• Assessment 1 Instructions: Triple Aim Outcome Measures

Develop a presentation, containing 10-15 slides, on the Institute for Healthcare Improvement’s Triple Aim, how current and emerging health care models support the Triple Aim, and how governmental regulatory initiatives and outcome measures can be applied in the care coordination process to achieve the Triple Aim in a population.

INTRODUCTION

The Triple Aim is a framework by the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (n.d.) for “simultaneously improving the health of the population, enhancing the experience and outcomes of the patient, and reducing per capita cost of care for the benefit of communities.” Care coordinators must have a model and framework to guide their practice and enable them to achieve the Triple Aim. Presently, many rural hospitals are using archaic models that must be updated to achieve the Triple Aim. For example, the patient-centered medical home model has been around for 30 years, but it has evolved during that time.This assessment provides an opportunity for you to develop an evidence-based presentation of the ways in which an organization’s care coordination process can be modified to achieve the Triple Aim.

Models of Care

National initiatives focus on health care organizations to continuously improve the quality, safety, and coordination of care. In response to these initiatives, health care models have surfaced with the goal to guide national health safety and quality improvement efforts.Nursing is an art and science with a foundation that embraces evidence, research, and quality. The thought “we have always done it this way” has long been discarded and replaced by standards based on evidence-based research. As the specialization of care coordination has evolved, care coordination has proven to be a vital element that links patients and families to safer and higher quality care. One care coordination model, the patient-centered medical home (PCMH), has gained momentum and support from governmental and regulatory agencies.

Reference

Institute for Healthcare Improvement. (n.d.). Triple Aim for populations. http://www.ihi.org/Topics/TripleAim/Pages/default….

PREPARATION

In this assessment, you will assume the role of a new case manager at a small rural hospital, Sacred Heart. You have been asked to deliver an evidence-based presentation to hospital leaders and clinical leadership teams about the ways in which the care coordination process at Sacred Heart can be modified to achieve the Triple Aim within the hospital’s rural population.To gain a better understanding of current health care models and their support for the Triple Aim, examine and compare such models as:

Patient-centered medical home (PCMH).

Transitional care.

Patient self-management.

Guided care.

Care coordination (Institute for Healthcare Improvement).

Then, finish gathering the information needed to prepare for your presentation by completing the following simulation exercise:

Vila Health: Triple Aim Outcomes.

Presentation Software

You may use Microsoft PowerPoint

INSTRUCTIONS

Develop a presentation of specific suggestions for improving the care coordination process at Sacred Heart Hospital to achieve Triple Aim outcomes.

Developing the Presentation

The requirements outlined below correspond to the grading criteria in the scoring guide. Be sure that your presentation addresses each point, at a minimum. You may also want to read the Triple Aim Outcome Measures Scoring Guide to better understand how each criterion will be assessed.

Explain how the Triple Aim contributes to population health, improves the patient care experience, and reduces health care costs on a regional, state, and national level. You will do this on slides with these specific headings:

Experience of Care/Patient Satisfaction.

Improving Population or Community Health.

Decreasing Per Capita Costs.

Analyze the relationships between various current and emerging health care models you have chosen to examine and the ways in which they support the Triple Aim by answering these guiding questions:

How do I define the rationale and philosophy of these health care models?

Can I explain how these health care models have evolved? How do I believe that these health care models have changed over time?

Can I cite at least three ways in which health care quality is enhanced through these models? In which three ways do I believe that these models most enhance health care quality? (Cite references to support your assertion.)

Explain how the structure of these models contribute to the process of gathering and evaluating the quality of evidence-based data.

Explain how evidence-based data shapes the care coordination process in nursing.

Describe three governmental regulatory initiatives and outcome measures that can be applied in the care coordination process to achieve the Triple Aim within a population.

Present process improvement recommendations to a stakeholder group clearly and concisely.

Address the anticipated needs and concerns of your audience.

What questions or objections are they likely to raise? How will you respond?

Support your main points, arguments, and conclusions with relevant and credible evidence, correctly formatting citations and references using current APA style.

Is your supporting evidence clear and explicit?

How or why does particular evidence support a claim?

Will your audience see the connection?

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS

PRESENTATION FORMAT AND LENGTH

Your slide deck should consist of 10–15 slides that address the presentation criteria, not including the title slide, purpose slide, and references slide.

Begin your presentation with the following slides:

Title.

Purpose (the reasons for the presentation).

Definition of the Triple Aim outcome measures.

Use the speaker’s notes section of each slide to develop your talking points and cite your sources, as appropriate.