Provide a background of the issue, including the scope, impact, and rationale for the selected issue. c. You may reuse content from your Week 1 Discussion post to introduce the issue. 2. Quality Measures a. Select one NCQA HEDIS performance measure

TOPIC OF DISCUSSION: (See week 1 assignment attached for the topic, information may be re-used for this assignment) Include the following sections (detailed criteria listed below and in the grading rubric) 1. Introduction a. Identify a quality or client safety issue. b. Provide a background of the issue, including the scope, impact, and rationale for the selected issue. c. You may reuse content from your Week 1 Discussion post to introduce the issue. 2. Quality Measures a. Select one NCQA HEDIS performance measureLinks to an external site. ( https://www.ncqa.org/hedis/measures/) related to your selected quality or client safety issue. Note: Expand each HEDIS domain to review the associated performance measures. b. Select and define the data that would be collected to inform the QI project. c. Provide an in-text citation from one scholarly source to support your writing. 3. Regulatory Guidelines and Benchmarks a. Identify regulatory guidelines to inform quality improvement. b. Identify the internal and external benchmarks that would exhibit success in quality improvement. c. Provide an in-text citation from one scholarly source to support your writing. 4. Data Analysis Techniques a. Describe one data analysis technique used in quality improvement that could be used to evaluate the problem. b. Provide an in-text citation from one scholarly source to support your writing. 5. Dissemination a. Identify at least two ways to disseminate the quality improvement results. b. Identify the key stakeholder to whom the information would be disseminated. c. Provide an in-text citation from one scholarly source to support your writing. 6. Reflection a. Discuss how you will apply the quality improvement strategies in your practice. b. Reflect on what you have learned from this assignment.