Create a concise, professional slide presentation that helps you connect improvement science principles to your own practice environment by integrating benchmarks, national health goals, and a process improvement framework. You will apply these frameworks to a practice problem that aligns with the Triple Aim—improving patient experience, improving population health, and reducing healthcare costs—while linking your improvement goal to a Healthy People 2030 health indicator.Your presentation should include the following sections:Title (1 slide)
- Include your presentation title
Define the Practice Problem (1 slide)
- Provide a brief summary of the practice problem you plan to address.
- Identify which AHRQ domain of healthcare quality (safety, effectiveness, patient-centeredness, timeliness, efficiency, or equity) your issue aligns with.
- Include 1–2 data points or observations that show why this issue needs improvement.
Align with a National Health Goal (1 slide)
- Identify a Healthy People 2030 objective or a goal from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services that supports your project.
- Include:
- The goal or objective number and title
- A short statement explaining how your project supports this national health priority
- Describe how your improvement aligns with the Triple Aim (better care, better health, lower cost).
Apply Benchmarking (1-2 slides)
- Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) are measurable values used to assess how effectively an organization, unit, or process is achieving key objectives. In healthcare, benchmarking or KPIs help track performance over time and guide data-driven improvement.
- Explain how benchmarking (comparing your organization’s KPIs to internal or external standards) helps you understand current performance and set measurable improvement goals.
- Reference at least one benchmark source, such as:
- CMS Quality Net, National Database of Nursing Quality Indicators (NDNQI), APQC, or internal institutional data.
- Include one example KPI or metric relevant to your practice problem.
Apply the PDSA Model – “Plan” Phase (2–3 slides)Using the IHI PDSA Worksheet as your guide, outline the Plan phase of your improvement process. Include:
- AIM statement: What are you trying to accomplish?
- Proposed change: What improvement or intervention will you test?
- Prediction: What do you expect to happen and why?
- Measures: What outcome, process, or balancing metrics (KPIs) will you track to evaluate change?
- Team members: Who will be involved in testing and evaluating the change?
- Timeline: When and how will you carry out the initial test of change?
Reflection (1 slide)
- Reflect on your experience of how benchmarking data influences your understanding of your practice problem and how connecting your project to an improvement goal strengthened its relevance.
Requirements
- Support your presentation with scholarly, full-text PDF sources.
- Upload the full-text PDFs with your submission.
- Use APA 7th edition format for all citations and references.
- Ensure visuals (charts, graphs, icons) enhance clarity and support your analysis.
- Narration and notes should be confident and clearly explain your reasoning and improvement plan with slides aligning with the notes/narration.
Please be sure to validate your opinions and ideas with citations and references in APA format. The assignment requires you to upload a PDF file of the full-text article for all of your resources for your faculty to review.