Nurs 6565 Week3 Importance Of Quality Measures Quality

This study source was downloaded by 100000857300661 from CourseHero.com on 12-13-2022 12:22:36 GMT -06:00https://www.coursehero.com/file/38478132/NURS-6565wk3docx/ Importance of Quality MeasuresQuality and Performance improvement initiatives are driving significant changes in the United States healthcare system (Watson & Roberts, 2013). The aims of these quality measures are to improve the patient outcomes, patient experience, reduction in healthcare costs, and health improvement. To achieves these outcomes, it will require a concerted effort in four major areas such as care coordination and patient safety, increased access to and use of preventive health services, better care for at risk populations, and enhanced patient and caregiver experience of care (Watson & Roberts, 2013).Quality Measures Vs. Performance IndicatorsThere are many ways to evaluate the health care qualities; however, organization faces numerous challenges in developing infrastructures to support quality improvements process and timely dissemination of outcomes data (Albanese et al., 2010). A good start when attempting to measure clinical performance is the healthplan employer data and information set (HEDIS) put out by national committee on quality assurance to assess theclinical performance (Buppert, 2018). According to McCance, Telford, Wilson, MacLeod& Dowd (2012), performance indicators will assist nurses to determine the specific elements of nursing care regarding essential to the whole patient