Report on Quality Measurement Tools for Healthcare Professionals

This report delves into the critical area of quality measurement within healthcare, focusing on the application of various tools by different healthcare professionals. It examines the use of cause and effect diagrams (fishbone diagrams) to identify root causes of outcomes, failure modes and effects analysis (FMEA) for risk assessment and mitigation, and PDSA (Plan-Do-Study-Act) worksheets for iterative improvement cycles. The report provides specific examples of how these tools are utilized by administrative health professionals, mid-level providers (nurse practitioners), physicians, and healthcare assistants. It highlights the benefits of each tool in different healthcare settings, such as resource allocation, sentinel event tracking, clinical outcome analysis, medication management, and problem-solving. The report references relevant research to support the practical applications of these tools and emphasizes their significance in enhancing patient care, reducing medical errors, and promoting continuous quality improvement within the healthcare system. This document showcases how healthcare professionals can employ these tools to improve patient outcomes and overall healthcare quality.

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Quality improvement tools
1. Cause and effect diagram
It is also known as the fishbone diagram and it helps the
health care professionals to analyze the root causes of an
outcome.
(Xue et al., 2016).
How is it used by the health care
professionals?
 By administrative health
professionals (Medical office
specialist)- It can be used to
allocate different resources in a
hospital setting by identifying
the gaps.
 By Mid level providers (Nurse
practitioners) - To keep a
record of the various sentinel
events in a hospital for future
occurrence of the problems
(Tan & Payton, 2010).
 By physician- It can be used by
the physicians to record the
cause of particular clinical
outcomes for future research
and it is an efficient tool for
learning for the young

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physicians (Lucas ,Bulbul, &
Thabet, 2013).
 Health care assistants- A
proper cause an effect diagram
would help out the health care
assistants in problem solving.
For example for inhibiting
hospital acquired infections.
2. Failure modes and effects analysis
It is a systematic and a proactive method of identifying the
potential risks and their impacts.
(Xue et al., 2016).
 By
administrative
health
professionals
(Medical office
specialist) - It
can be used for
the prevention of
medical errors,
and design
changes to
address that.
(Anand et al.
2015).
 By Mid level

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providers (Nurse
practitioners)-
To reduce the
chances of
catastrophic
patient injury. It
can be used by
the nurses in
special care
nurseries and
those involved in
labor and
delivery.
 By physician-It
is used in
medication
management. For
example it can be
used to analyze
the primary
cause of pain in
patients and its
risk priority

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number (Xue et
al., 2016).
 Health care
assistants- To
identify the risks
and then
reporting the
same to the
health care
managers.
3. PDSA work sheet
Plan-to-do-study- Act rapid cycle testing helps to assess
whether the change is leading to improving by the use of
a learning process in a methodological way.
 By administrative health
professionals (Medical office
specialist)- It can be used to
test a change that has been
implemented in the system,
such as introduction of
electronic documentation of
records.
 By Mid level providers (Nurse
practitioners)-It can be used by
the nurses for trying out an
evidence based practice
approach. It helps to evaluate