Quality and Safety in Primary Health Care

Catalog description

Using a culturally competent, evidence-based framework, the major foci of this course includes intra and inter-professional relationships required to address quality and safety issues found in Primary Health Care (PHC). This course explores the historical evidence related to the professional nursing leadership role for the development of current and future quality and safety concepts for PHC delivery. The use of technology to access health care information systems is explored. An emphasis is placed on risk assessment to determine priority quality and safety initiatives. Evidence-based practice for risk assessment and quality and safety initiatives/interventions including outcome measures are emphasized. Legal, regulatory, and ethical implications related to quality and safety applications are reviewed. Using health care information systems, students design a collaborative, evidence-based, culturally competent quality and safety initiative.