University Nursing Report: Value-Based Purchasing and Patient Outcomes

This report examines the concept of nursing-sensitive value-based purchasing (NSVBP), highlighting its significance in healthcare. NSVBP aims to improve patient outcomes and satisfaction by creating a work environment that rewards nursing professionals for delivering optimal care. The report discusses how financial incentives and transparency are key components of this model. It references research indicating a strong correlation between nurse staffing levels, patient satisfaction, and the incidence of hospital-acquired infections. The author analyzes the implementation of NSVBP within their organization, noting the absence of significant financial rewards for nurses but the presence of positive patient outcomes and increased satisfaction, attributed to increased nurse staffing. The report emphasizes the importance of value-based care in enhancing nursing performance and improving the overall quality of healthcare delivery. It references key literature supporting the benefits of NSVBP.

Running head: NURSING-SENSITIVE VALUE BASED PURCHASING
NURSING-SENSITIVE VALUE-BASED PURCHASING
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According to Kavanagh et al., (2012), nursing-sensitive value-based purchasing is an
initiative that helps in producing a working environment where financial rewards and
transparency of the organizational structure is present. It has been observed that higher the
number of nurses in a hospital, higher will be the patient satisfaction and a better patient
outcome. It is discussed in this paper, that financial and transparency rewards are bestowed
upon nursing professionals who deliver the optimum care to the patient. The providers of the
healthcare often give out reimbursements to the patients who have been coming for treatment.
There are a number of hospitals where patients sustain hospital-acquired infection due to the
negligence of the nurses (Brewster, Tarrant & Dixon-Woods, 2016). In these situations the
organization penalises the individuals who have been causing harm to the patients. Value-
based nursing-sensitive purchasing confers monetary benefits to the providers of the care
upon successful evaluation of the quality of care (Burnwell 2015).
In my organization, there is no significant reimbursement observed to reward the
nurses by the healthcare providers. The nursing-sensitive indicators in my organization have
been observed in cases where the patient have not contracted infection in the hospital. The
patient outcome is positive with increases satisfaction. The number of nurses in the hospitals
have been increased over the months to increase the productivity of the satisfaction and
improvement in the health of the patient. The family of the patient have been satisfied by the
optimum care given to their patient. The health care provider have been offering the patients
with a value-based care to enhance the performance of the nurses.

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References
Brewster, L., Tarrant, C., & Dixon-Woods, M. (2016). Qualitative study of views and
experiences of performance management for healthcare-associated infections. Journal
of Hospital Infection, 94(1), 41-47.
Burwell, S. M. (2015). Setting value-based payment goals—HHS efforts to improve US
health care. N Engl J Med, 372(10), 897-899.
Kavanagh, K. T., Cimiotti, J. P., Abusalem, S., & Coty, M.-B. (2012). Moving Healthcare
Quality Forward With Nursing-Sensitive Value-Based Purchasing. Journal of Nursing
Scholarship, 44(4), 385–395.