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The National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) was formed to ensure quality of patient care and measurement of patient outcomes with set standards.

Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set (HEDIS) is a performance measurement tool used by millions of health insurance plans. There are 6 domains of care:

Effectiveness of Care.

Access/Availability of Care.

• Experience of Care.
• Utilization and Risk Adjusted Utilization.
• Health Plan Descriptive Information.
• Measures Collected Using Electronic Clinical Data Systems
• You may access the 6 domains of care by clicking this link:
• (NCQA, n.d. https://www.ncqa.org/hedis/

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As an APN, productivity will be an important measurement for the practice to determine reimbursement and salary. Fee-for-service practices will require a set number of patients per day to maintain productivity. A capitated practice will require the APN to have a large panel of patients but also will focus on controlling costs. This can be accomplished through effective primary care that is accessible, convenient for the patients and has a method of measuring quality of care.

Write a formal paper in APA format with title page, introduction, the three required elements below, conclusion and reference page.

You are now employed as an NP in primary care. Choose one performance measure from one of the six domains of care, i.e. Adult BMI Assessment, Prenatal and Postpartum care, etc.

Develop three different patient interventions for that one performance measure and how you would specifically implement the intervention and measure the outcomes for that particular performance measure in clinical practice.

How would these primary care interventions result in improved patient outcomes and health care cost savings?

How can these interventions result in improved NP patient ratings?

Goal:

You will critically appraise a research design

Content Requirements: 

You will select one research report with a qualitative design and one with quantitative design and answer the following questions regarding the following categories:

Discuss what is meant by the term Qualitative Research

Briefly, describe the characteristics of qualitative research and identify nursing issues/phenomena that lend themselves to a qualitative research approach.

Compare and contrast three different qualitative research methodologies.

Briefly, discuss the strengths and weaknesses of qualitative research evidence for informing nursing practice.

Communicate how this research design used in research.

The study, sampling, data collection, analysis, rigor, findings and limitations

1. Identify the purpose of the study.

Briefly, describe the design of the study and explain why you think it is either appropriate or inappropriate to meet the purpose.

• Identify ethical issues related to the study and how they were/were not addressed.
• Identify the sampling method and recruitment strategy that was used.
• Discuss whether sampling and recruitment were appropriate to the aims of the research.
• Identify the data collection method(s) and discuss whether the method(s) is/are appropriate to the aims of the study.

Identify how the data was analyzed and discuss whether the method(s) of analysis is/are appropriate to the aims of the study.

1. Identify four (4) criteria by which the rigor of a qualitative project can be judged.

Discuss the rigor of this study using the four criteria. 

• Briefly, describe the findings of the study and identify any limitations.
• Use the information that you have gained from your critique of the study to discuss the trustworthiness and applicability of the study. Include in your discussion any implications for the discipline of nursing.
• Discuss what you understand by the term Quantitative Research – Use the following dot points to guide your discussion (give reasons for your argument and support with references):
• Describe the characteristics of quantitative research.
• Identify nursing issues/phenomena that lend themselves to a quantitative research approach
• Differentiate between observational and interventional research designs and also between experimental and quasi-experimental designs.
• Briefly, outline the difference between inferential and descriptive statistics and their relationship to levels of measurement.
• Communicate how this research design used in research.
• Critique the Quantitative Research Report – Use the following headings to guide your critique (in all discussions and explanations give reasons for your argument and support with references):
• The study
• Identify the purpose and design of the study.

Explain what is meant by ‘blinding’ and ‘randomization’ and discuss how these were addressed in the design of the study.

1. Identify ethical issues related to the study and how they were/were not addressed.

Sampling

• Explain the sampling method and recruitment strategy that was used.
• Discuss how the sample size was determined – include in your discussion an explanation of terms used.
• Data collection
• Briefly, outline how the data was collected and identify any data collection instrument(s).
• Define the terms validity and reliability and discuss how the validity & reliability of the instruments were/were not addressed in this study and why this is important.

Data analysis

1. Outline how the data were analyzed.

Identify the statistics used and the level of measurement of the data described by each statistical test – include in your discussion an explanation of terms used.

• Findings and limitations

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Apply the knowledge you gained from the readings related to economic evaluation and consider the following case study.

A controversial new device, the implantable cardiac defibrillator (ICD), was used in a clinical trial to determine if it improved survival for heart attack patients over the standard drug treatment. The trial provided the following information: Two years after the first heart attack, 85% of the ICD patients were still alive, compared to 70% of the drug treatment group. No additional data were available after the 24-month trial.

In this assignment, explore how to utilize survival measures as a method of measuring cost and effectiveness. It is important to be able to consider just how many patients may be affected, what their treatment alternatives are, and the impact of using survival measures as a method of measuring cost and effectiveness.

In Unit VII, you will submit an essay titled Team Building at ________. The final essay will be multiple pages and include four different components. In Units IV, V, and VI, you are completing a specific component/concept for the final essay. The final essay will not be simply adding the four components together, but will be a culmination of lessons learned in creating each component.

In Unit IV you wrote an essay analysis of your current work environment titled Team Building at _____: My Analysis. In Unit V your essay was titled Team Building at ________: Who We Are.

This week (Week VI) the essay will be titled Team Building at : Dealing With Change. The essay will be a minimum of two pages in length. Using content from the unit lesson and readings, provide explanations of the following:

An overview of your current work environment, and how leadership deals with change.

How does leadership help employees and other stakeholders deal with change? You are encouraged to use actual examples.

What are the main types of conflict that arise in your current work environment?

What affect diversity can, or has had on your work place?

How can, or could the leadership use diversity as a positive in development of teams and the teamwork process?

During your time with your organization, what have you witnessed in regard to these above items? What has changed and/or what is changing? What is there about these qualities that makes your place of employment unique? If you were in a leadership role in this organization, what changes would you make to create a win-win situation?

I’m working on a public health discussion question and need an explanation and answer to help me learn.

Young adults are at a higher risk for sexually transmitted infections than other age groups. In 200-300 words, mention one reason why you think this is the case and what can be done to reduce the risk by focusing on your reason. 

Help me study for my Health & Medical class. I’m stuck and don’t understand.

Please respond to the following questions:

• What are the historical foundations of the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA)?
• Describe a real-world example of how the NLRA guides the activities of unions and employers.
• What is the role of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), and how would someone file a claim with the NLRB?

I don’t know how to handle this Health & Medical question and need guidance.

A woman in her mid-thirties suffered from a rare malignancy in her brain and around her spinal cord. She had surgery, and most of the tumor mass was removed, but residual tumor remained in the brain and around the spinal cord. The doctors informed her that chemotherapy and radiation were possible treatment options but could cause serious problems such as sepsis, a permanent loss of IQ and stature, and even death. She wished to proceed with the therapy.

After undergoing aggressive chemotherapy and radiation, she did independent research and read of several drugs being administered for cancer in other states that were unapproved by the Federal Drug Administration (FDA) and were illegal in their home state but were touted by physicians using them as “miracle cures.” The woman is considering suing her physician for failure to disclose alternative treatments, thus depriving her of informed consent.

A court awarded summary judgment to the physician.

Respond to the following questions about this case:

• In your opinion, does the court’s decision seem warranted? Why or why not? 
• Under the doctrine of informed consent, should a physician be responsible for informing patients of all treatment options, even if some of the treatments are illegal or not yet proven effective? Explain your answer.