at your facility.

Data Collection Plan

• Propose an implementation plan and detail the information you plan to collect at your facility, including where and how it will be collected.
• Specify the following:
  • The time period you propose to review.
  • The system applications you will use to collect the health information.
• Write a narrative, create a timeline, build a flowchart, or use any other method of your choosing to demonstrate the flow of health record information through the information life cycle from creation to destruction. Identify those sections within the life cycle from which you will retrieve information.
• Explain the use of information from an HIE and describe how it may affect patient care, clinical knowledge, and population health data.
• Detail the personnel required to complete the health information review, including their needed skills and required training and job aids.
• Describe strategies that will be employed to help personnel implement the review study.

Data Security Plan

• Plan measures to protect PHI.
• Apply laws governing health information confidentiality, privacy, and security.
• Plan for the impact of HIPAA on health care personnel, policies, and procedures.

Benchmarking Plan

• Identify the sources of national data and quality measures.
• Describe how you will use the national data and quality measures as benchmarks to compare with data from your facility.
• Explain how you will ensure data standardization, along with any other factors you need to take into account, so the data from these sources is compatible with the data you plan to collect.
• Explain how the collected data will be compared to the benchmarking and quality standards.

Quality and Change Management Strategies

• Explain how data outcomes could be used to perform quality improvement reviews and recommend evidence-based best practices for policies and procedures based on outcomes.
• Recommend best practices for departmental workflow that will support the information review you are proposing.
• Describe relevant evidence-based best practices and procedures from peer-reviewed articles or Internet resources that could facilitate needed changes.

Implementation

• Detail the steps for implementing the information review study along with the expected time frames.

Conclusion

• Summarize how the proposed study will improve the quality of patient care for your physician group.

Additional Requirements

• Written communication: Your paper needs to be clear and well organized, with correct spelling, grammar, and syntax, to support orderly exposition of content.
• Title page: Develop a descriptive title of 5–15 words. It should stir interest yet maintain professional decorum.
• References: Include a minimum of two citations of peer-reviewed sources in APA format.
• Length: 5–7 typed and double-spaced content pages, not including the title page and references page.
• Font and font size: Times New Roman, 12 point.

Competencies Measured

By successfully completing this assessment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following course competencies and scoring guide criteria:

• Competency 1: Determine stages of the information lifecycle embedded within health information management technology functions.
  • Map the flow of health record information.
  • Detail steps and time frames for implementing a study.
• Competency 2: Apply laws governing health information confidentiality, privacy, and security.
  • Plan data security measures.
• Competency 3: Assess system applications used to operationalize health information.
  • Explain rationale for proposed health care information review procedures.
  • Plan procedures and human resource requirements to manage the information.
• Competency 4: Determine how a health information exchange (HIE) or other external health care databases affect the management of patient data, clinical knowledge, and population data.
  • Plan evidence-based best practices or procedures to ensure data meet standards for interoperability with an HIE.
• Competency 5: Apply quality and change management concepts to health care information management.
  • Plan evidence-based quality and change management strategies.
• Competency 6: Communicate in a manner that is scholarly, professional, respectful of the diversity, dignity, and integrity of others, and is consistent with the expectations for healthcare professionals.
  • Write clearly, with correct spelling, grammar, and syntax, and good organization.
  • Apply proper APA formatting and style to citations and references.

Scoring Guide

Use the scoring guide to understand how your assessment will be evaluated.

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Criterion 1

Explain rationale for proposed health care information review procedures.

Distinguished

Concisely evaluates options for proposed health care information review procedures and explains rationale for choices.

Proficient

Explains rationale for proposed health care information review procedures.

Basic

Proposes health care information review procedures, but does not explain rationale in all instances.

Non Performance

Does not propose health care information review procedures.

Criterion 2

Map the flow of health record information.

Distinguished

Maps an efficient and comprehensive flow of health record information, clearly and concisely.

Proficient

Maps the flow of health record information.

Basic

Maps the flow of health record information, but there are some errors or omissions.

Non Performance

Does not map the flow of health record information.

Criterion 3

Plan procedures and human resource requirements to manage the information.

Distinguished

Plans cogent, efficient, and complete procedures and human resource requirements for an information system.

Proficient

Plans procedures and human resource requirements for an information system.

Basic

Plans procedures and human resource requirements for an information system, but significant elements are missing.

Non Performance

Does not plan procedures and human resource requirements for an information system.

Criterion 4

Plan data security measures.

Distinguished

Plans efficient, achievable, and comprehensive data security measures.

Proficient

Plans data security measures.

Basic

Plans data security measures, but significant elements are missing.

Non Performance

Does not plan data security measures.

Criterion 5

Plan evidence-based best practices or procedures to ensure data meet standards for interoperability with an HIE.

Distinguished

Plans clear, comprehensive protocols based on evidence-based best practices or procedures to ensure data meet standards for interoperability with both benchmarking and quality standards from an HIE.

Proficient

Plans evidence-based best practices or procedures to ensure data meet standards for interoperability with an HIE.

Basic

Plans practices or procedures to ensure data meet standards for interoperability with an HIE, but some elements are missing or are not evidence-based.

Non Performance

Does not plan practices or procedures to ensure data meet standards for interoperability with an HIE.

Criterion 6

Plan evidence-based quality and change management strategies.

Distinguished

Evaluates evidence-based quality and change management strategies, and plans implementation of those deemed to be most effective.

Proficient

Plans evidence-based quality and change management strategies.

Basic

Plans quality and change management strategies, but does not cite relevant evidence-based strategies.

Non Performance

Does not plan quality and change management strategies.

Criterion 7

Detail steps and time frames for implementing a study.

Distinguished

Details efficient steps and achievable time frames for implementing a study, and plans contingencies for risks.

Proficient

Details steps and time frames for implementing a study.

Basic

Outlines steps and time frames for implementing a study, but there are errors or omissions.

Non Performance

Does not outline steps and time frames for implementing a study.

Criterion 8

Write clearly, with correct spelling, grammar, and syntax, and good organization.

Distinguished

Writes concisely with excellent clarity and organization, with no errors in spelling, grammar, or syntax, and employing critical or analytical reasoning as needed.

Proficient

Writes clearly, with correct spelling, grammar, and syntax, and good organization.

Basic

Writes clearly overall, but there are some errors in spelling, grammar, syntax, or organization.

Non Performance

Does not write clearly, and there are errors in spelling, grammar, syntax, and organization.

Criterion 9

Apply proper APA formatting and style to citations and references.

Distinguished

Consistently applies proper APA formatting and style to citations and references without errors.

Proficient

Applies proper APA formatting and style to citations and references.

Basic

Applies APA formatting and style to citations and references inconsistently and with significant errors.

Non Performance

Does not apply proper APA formatting and style to citations and references.