NUR 550 TOPIC 5 Discussion Question 1 Answer

NUR 550 Topic 5 DQ 1 Identify either a safety or quality improvement initiative related to improving population health. How can translational research influence the development of these initiatives? Include a specific example to support your response. In order to improve population health, efforts to improve quality should be measured to demonstrate “whether improvement efforts; lead to change in the primary end point in the desired direction, contribute to unintended results in different parts of the system, and (or) require additional efforts to bring a process back into acceptable ranges”. The rationale for measuring quality improvement is the belief that good performance reflects good-quality practice, and that comparing performance among