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Plan

What is your plan for evaluation of the strategies using performance improvement data and tracers? What tracers will you use? Include necessary detail to deliver key points and requirements, such as specific data collection methods, timeframes for evaluation, and intended re-evaluation.

Tracer method is a unique technique used by the healthcare organizations, to obtain a real time picture of quality performance from point of entry to discharge. A key part of The Joint Commission’s on-site survey process is the tracer methodology (The Joint Commission, 2017).. Some traditional tracer tools can be used for quality and safety improvement. The focus of these tools is on ….. and the plan for the evaluation of this initiative for fall prevention will use tracers in the following manner….

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To evaluate the identified measure is the 30 day readmission rate for patients, data twill be racked by system tracers which will be completed monthly by the Assistant Director of Nursing.

Plan Evaluation

How effective and sustainable is your plan? In other words, evaluate the effectiveness and the ease of use, timeliness, and efficiency of your plan for the progress and success of your initiative.

The plan to prevent falls is effective and sustainable with the involvement and collaboration of all team members by implementing the following strategies… The initiative will be evaluated by the following methods, post implementation…….

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Every three months this data will be compiled and analyzed to determine what actions were effective and ineffective. The complete study will take place over a one year period with the desired result of an 15% or below hospital readmission rate.

Use of Tracers

Individual tracers make the most sense to utilize for this proposal because these tracers are designed to “trace” the care experiences that a patient had during hospitalization. For example: in case of fall prevention, these tracers help to track the patient’s experience regarding safety, satisfaction of personal needs, hygiene, compliance of staff during care….. System tracers can be utilized as well, for example….

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System tracers provide information by tracking where in an organizational process breakdowns occur or exist and are a valuable tool in identifying where changes needs to occur. The tracers that will be used include a baseline rate of readmissions, collection of weekly reports of hospital readmissions of those patients. The readmission data will be collected via generated daily reports….

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