Instruction
Instructions
Write an analysis and leadership action plan for the issue you selected that will enable you to address the issue on an organization-wide basis. Please make sure to include all of the following headings and answer all of the questions underneath each heading.
Issue Summary
• How would you summarize the key elements of the incident that occurred?
• What is your goal in addressing the issue?
• Which two to three key items will be your focus? For example, you may elect to focus on nursing staffing levels if being short staffed in nursing is contributing to compromises to patient safety.
IHI Triple Aim
• What is the IHI Triple AIM?
• How does the IHI Triple Aim apply to this specific incident?
• What IHI Triple Aim elements will you incorporate into your organizational improvement strategy?
Culture
• What is culture?
• Why is culture a critical organizational priority for safety and quality?
• Based on the knowledge you have about the selected issue, what do you know about the existing organizational culture?
• What are some of the evidence-based strategies you are considering you could employ to cultivate a culture of safety?
Collaboration
• Which key departments need to be directly involved with the corrective action process?
• What is your rationale for selecting these departments? For example, you may want to involve nursing because many of errors involve nurses and obtaining their buy-in is critical to achieving the organizational priority.
• Which specific senior leader, front line staff member, and clinical expert will you include in your action plan and hold accountable for implementation?
• What are the implications of not engaging with all departments toward making safety and quality top of mind?
• How might you involve other departments in addressing the specific issue and the cultural issue?
Leadership
• Which specific leaders within the organization could assist you in addressing this issue and in making patient safety and quality top of mind throughout the organization? Examples for you to consider include the chief nursing officer, the chief medical officer, the patient safety officer, et cetera.
• What role do you expect these leaders to play in addressing the specific issue and the issue of culture?
• What best practices would you employ to enlist their aid in the improvement effort?
• What role does the organization's governing board have in terms of quality and safety in the organization?
• How could you enlist the governing board's aid in your improvement initiative?
• What additional information could you provide them to increase their involvement in the organization's safety and quality improvement efforts?
Leadership Action Plan
• What are three evidence-based actions you recommend that would help to solve the incident that arose?
• What are three evidence-based best practices you recommend to address the issue on an organizational level?
Conclusion
• How will you summarize your analysis of the incident and your leadership action plan?
Remember that health care is an evidence-based field. You will need to cite a minimum of two credible references to support your analysis and action planning process.
In addition, in the health care field, your analysis and action plan would not typically be written in APA format. Do ensure that it is clear, persuasive, concise, organized, and without errors in grammar, punctuation, and spelling. Do provide citations and title and reference pages in APA format. Other leaders in your organization are going to want to know what sources you relied on to prepare your analysis and action plan.
Your choice for a topic is great, but you need to use the actual Vila Health scenario from Assessment #1. Review the activity from Assessment #1 regarding medication errors. There is a scenario and transcript that discusses each scenario. You do not make up your own based on the topic.