Explain how you would collaborate with project team members to identify data elements that would be necessary for determining the success of your proposed project.

Reducing Wait Times in the Emergency Room

REQUIREMENTS

Complete the “Healthcare Improvement Project Evaluation and Closure Plan” section of your healthcare improvement project (HIP) paper by doing the following:

Project Reports

A.  Explain how you would collaborate with project team members to identify data elements that would be necessary for determining the success of your proposed project.

B.  Describe three data elements that you and your project team members may identify as being essential for designing project reports or dashboards, and explain why each of these data elements would be essential.

Data Management Plan

C.  Describe the process you would use to identify the data source needed to measure the success of your proposed project in collaboration with your project team, and explain why you would use that data source.

D.  Describe the measures you would use to determine the success of your proposed project by doing the following:

1.  Describe 1–2 key performance indicators (KPIs) that you would use to determine the success of your proposed project.

2.  Describe one benchmark you would establish for each KPI you described in part D1.

E.  Evaluate the process you would use to collect your quantitative data by doing the following:

1.  Explain the method you would use to collect your quantitative data (e.g., downloaded data from a system, data gathered from a survey).

2.  Justify the parameters you would use to collect your quantitative data (e.g., dates, data elements, calculated fields, frequency of collection).

F.  Evaluate the process you would use to analyze and interpret your data by doing the following:

1.  Describe a method you would use to analyze high-priority data (e.g., descriptive statistics such as counts, averages, percentages).

2.  Discuss the process you would use to interpret initial results.

3.  Analyze a contextual issue that may potentially affect your proposed project results.

Results Dissemination Plan

G.  Describe your plan to disseminate your proposed project results, including the following components:

•  the professional setting where you would present your results
•  the method you would use to professionally deliver your results

Project Closure Plan

H.  Create your plan for the project team wrap-up session by doing the following:

1.  Describe the method you would use to acknowledge the organization for its time and support.

2.  Describe the method you would use to acknowledge the project team members for their time and effort.

3.  Explain how you would use the project team wrap-up session to discuss any next steps.

I.  Incorporate the following components of APA style and formatting into your HIP paper:

•  bias-free language
•  objectivity, credibility of sources, and evidence-based approach
•  APA-specific rules regarding verb tense, voice, and perspective
•  a title page and headers
•  APA-specific formatting rules for in-text citations and references, margins, spacing, numbering, and indentation for the title page, main body, and appendices of your HIP paper, including headers, bulleted and numbered lists, and tables and figures

J.  Demonstrate professional communication in the content and presentation of your submission.

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