SCENARIO
Your facility is looking to improve the overall catheter-associated urinary track infection (CAUTI) rate within your organization. The facility has implemented an electronic medical record system that should allow you to mine the data and find the CAUTI rates for your particular facility and compare those to the CAUTI rates with other facilities.
Healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) are among the most common preventable causes of mortality in the United States and a significant economic burden to the health care system. Approximately a quarter of all hospitalized patients have a urinary catheter placed during their hospital stay, and CAUTIs are among the most common HAIs in the United States. Yet, the majority of CAUTI cases are preventable (AHRQ, 2013).
ASSIGNMENT INSTRUCTIONS
- You will need to review data.medicare.gov (https://data.medicare.gov/)
- Once you have logged onto the website you will need to navigate to the “Hospital Compare†section.
- After you have navigated to this section you will need to review the section labeled “Healthcare Associated Infections.â€
- You will need to filter out the number of CAUTI’s that are present in a selected state and then you will need to compare it to the rates of two states, preferably Florida and Alabama.
- Once you have filtered out the CAUTI’s for the selected states we would like for you to develop a bar chart or similar descriptive chart comparing the data.
- Compare the two states and discuss if they are meeting the national benchmark standards.
- Finally please address the policy implications for potential change at the local, state, and national levels within the role of an advanced nursing staff.
Rubric Criteria:
5/5 Policies that Direct Healthcare- The data shown in the site are national benchmarks. Meeting these standards can impact healthcare funding in that state that has a trickle-down effect on the state budget. To effect better compliance and support of resources states will enact policies and laws that proactively (and sometimes retroactively) direct resources guidelines to help hospitals meet minimum standards of care.
To earn all points address each point:
1. Discuss in depth the policy implications for potential change at each of the following levels: local, state and national levels. (Clearly address each level).
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