You will identify a specific evidence-based practice proposal topic for this project. You work at mental health hospital. The project topic can be a clinical practice problem, an organizational issue, a quality improvement suggestion, a leadership initiative, or an educational need appropriate in a mental health hospital. Examples of the integration of community health, leadership, and an Evidenced Based Practice can be found on the “Educational and Community-Based Programs” (Mental Health and Mental Disorders) page of the Healthy People 2020 website.
Write a 500-750 word description of your proposed project topic. Make sure to include the following:
Impact of the problem, issue, suggestion, initiative, or educational need on the work environment, the quality of care provided by staff, and patient outcomes.
The significance of the issue of care coordination includes helping to address some challenges that health care facilities are facing today. This is because care coordination helps to reduce the high rates of readmission which are caused by the lack of education in patients regarding their treatment plan or medication. Care coordination also has significance in addressing the problems faced by referral staffs since the disjointed nature of today’s health care systems pose a challenge to the referral staff in terms of dealing with lost information which may result to a less efficient care (Daveson, et al., 2014). The healthcare problem whereby specialists are not provided with adequate information on the patient’s test performed before can also be addressed by effective care coordination. The practical implication of care coordination to nursing include that the role of nurses in the process of care coordination is not clear. Therefore, their role and goals of each clinician should be clarified in order to avoid role conflict and confusion in care coordination.
