{"id":513,"date":"2024-04-04T08:59:30","date_gmt":"2024-04-04T12:59:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/npltc\/?post_type=chapter&#038;p=513"},"modified":"2024-04-04T09:02:02","modified_gmt":"2024-04-04T13:02:02","slug":"4-3-3","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/npltc\/chapter\/4-3-3\/","title":{"raw":"4.3.3 Performance Measurement","rendered":"4.3.3 Performance Measurement"},"content":{"raw":"Quality Improvement Plan (QIP):\r\n\r\nHealth Quality Ontario[footnote]Health Quality Ontario, n.d.[\/footnote] identifies QIP as including the following:\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Recognized, acknowledged set of commitments that a healthcare organization makes to its patients\/clients\/residents, staff and community<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Goal to advance quality through fixed targets and actions<\/li>\r\n \t<li>QIPs are used in various sectors to assist organizations in providing quality programs and services<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Addresses efficiency, patient centred care, safe &amp; effective care<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\nNPs and their respective teams can be evaluated within the context of their role within the LTC sector through elements of the QIP.\r\n\r\nAdditional examples of NP practice evaluative outcomes &amp; performance measurement have included:\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Potentially avoidable emergency department visits for LTC residents<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Antipsychotic use<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Palliative care services<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Health Standards Organizations (HSO) and CIHI\u2019s Long Term Standards [footnote]El-Masri et al, 2015[\/footnote][footnote]Hirdes et al, 2019[\/footnote][footnote]Canadian Institute for Health Information, 2023[\/footnote]<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>","rendered":"<p>Quality Improvement Plan (QIP):<\/p>\n<p>Health Quality Ontario<a class=\"footnote\" title=\"Health Quality Ontario, n.d.\" id=\"return-footnote-513-1\" href=\"#footnote-513-1\" aria-label=\"Footnote 1\"><sup class=\"footnote\">[1]<\/sup><\/a> identifies QIP as including the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Recognized, acknowledged set of commitments that a healthcare organization makes to its patients\/clients\/residents, staff and community<\/li>\n<li>Goal to advance quality through fixed targets and actions<\/li>\n<li>QIPs are used in various sectors to assist organizations in providing quality programs and services<\/li>\n<li>Addresses efficiency, patient centred care, safe &amp; effective care<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>NPs and their respective teams can be evaluated within the context of their role within the LTC sector through elements of the QIP.<\/p>\n<p>Additional examples of NP practice evaluative outcomes &amp; performance measurement have included:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Potentially avoidable emergency department visits for LTC residents<\/li>\n<li>Antipsychotic use<\/li>\n<li>Palliative care services<\/li>\n<li>Health Standards Organizations (HSO) and CIHI\u2019s Long Term Standards <a class=\"footnote\" title=\"El-Masri et al, 2015\" id=\"return-footnote-513-2\" href=\"#footnote-513-2\" aria-label=\"Footnote 2\"><sup class=\"footnote\">[2]<\/sup><\/a><a class=\"footnote\" title=\"Hirdes et al, 2019\" id=\"return-footnote-513-3\" href=\"#footnote-513-3\" aria-label=\"Footnote 3\"><sup class=\"footnote\">[3]<\/sup><\/a><a class=\"footnote\" title=\"Canadian Institute for Health Information, 2023\" id=\"return-footnote-513-4\" href=\"#footnote-513-4\" aria-label=\"Footnote 4\"><sup class=\"footnote\">[4]<\/sup><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr class=\"before-footnotes clear\" \/><div class=\"footnotes\"><ol><li id=\"footnote-513-1\">Health Quality Ontario, n.d. <a href=\"#return-footnote-513-1\" class=\"return-footnote\" aria-label=\"Return to footnote 1\">&crarr;<\/a><\/li><li id=\"footnote-513-2\">El-Masri et al, 2015 <a href=\"#return-footnote-513-2\" class=\"return-footnote\" aria-label=\"Return to footnote 2\">&crarr;<\/a><\/li><li id=\"footnote-513-3\">Hirdes et al, 2019 <a href=\"#return-footnote-513-3\" class=\"return-footnote\" aria-label=\"Return to footnote 3\">&crarr;<\/a><\/li><li id=\"footnote-513-4\">Canadian Institute for Health Information, 2023 <a href=\"#return-footnote-513-4\" class=\"return-footnote\" aria-label=\"Return to footnote 4\">&crarr;<\/a><\/li><\/ol><\/div>","protected":false},"author":517,"menu_order":17,"template":"","meta":{"pb_show_title":"on","pb_short_title":"","pb_subtitle":"","pb_authors":[],"pb_section_license":""},"chapter-type":[],"contributor":[],"license":[],"class_list":["post-513","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry"],"part":57,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/npltc\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/513","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/npltc\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/npltc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/chapter"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/npltc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/517"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/npltc\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/513\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":516,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/npltc\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/513\/revisions\/516"}],"part":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/npltc\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/57"}],"metadata":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/npltc\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/513\/metadata\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/npltc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=513"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"chapter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/npltc\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapter-type?post=513"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/npltc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=513"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/npltc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=513"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}