HERZING NU626 Roles for Nurse Practitioners
Unit 4 Discussion
DQ1 Information Technology and Data Mining
Describe how using information technology and data mining can affect the quality of health care.
Using two Quality Performance indicators, provide a comparison and contrast example of how information technology and data have changed patient care outcomes.
Instructions:
Please respond to at least 2 of your peer’s posts. To ensure that your responses are substantive, use at least two of these prompts:
Do you agree with your peers’ assessment?
Take an opposing view to a peer and present a logical argument supporting an alternate opinion.
Share your thoughts on how you support their opinion and explain why.
DQ2 Utilization and Case Management
What is utilization and case management?
How is this related to managed care and quality care and control issues?
How does APNP clinical expertise and patient management skills provide a foundation for utilization and case management?
Provide an example of how case management improves patient care outcomes.
Use an EBP research article to support your case.
Discussion Peer/Participation Prompt [Due Sunday]
Instructions:
Please respond to at least 2 of your peer’s posts. To ensure that your responses are substantive, use at least two of these prompts:
Do you agree with your peers’ assessment?
Take an opposing view to a peer and present a logical argument supporting an alternate opinion.
Share your thoughts on how you support their opinion and explain why.
Present new references that support your opinions.