Explain at least three data collection tools you can use to collect performance information.

Select one area of improvement from the following list to complete Part 1 and Part 2 of this assignment:

• Patient safety
• Staff development and team improvement
• Productivity management
• Patient education
• Another area of improvement – Needs faculty approval 

You will focus on this area of improvement throughout the remainder of the course, which will lead to a quality improvement plan in the final week. Write a 1,050- to 1,400-word paper in which you address the following prompts for the area of improvement that you selected from above: Part 1: Data Collection Tools

• Explain data needed to monitor improvements.
• Explain at least three data collection tools you can use to collect performance information.
• Explain the types of information each tool collects.
• Explain the strengths and weaknesses of each data collection tool.
• Explain how the data collection tools are similar. Explain how the data collection tools are different.

Part 2: Data Display, Measurement and Reporting

• Identify at least two tools that measure and display the QI data that can be gathered with the data collection tools identified in Part 1.
• Explain the types of information each tool measures, displays, and reports.
• Explain each measurement, display, and reporting tool’s strengths and weaknesses.
• Explain how the measurement, display, and reporting tools are similar and different from each other.
• Explain how the measurement, display and reporting tools are useful for health care organizations.

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