Quality RN job description, used with permission of Beacon Health System.

The Plan-Do-Study-Act (PDSA) Worksheet is a useful tool for documenting a test of change. The PDSA cycle is shorthand for testing a change by developing a plan to test the change (Plan), carrying out the test (Do), observing and learning from the consequences (Study), and determining what modifications should be made to the test (Act).

Fully updated and revised by authors T. Heather Herdman, PhD, RN, FNI, and Shigemi Kamitsuru, PhD, RN, FNI, NANDA International Nursing Diagnoses: Definitions and Classification 2018-2020, Eleventh Edition is the definitive guide to nursing diagnoses, as reviewed and approved by NANDA International (NANDA-I).

As part of the implementation of MIPS, clinician performance is measured through the data clinicians report in four areas - Quality, Improvement Activities, Advancing Care Information, and Cost.

Lean Six Sigma is simply a process for solving a problem. It consists of five phases: Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve, & Control. This process is also known as DMAIC, the acronym for thosefive phases. DMAIC is a five-step method for improving existing process problems with unknown causes.

With support from The Commonwealth Fund, The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and the Paul Beeson Faculty Scholars in Aging, Dr. Coleman and colleagues designed a 15-item uni-dimensional measure, the Care Transitions Measure (CTM®), to assess the quality of care transitions.

The CALNOC registry captures and benchmark unit data, structural measures, process measures, and outcome measures.

When implemented, the Medical Home Care Coordination Measurement Tool© provides a wealth of metrics to assess overall care and care transition processes.

Health Information Exchange allows health care professionals and patients to appropriately access and securely share a patient's medical information electronically.

The AHCP is designed to clearly present the information needed by patients to prepare them for the days between discharge and the first visit with their ambulatory care physician.