Response to Classmate Measurement Based Care

RESPONSE 2 (PRESENTATIONS)

Response 2 (Presentations)

Presentation 1

In the first presentation my colleague focused on small nursing informatics project that would help in reducing hospital falls. My colleague’s presentation highlights the two technological tools that can be implemented in falls prevention. Although my colleague provides solutions on how falls can be prevented in hospitals, the presentation does not explain how the said solutions can be implemented. For instance, in instructing nurses who care for patients who are prone to falls, Morris (2017) suggests that for the said process to be successful, it would be prudent to include leadership at board and ward levels. Apart from assessing the root cause and testing the proposed solutions as highlighted by my colleague, the presentation would have incorporated risk management strategies. Essentially, a standardized assessment tool could be used in this case to screen for fall risk (Currie, 2008). According to the author, a tailored multimodal intervention is one of the most effective approaches in fall prevention.

Presentation 2

In the second presentation, my colleague focused on a small informatics project that would help in implementation of care that is based on measurement. My colleague illustrated the importance of measurement-based care in behavioral health. Apart from evaluating patients’ symptoms so as to inform treatment, Chiauzzi and Wicks (2021) point out that measurement-based care improves quality of psychiatric care and promotes patient engagement. According to the authors, patient engagement is important in behavioral health owing to the fact that it helps patients understand their data outcomes. On the other hand, quality of psychiatric care is improved by ensuring that providers are able to review trends and scores in outcomes and thus provide immediate patient feedback. Apart from using emails and text, providers can also obtain metrics through wearables. The presentation failed to include barriers such as breach of confidentiality that may prevent the implementation of measurable-based care. To deal with the said barriers, it there would be need to incorporate strategies which are inclusive of, but they are not limited to; training leadership, forming collaborative learning, and using measurement feedback systems (Lewis et al, 2019).

References

Chiuazzi, E. & Wicks, P. (2021). Beyond the Therapist’s Office: Merging Measurement-Based Care and Digital Medicine in the Real World. Digit Biomark, 5,176–182. DOI: 10.1159/000517748

Currie L. (2008). Fall and Injury Prevention. In R. G. Hughes (Ed.), Patient Safety and Quality: An Evidence-Based Handbook for Nurses. Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK2653/