Quality Improvement Proposal - Healthcare Nursing Department strategic plan

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[...] The department needs to understand the communication breakdowns and challenges providers and patients face with the system to facilitate change. The next step is implementing change where the healthcare team processes and implements the changes including redesigning roles and training the providers. The last step is refreezing which entails the establishment of the change as a norm an realign practices to sustain the change. The communication guidelines and processes would be sustained to improve care delivery and patient experiences. Policy Recommendations Organizational policies significantly impact the success of the strategic plan. [...]

[...] However, there are several messages received per day, and some patient issues are not received with the high volume of tasks. The inbox-related workloads contribute to burnout poor communication with patients and reduced satisfaction levels. According to Tai-Seale et al. (2023), an increase of about 10 messages to a physician increases the likelihood of burnout and reduced quality of care by 40%. As a result, there is a need to address inbox management by using an optimized inbox system to improve communication and patient care by ensuring prioritizing of messages and address unnecessary communications so that some patient messages are not left out contributing to the poor experiences. [...]

[...] Understanding the influence and impact of stakeholder engagement in patient-centered outcomes research: A qualitative study. Journal of General Internal Medicine, 37(S1), 6-13. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11606-021-07104-w Tai-Seale, M., Baxter, S., Millen, M., Cheung, M., Zisook, S., Çelebi, J., Polston, G., Sun, B., Gross, E., Helsten, T., Rosen, R., Clay, B., Sinsky, C., Ziedonis, D. M., Longhurst, C. A., & Savides, T. J. (2023). Association of physician burnout with perceived EHR work stress and potentially actionable factors. Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association, 30(10), 1665-1672. [...]

[...] The indicator aligns with the organizational and departmental strategic priorities. Input from Stakeholders Stakeholder engagement is an essential aspect to influence them throughout the project while fostering communication, gathering insight, and a shared understanding of the project goals. Stakeholder engagement promotes inclusivity and collaboration with individuals with unique perspectives and holds a direct interest in the change (Maurer et al., 2022). Input from the stakeholders is incorporated into the development of strategic priorities and initiatives for improvement. The senior leaders are involved in organizing the strategic plans and guiding operations to achieve the goals. [...]

[...] Quality Improvement Proposal - Healthcare Nursing Department strategic plan Hello everyone, my name is?and in today's video presentation, I will focus on a strategic priority from the Lifespan Healthcare Nursing Department strategic plan. Successful strategic planning is essential for organizational success as it provides direction and ensures quality care, best patient outcomes, and experiences (Lal, 2020). Strategic planning helps analyze the organization's current position and identify strengths and areas for improvement. This helps in creating strategic priorities to help in attaining strategic goals. [...]