Analytical Methods - Healthcare Program Evaluation and Analysis

Catalog description

This course focuses on quality and safety as core values of advanced practice nursing. This course presents quality improvement and patient safety science, and their related processes, that support improved quality of care and reduced risk of harm to patients and providers. Strategies to support the development of a culture of safety within healthcare systems for patients and providers will be presented utilizing national resources. These strategies are extended to include collaborations with communities to establish safer communities and emergency preparedness. Specific analytical methods will be presented that utilize healthcare systems and population data. Methods of monitoring healthcare system performance will be discussed including national quality indicators and benchmarks. Students will apply epidemiology and quality improvement principles, research, and methods to conduct community health assessments that investigate factors leading to specific clinical problems. Population health concepts and measures used to determine risk, association and community health outcomes will be discussed. Students will engage in case studies to create quality improvement strategies with elements of business plans that will support sustainable healthcare improvements at the practice, organizational, and policy levels.