NR506NP Week 3 Paper Quality Healthcare: Measuring Nurse Practitioner Performance

Running head: QUALITY HEALTHCARE MEASURING NURSE P 1 Quality Healthcare: Measuring Nurse Practitioner Performance By: Angela Acree Chamberlain College of Nursing Professor Candice Phillips NR506NP: Healthcare Leadership and Policy September 18, 2019 Quality Healthcare: Measuring Nurse Practitioner Performance Every person should have access to quality healthcare and feel confident in the care they receive. The National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) was formed to ensure the quality of patient care and measurement of patient outcomes with set standards This paper will discuss a performance measure developed by Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set (HEDIS) in which is a performance measurement tool that millions of health insurance companies use (NCQA, 2019). Three patient interventions will be discussed, and information on how a nurse practitioner (NP) would specifically measure the outcomes of the interventions listed. This paper will include how the primary care interventions result in improved patient outcomes and cost savings for the practice. Lastly, this paper will discuss how the interventions resulted in improved patient ratings and a conclusion. Patient Interventions HEDIS has six domains of care in which performance in healthcare is measured. The interventions discussed will be from the domain Effectiveness of Care (NCQA, 2019). The three interventions selected from this domain are under prevention and screenings in which include: breast cancer screenings, cervical cancer screenings, and colorectal screenings (NCQA, 2019). As people age, screenings begin to play a significant role in their life. It is essential as healthcare providers that we make sure our patients are educated about the screenings and the importance of the screenings. Regardless of what the patient is being seen for, it should become a regular part of their assessment to ask them if they have had their screenings. If the patient falls within the age category or is high risk, and they have not had their screenings, it is important that we must get those scheduled for them while they are there. ……………………………………CONTINUED…………………………………………