Performance Measures Evaluation on Clinical Documentation and Data Integrity Enhancement
For this assignment, you will determine performance measures for your proposed informatics solution. You will refer to these performance measures and their criteria for all subsequent assignments.
No matter what your practicum project entails, performance measurement is required to validate the success of your project. If you will not be present when the performance measurement is conducted, develop a plan that can be used for stakeholders at your practicum organization.
For those who may question if performance measurement is needed for your project, below is an example of performance measurement in an informatics education project:
The project relates to a data integrity challenge and includes investigation of the reasons and possible solutions for inadequate clinical documentation for signs and symptoms of a disease process. The informatics learner developed an EHR template to be used by providers that will improve clinical documentation and data integrity. To determine if the solution was effective, after the stakeholders are trained and the informatics solution is implemented, the informatics learner/stakeholder can audit a group of 25 or more clinical records to determine if clinical documentation improved as compared to clinical documentation before the solution was implemented.
Measuring performance provides evidence for how well an organization's system is currently working and the degree of success it has when changes are applied. In 500-750 words, determine the performance measures that will be used to evaluate whether the proposed informatics solution meets the specified goals for the project and the organization and describe how these will be implemented.
Meet with your mentor and any appropriate stakeholders to review the performance measures. Ensure that the performance measures and their implementation are relevant to the proposed solution and appropriate for the organization.
Include the following:
Develop the performance measures for the project. Describe what these are and what they are intended to measure. In addition to the project's implementation, effectiveness, and functionality, consider measurements for how well the plan was executed, the cost/cost components (if relevant), schedule variables, and scope.
Evaluate how the performance measures will also determine whether the proposed project is meeting the organizational objectives.
Compare and contrast two or three industry tools and methodologies that could be used to evaluate the success of the project's implementation. Provide rationale for the tools and methodologies selected.
Develop the strategies for implementing performance measures to evaluate the project. Explain how and when the performance measures will be implemented throughout the project.
Assess the reasons why the proposed project may not meet the performance measures. In what circumstances would the proposed project not meet the organizational objectives?
Create a mitigation plan and discuss how it will be implemented if the project improvement outcomes do not meet performance measures or organizational objectives.
Include the time it takes to complete these tasks as part of the practicum hours.
You are required to cite a minimum of three scholarly resources to complete this assignment. Sources must be published within the past 5 years and appropriate for the assignment criteria and health care and health informatics content.
Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center.
You are required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite. A link to the LopesWrite technical support articles is located in Class Resources if you need assistance.
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Project Performance Measures
The mass notification system incorporates a template performance that would be measured in terms of (a) operational objectives to determine if the system is streamlining the hospital operations and eliminating clinical documentation errors, (b) user satisfaction in terms of increase in patient satisfaction, including a reduction in clinical stress and burnout, and (c) interoperability of the system to promote seamless data sharing to improve care coordination reliability, availability, and latency.
Performance Measures Evaluation
Providers will use the mass notification system template developed by the informatics learner to enhance clinical documentation and data integrity. In order to determine the performance used to assess whether the proposed informatics solution meets the specified objectives for the project and the organization, the system template will have access management. The access to use the system template will be controlled through role-centered descriptors and individual identification to ensure an accurate picture of the patient illness at admission (Aguirre et al., 2019). The hospital will have written policies and procedures like audit functions to guarantee compliant billing.
Industry Tools and Methodologies
According to Catherwood and McLaughlin (2018), the tools used for this project evaluation are computerized physician order entry (CPOE) and electronic medication administration records (eMAR). The rationale for using the CPOR is to measure the percentage reduction in medication errors and improvement in medication orders. In addition, the eMAR would be employed based on its proven effectiveness to track medication orders and flag medication doses outside of the suggested range. The methodologies are also anchored on evidence-based practice recommendations as they are confirmed to enhance health care delivery (Catherwood & McLaughlin, 2018).
Strategies for Implementing Performance Measures
The human resources (HR) department will implement a mass notification system training program by sustaining precise information-sharing pathways with vendor support teams, role-centered training to guarantee relevancy, as well as sustenance of feedback loops to maintain users in discourse with project managers. A test run will be implemented for three months by the information systems (IS) team to identify any areas for improvement. Training for doctors, clinical documentation specialists, and coders will be provided as a measur...