EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE AND THE QUADRUPLE AIM
Healthcare organizations continually seek to optimize healthcare performance. For years, this approach was a three-pronged one known as the Triple Aim, with efforts focused on improved population health, enhanced patient experience, and lower healthcare costs.
More recently, this approach has evolved to a Quadruple Aim by including a focus on improving the work life of healthcare providers. Each of these measures are impacted by decisions made at the organizational level, and organizations have increasingly turned to EBP to inform and justify these decisions.
To Prepare:
· Read the articles by Sikka, Morath, & Leape (2015); Crabtree, Brennan, Davis, & Coyle (2016); and Kim et al. (2016).
Sikka, R., Morath, J. M., & Leape, L. (2015).
The Quadruple Aim: Care, health, cost and meaning in workLinks to an external site.
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BMJ Quality & Safety, 24, 608–610. doi:10.1136/bmjqs-2015-004160 ( this count as a course rescourses)
· Reflect on how EBP might impact (or not impact) the Quadruple Aim in healthcare.
· Consider the impact that EBP may have on factors impacting these quadruple aim elements, such as preventable medical errors or healthcare delivery.
To Complete:
Write a brief analysis (no longer than 2 pages) of the connection between EBP and the Quadruple Aim. APA format.
Your analysis should address how EBP might (or might not) help reach the Quadruple Aim, including each of the four measures of:
· Patient experience
· Population health
· Costs
· Work life of healthcare providers
Other course resources below(use aleast 2-3 course recourses) . Any outside resources reference should be 2019-present( use a least 2)
Boller, J. (2017).
Nurse educators: Leading health care to the quadruple aim sweet spot.Links to an external site.
Journal of Nursing Education, 56(12), 707–708. doi:10.3928/01484834-20171120-01
· Crabtree, E., Brennan, E., Davis, A., & Coyle, A. (2016).
Improving patient care through nursing engagement in evidence-based practiceLinks to an external site.
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Worldviews on Evidence-Based Nursing, 13(2), 172–175. doi:10.1111/wvn.12126
· Kim, S. C., Stichler, J. F., Ecoff, L., Brown, C. E., Gallo, A.-M., & Davidson, J. E. (2016).
Predictors of evidence-based practice implementation, job satisfaction, and group cohesion among regional fellowship program participantsLinks to an external site.
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Worldviews on Evidence-Based Nursing, 13(5), 340–348. doi:10.1111/wvn.12171
· Melnyk, B.M., Fineout-Overhold, E., Stillwell, S.B., & Williamson, K.M. (2010).
Evidence-based practice step-by-step: The seven steps of evidence-based practiceLinks to an external site.
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American Journal of Nursing, 110(1), 51-53.
· Melnyk, B. M., Gallagher-Ford, L., Long, L. E., & Fineout-Overholt, E. (2014).
The establishment of evidence-based practice competencies for practicing registered nurses and advanced practice nurses in real-world clinical settings: Proficiencies to improve healthcare quality, reliability, patient outcomes, and costsLinks to an external site.
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Worldviews on Evidence-Based Nursing, 11(1), 5–15. doi:10.1111/wvn.12021
Rubric to follow
85 to >76.0 pts
Excellent
The analysis clearly and accurately addresses in detail how evidence-based practice either supports or does not support the Quadruple Aim. … The analysis accurately and thoroughly explains in detail how the four measures of patient experience, population health, costs, and work-life of healthcare providers either supports or does not support the Quadruple Aim. … The analysis provides a complete, detailed, and specific synthesis of two outside resources reviewed on the four measures supporting or not supporting the Quadruple Aim. The response fully integrates at least two outside resources and two or three course-specific resources that fully support the analysis provided with credible and detailed examples.
5 to >4.0 pts
Excellent
Paragraphs and sentences follow writing standards for flow, continuity, and clarity. … A clear and comprehensive purpose statement, introduction, and conclusion is provided which delineates all required criteria.
5 to >4.0 pts
Excellent
Uses correct grammar, spelling, and punctuation with no errors
5 to >4.0 pts
Excellent
Uses correct APA format with no errors.