Peer Review of Workflow Models

In the Week 4 Discussion, you explored the benefits of gaining an outsider’s perspective on a workflow issue or gap you are investigating. It can be equally beneficial to request feedback from others on the accuracy and clarity of a workflow model.

In this Discussion, you and your colleagues critique one another’s Visio drafts of your workflow models that you created for Part 1 of the Course Project and provide feedback on how to make the workflow model more complete. You also receive feedback on your own workflow model and consider additional information that you may need to collect as you conduct your gap analysis. Peer Review of Workflow Models

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To prepare

• By Day 1 of this week, your Instructor will have assigned you to review two colleague’s Visio drafts. Locate these drafts in Doc Sharing. (Please see the attached files for assigned colleague Visio drafts)
• Examine each workflow model using the basic requirements outlined in the Course Project. Consider the following:
  • Does each draft use standard Visio workflow shapes for start and end points, basic steps, and decision points?
  • Are all points connected with arrows flowing in the correct direction?
  • Are swimlanes present to identify who completes each task?
• Carefully read through each workflow model.
  • Does it make sense?
  • What areas are unclear or confusing?
  • Are all decision points adequately explained?
  • What parts need additional detail?
• Identify at least one additional gap in each workflow. For example, this may be a redundant task, an unnecessary task, an ineffective system or process, or an area where staff need support. What meaningful use objective or objectives are related to the identified gap?With these thoughts in mind:Post by tomorrow 10/04/16, a minimum of 550 words in APA with 2 references, addressing the level one headings below:1) Your reviews of your colleagues’ Visio drafts. Identify any basic requirements (standard workflow shapes, arrow directions, decision points, swimlanes, etc.) that are unmet or need revision. Also identify areas that lack information and what additional detail is necessary to clarify those areas. PLEASE SEE THE ATTACHED FILES FOR THE VISIO DRAFT TO REVIEW2) Describe the gap you identified in the workflow and explain how it is related to at least one meaningful use objective.  Required Readings Dennis, A., Wixom, B. H., & Roth, R. M. (2015). Systems analysis and design (6th ed.). Hoboken, NJ: Wiley. Peer Review of Workflow Models

• Review Chapter 5, “Process Modeling” (pp. 153–186) Helmers, S. (2011). Microsoft Visio 2010 step by step. Sebastopol, CA: O’Reilly.

• Chapter 7, “Adding and Using Hyperlinks” (pp. 215–238)  This chapter includes instructions for adding hyperlinks to a Visio drawing. These can be links to a website, another document, or another Visio page.  
• Chapter 8, “Sharing and Publishing Diagrams: Part 1” (pp. 239–270)  This chapter introduces how to preview and print a Visio diagram, how to create Visio templates, and how to post a diagram to the Web.  
• Chapter 10, “Visualizing Your Data” (pp. 299–320)  This chapter describes how a variety of graphics may be used when creating a Visio diagram. It demonstrates how to use existing graphics or how to create customized graphics for a specialized project.  Fickenscher, K., & Bakerman, M. (2011). Process redesign is key to successful IT deployment. Physician Executive, 37(3), 76–79. Retrieved from the Walden Library databases.  The authors of this article evaluate how engaging health IT in patient care is a multidisciplinary, multileveled endeavor. Given the collaborative nature of health care organizations, redesigning health delivery processes requires the cooperation of a variety of health care personnel if it is to be successful.McAlearney, A. S., Song, P. H., Robbins, J., Hirsch, A., Jorina, M., Kowalczyk, N., & Chisolm, D. (2010). Moving from good to great in ambulatory electronic health record implementation. Journal for Healthcare Quality, 32(5), 41–50. Retrieved from the Walden Library databases.  In this article, the authors describe research into the implementation of EHR systems for use in ambulatory care. They concluded that the difference between good systems and great systems is that great systems have a built-in process that allows for continual optimization over time.  Smaltz, D. H., Callander, R., Turner, M., Kennamer, G., Wurtz, H., Bowen, A., & Waldrum, M. R. (2005). Making sausage—Effective management of enterprise-wide clinical IT projects. Journal of Healthcare Information Management, 19(2), 48–55. Retrieved from http://www.himss.org/files/HIMSSorg/content/files/jhim/19-2/focus_making.pdf  Incentives for adopting health IT alterations differ between employees and independent entrepreneurs. The authors propose an influence-based methodology for creating the appropriate health care environment for clinical IT use.  Optional Resources There are a wide variety of online tutorials available to assist you with using Visio. Below are two you might consider, as needed: Microsoft. (2011). The Visio 2010 MVP sessions. Retrieved from http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/visio/ This free resource, developed by Microsoft, provides video tutorials in the use of all aspects of Visio 2010.  Edson, D. (2011). Visio 2010 essential training. Retrieved from http://www.lynda.com/Visio-2010-tutorials/Essential-Training/75921-2.html This series of videos provides detailed instruction on all aspects of Visio use. This resource requires a paid subscription. Peer Review of Workflow Models

Expectant Fathers

How actively are fathers participating in the births of their children these days? Find out by carrying out an interview project. Identify two first-time, expectant fathers and two fathers of children under the age of 2 (Total of 4 interviewees). Interview these men using the following sets of questions:

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Expectant Fathers:

• What are your feelings about becoming a father?
• How have you been involved in your partner’s pregnancy?
• What part will you play in your child’s birth? What part would you like to play? Expectant Fathers
• What do you think being a “good father” means?
• How will having a child change your life?

Fathers:

• What part did you play in the birth(s) of your child (children)? What were your feelings about this experience?
• What are the three biggest challenges you face as a father?
• What do you think a “good father” is?
• How has having a child changed your life?
• What advice would you give a new father?

Write a brief report indicating what you were trying to find out, describe your sample and how you interviewed the fathers and soon-to-be fathers, and then summarize similarities and differences between the two pairs of men. Relate what you learn to material on fathers’ participation in childbirth from the text Expectant Fathers

Strategic Plan for Change

“Measurement is the first step that leads to control and eventually to improvement. If you can’t measure something, you can’t understand it. If you can’t understand it, you can’t control it. If you can’t control it , you can’t improve it.”
—H. James Harrington

Effective nurse managers recognize the innumerable challenges in contemporary health care organizations—and, they pursue solutions. Strategic Plan for Change

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As you continue to progress professionally, you will likely discover many opportunities for improvement in your own workplace. For instance, you may notice issues with the performance appraisal system, operational planning, staffing, or patient classification system. Clinical problems such as hourly rounds, medication errors, fall risks, or any other problem you observed are also prime for needing change.  As a leader/manager you can contribute toward addressing these challenges to produce positive results and create sustainable change through a structured process of strategic planning.

For this Assignment, you explore one challenge that you would like to see addressed in your organization or one with which you are familiar. You will continue to work on this Assignment over the next several weeks. This Assignment also serves as your Portfolio Assignment.  

To prepare

• Read the full Assignment instructions in the Strategic Plan for Change—Overview document, located in this week’s Learning Resources.
• Identify a problem that you would like to investigate for this Assignment.
• SELECTED TOPIC: Inadequate documentation of antipsychotic medications monitoring approved Strategic Plan for Change

NURSING INFORMATICS

Imagine an organization asks you to contribute to the development of an information system best-practices policy to help maintain patient safety and patient confidentiality in their practice setting. The organization wants you to create a document to help the group better understand why an informatics policy is needed and the practices that should be included in the policy. NURSING INFORMATICS

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A nursing informatics best-practices document can serve multiple purposes, such as a handout for new-hire orientation or as a background report given to a committee tasked with creating or updating a nursing informatics best-practices policy.

Preparation

To expand your understanding of nursing informatics best practices within the industry, research the most current information about the topics of nursing best-practices documents and nursing informatics best practices.

Using the library, the suggested resources, and other methods (Web search, for example), locate 4–6 scholarly articles related to best practices designed to support positive patient outcomes related to the following areas: NURSING INFORMATICS

• The meaning of secure data practices.
• Ethical standards needed to promote and support data security.
• Patient confidentiality.
• Regulatory requirements.
• Behaviors and skills nurse leaders need to guide the use of information technology and research for improved patient-care outcomes.

Directions

Create a description of a nursing informatics best-practices policy document designed to define and encourage effective and safe data use in a practice setting or organization.

• Purpose Statement: Statement of why an organization would create the policy. Include any reasons and intent that supports the creation of an informatics best-practices policy.
• Best Practices Definitions and Descriptions:
  • Definitions of secure practices, data security, and patient confidentiality.
  • Ethical standards.
  • Regulatory requirements.
• Implementation:
  • Behaviors – describe the behaviors nurse leaders will need to demonstrate that will guide implementation of the policy.
  • Skills required – describe the skills needed to ensure policy adherence. NURSING INFORMATICS

• HEALTH CARE POLICY
• Select one public policy that currently is impacting you and your practice. Consider the following:
  • What health care driver was the policy designed to address: cost, quality, access, or a combination?
  • Does the policy appear to be achieving its intended results? On what data are you basing your assumption?
  • What have been the effects (adverse or positive) of this policy on health care cost, quality, and access?
  • How is this policy affecting your nursing practice?
• Next, select a health care issue—something you see or experience on a daily basis—about which you would like to influence a practice change through the policy process.
• Review the Learning Resources, focusing on Kingdon’s Model. How would you utilize this model to guide your policy development? HEALTH CARE POLICY

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By Day 3

Post a brief description of a public policy that is having an impact on your practice; summarize your analysis of the policy using the bulleted list above as a guide. Then, summarize the issue you would like to influence though a change in public policy, and outline how you would utilize Kingdon’s Model to guide your policy development.

Part Two will have approximately 3–4 pages of content plus a title page and references. Part Two will address the following:

• Explain whether your proposed policy could be enacted through a modification of existing law or regulation or the creation of new legislation/regulation. HEALTH CARE POLICY
• Explain how existing laws or regulations could affect your advocacy efforts. Be sure to cite and reference the laws and regulations using primary sources.
• Provide an analysis of the methods you could use to influence legislators or other policymakers to support your policy. In particular, explain how you would use the “three legs” of lobbying in your advocacy efforts.
  • Summarize obstacles that could arise in the legislative process and how to overcome these hurdles. HEALTH CARE POLICY