Introducing: As an APN, productivity will be an important measurement for the practice to determine reimbursement and salary. Fee-for-service practices will require a set number of patients per day to maintain productivity. A capitated practice will require the APN to have a large panel of patients but also will focus on controlling costs. This can be accomplished through effective primary care that is accessible, convenient for the patients and has a method of measuring quality of care.
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***Category 1: List and discuss three different patient interventions and how you would specifically measure the outcomes.
-Details: From the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) website, discuss three patient interventions for the one performance measure.
Develop three different patient interventions for that one performance measure and how you would specifically implement the intervention and measure the outcomes for that particular performance measure in clinical practice.
Develop a measurement tool to track patient outcomes.
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Three measurable interventions. What you are doing is not just developing a plan
of care for one patient with an elevated BMI (as an example) but a set of patients
because you have noted that it is a trend at your practice. Research interventions in
the library. The important part is that the interventions are measurable and can be
used across the patient population.
Screening tools come to mind for me right away, perhaps some forms of
prevention. The idea is really primary prevention, not secondary or tertiary
treatment.
***Category 3: How can these interventions result in improved patient ratings?
-Details: Discuss how these interventions can result in improved patient ratings (an NP’s patient scorecard).
Measures of performance are used to determine if the standards of care are met
• Measures of performance are used to determine if the standards of care are rhet.
These include the measurements from NCQA (immunizations, smoking cessation,
etc., peers (expert diagnostician) and patients (timely, polite, and does not miss
vital diagnoses).
EXAMPLE: Patient education not only educates patients, but it can also grow the patient to provider
relationship. An important quality to caring for individuals is taking the time to listen, answer
questions and educate. As a nurse practitioner taking the time to educate patients on an
upcoming breast cancer screening can help answer many questions the patient has not even
thought of, as well as ease the anxiety of uncertainty. Spending this extra time with your
patients can help patients feel more confident and comfortable with their providers.
Providing client reminders to patients whether its automatic telephone calls, written letters
mailed, or receptionist calling it helps the patient know their health is important to the
practice and ensuring patient compliance. Mass media promotion can improve patient
ratings as current patients, and former patients can post their ratings on their experiences
with you as a provider. In the modern world ratings and reviews play an important role in the
everyday decisions. As a new nurse practitioner, it is important to build up your clientele,
and one way is to utilize technology and reach different generations. Advertising your
services through media and discussing who you are as a provider can make patients who are
uneasy about being seen a little more comfortable prior to their visit. These three
interventions play a major role in patient satisfaction, which is very important in the role of
being a nurse practitioner. It is seen in patients who are more satisfied with their care are
more likely to follow medical advice thus encouraging patients to follow through with their
treatment plan and screening procedures (Karaca, 2019, p. 540). Without patient satisfaction
it would not be possible to survive in the healthcare world as patient satisfaction is priority
