Data Analysis and Quality Improvement Initiative Proposal

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Data Analysis and Quality Improvement Initiative Proposal Scoring Guide

CRITERIA NON-PERFORMANCE BASIC PROFICIENT DISTINGUISHED

Analyze data to identify a health care issue or area of concern.

Does not analyze data to identify a health care issue or area of concern.

Attempts to analyze data, but misses trends or opportunities for quality improvement, or does not persuasively link data to a health care issue or area of concern.

Analyzes data to identify a health care issue or area of concern.

Analyzes data to identify a health care issue or area of concern; evaluates data quality.

Develop a QI initiative proposal based on a selected health issue and supporting data analysis.

Does not develop a QI initiative proposal based on a selected health issue and supporting data analysis.

Attempts to develop a QI initiative proposal, but proposal is missing benchmarks, is not evidence-based, is impractical, or is not clearly linked to the selected health issue or supporting data analysis.

Develops a QI initiative proposal based on a selected health issue and supporting data analysis.

Develops a QI initiative proposal based on a selected health issue and supporting data analysis. Proposal identifies knowledge gaps, unknowns, missing information, unanswered questions, or areas of uncertainty where further information could improve the proposal.

Communicate QI initiative proposal, based on interdisciplinary team input, to improve patient safety and quality outcomes and work- life quality.

Does not communicate QI initiative proposal, based on interdisciplinary team input, to improve patient safety and quality outcomes and work-life quality.

Attempts to communicate QI initiative proposal, based on interdisciplinary team input, but misses relevant roles or concepts related to patient safety and quality outcomes and work-life quality.

Communicates QI initiative proposal, based on interdisciplinary team input, to improve patient safety and quality outcomes and work-life quality.

Communicates QI initiative proposal, based on interdisciplinary team input, to improve patient safety and quality outcomes and work-life quality. Identifies assumptions on which the inputs are based.

Integrate relevant sources to support arguments, correctly formatting citations and references using APA style.

Does not integrate relevant sources to support arguments, correctly formatting citations and references using APA style.

Integrates irrelevant sources, integrates sources ineffectively, or formats citations and references with errors in APA style.

Integrates relevant sources to support arguments, correctly formatting citations and references using APA style.

Thoroughly integrates relevant sources to support arguments using error-free APA style and formatting in citations and references.

Determine evidence- based communication strategies to promote quality improvement of interprofessional care.

Does not determine communication strategies to promote quality improvement of interprofessional care.

Attempts to determine communication strategies to promote quality improvement of interprofessional care, but strategies are limited and/or not evidence-based.

Determines communication strategies to promote quality improvement of interprofessional care.

Determines multiple evidence- based communication strategies to promote quality improvement of interprofessional care.

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Communicate QI initiative proposal in a professional, effective manner, writing clearly and logically, with correct use of grammar, punctuation, and spelling.

Does not communicate QI initiative proposal in a professional, effective manner, writing clearly and logically, with correct use of grammar, punctuation, and spelling.

Attempts to communicate QI initiative proposal in a professional, effective manner, but lapses, omissions, and/or errors detract from the overall message.

Communicates QI initiative proposal in a professional, effective manner, writing content clearly and logically, with correct use of grammar, punctuation, and spelling.

Communicates QI initiative proposal in a professional, effective manner, writing content clearly and logically, with error- free use of grammar, punctuation, and spelling. Proposal includes multiple specifics, examples, and references to current scholarly and/or authoritative sources.

Determine whether any adverse event or near-miss data must be factored in to outcomes and recommendations.

Does not determine whether any adverse event or near-miss data must be factored in to outcomes and recommendations.

Attempts to determine whether any adverse event or near-miss data must be factored in to outcomes and recommendations; however, omissions and/or errors exist.

Determines whether any adverse event or near-miss data must be factored in to outcomes and recommendations.

Determines whether any adverse event or near-miss data must be factored in to outcomes and recommendations. Specifies the criteria by which the determination is made.