21 Jul In this assignment, you will apply your skill in quality improvement, which is necessary for you to implement the policies and processes to fulfill the purpose of the organization you work in as a health care administrator. You will evaluate the relationship between quality-improvement projects and health care research.

Quality-improvement projects directly impact the quality of health care delivery. Health care research can provide the data necessary for the systematic change process to guide decision-making.

In this assignment, you will apply your skill in quality improvement, which is necessary for you to implement the policies and processes to fulfill the purpose of the organization you work in as a health care administrator. You will evaluate the relationship between quality-improvement projects and health care research. You will choose a peer-reviewed article about a research study and evaluate the application of risk- and quality-management concepts in the health care industry in this assignment.



Assignment Preparation
Search the University Library or Google Scholar for a peer-reviewed article about a research study related to quality-improvement projects in health care.



Review the questions below that you will need to answer to ensure you have selected an article that is most appropriate for completing the assignment.



Define the problem.
Prompts:

What is the problem identified in your chosen article?
Why is it a problem? E
What is the problem that the article or research study is trying to resolve?
Why is the problem important for health care administrators to study?
Identify the purpose of the study.
Prompts: If the answers to these questions are not expressly stated in the article, consider its entirety and write what you think the answers are.

What is the purpose of the study?
What is the author trying to accomplish in this study?
Identify the study variables.
Prompt:

What are the independent and dependent study variables?
Independent variables represent inputs and can have any value.
Dependent variables represent outputs or effects.
Identify the research question and/or hypothesis.
Prompts:

Was a research question or hypothesis provide din the article? If so, what is it? If not, why wasn’t one provided?
What was the answer to the research question? Was the hypothesis accepted or rejected?
Research Methodology, Design, and Analyses
Explain the research methodology, design, and analyses.
Prompts:

Was the research qualitative, quantitative, or mixed methods? Explain your response.
Which population or sample was studied?
What was the sampling method and type?
How long did the study take?
How was the data collected?
What type of statistical analysis was used?
Findings
Explain the research study’s findings.
Prompts:

What were the research study’s findings?
Were the research questions or hypotheses addressed?
Conclusion
Summarize the research study’s recommendations.
Prompts:

What were the research study’s recommendations?
Are the findings relevant to consumers, healthcare professionals, or both?
Explain the impact of the research to risk management and quality management.
Prompts:

How do the recommendations affect risk management and quality management in the health care environment?
How could you as a health care administrator use the information within this article as it relates to risk management and quality-improvement projects?




Assignment Directions
Write 1,050-word evaluation of the quality-improvement projects in health care research study you selected.



Use the template and the prompts above as a guide for what to include in each section. While this is a guide for the content needed for this assignment, it is not a template for the format.

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