Week 12 Discussion 601

1. MSN 601
WEEK 12 DISCUSSION

2. WHAT IS OUTCOMES
RESEARCH?! HOW
DOES THIS APPLY TO
ME AND HELP LEAD
TO POSITIVE
OUTCOMES? MSN Student

3. OUTCOMES
RESEARCH▸ Examines the end results of health services on
individuals and is intended to provide scientific
evidence relating to decisions made by all who
participate in healthcare.
▸ Outcomes can be grouped into categories = care-
related, patient-related, and performance-related.
▸ After an outcome has been selected and measured,
data are compiled and evaluated to draw
conclusions.
‣ How does outcomes research implementation create
positive outcomes for patients and healthcare
professionals?
‣ The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
(AHRQ) and the Patient Centered Outcomes
Research Institute (PCORI) are involved in helping
healthcare professionals provide good outcomes for
patients through the initiative to research what is
already being implemented into practice.

4. HTTP://WWW.AHRQ.GOV/
IMPORTANT
ASPECTS
PCOR = PATIENT
CENTERED OUTCOMES
RESEARCH
THIS AIDS IN THE ESTABLISHMENT OF
EVIDENCE
TRANSLATION OF THAT EVIDENCE
THROUGH DEVELOPMENT OF
TOOLS AND TRAINING
IMPLEMENTING EVIDENCE INTO
PRACTICE
EPC EVIDENCE-BASED
REPORTS
EPC REPORTS OFFER COMPREHENSIVE,
SCIENCE-BASED INFORMATION ON
COMMON COSTLY MEDICAL
CONDITIONS AND NEW HEALTH CARE
TECHNOLOGIES AND STRATEGIES.
PATIENT SAFETY
ORGANIZATION
PROGRAMS

5. HTTP://WWW.AHRQ.GOV/
IMPORTANT ASPECTS CONT…
HHS’S OPIOID INITIATIVE = DEATHS FROM DRUG OVERDOSES HAVE RISEN
STEADILY OVER THE PAST TWO DECADES AND HAVE BECOME THE LEADING CAUSE OF
INJURY DEATH IN THE UNITED STATES. PRESCRIPTION DRUGS, ESPECIALLY OPIOIDS,
HAVE BEEN INCREASINGLY IMPLICATED IN DRUG OVERDOSE DEATHS OVER THE LAST
DECADE. IN RESPONSE TO RECENT INCREASES IN OPIOID-RELATED MORBIDITY AND
MORTALITY, THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES (HHS) HAS MADE
ADDRESSING THE OPIOID ABUSE PROBLEM A HIGH PRIORITY. HHS IS FOCUSED ON
IMPLEMENTING EVIDENCE-BASED APPROACHES TO REDUCE OPIOID OVERDOSES AND
OVERDOSE-RELATED MORTALITY AND THE PREVALENCE OF OPIOID USE DISORDER.
EXPLORATION THROUGH TRENDS IN OPIOID RELATED HOSPITAL CARE
AHRQ’S HEALTHCARE-ASSOCIATED INFECTIONS PROGRAM
HEALHEALTHCARE-ASSOCIATED INFECTIONS (HAIS) ARE AMONG THE LEADING
THREATS TO PATIENT SAFETY, AFFECTING ONE OUT OF EVERY 25
HOSPITAL PATIENTS AT ANY ONE TIME. OVER A MILLION HAIS OCCUR
ACROSS THE U.S. HEALTH CARE SYSTEM EVERY YEAR, LEADING TO THE
LOSS OF TENS OF THOUSANDS OF LIVES AND ADDING BILLIONS OF
DOLLARS TO HEALTH CARE COSTS.
THE COMPREHENSIVE UNIT-BASED SAFETY PROGRAM (CUSP)
COMBINES TECHNIQUES TO IMPROVE SAFETY CULTURE,
TEAMWORK, AND COMMUNICATIONS, TOGETHER WITH A

6. HTTPS://WWW.PCORI.ORG
PUTTING
EVIDENCE TO
WORK
PCORI (Patient-Centered
Outcomes Research Institute)
— yielding studies that are
now producing results that are
being published in peer-review
journals or presented at
scientific meetings.
Disseminating and promoting to
improve the quality and
relevance of evidence
available to help patients.

7. HTTPS://WWW.PCORI.ORG

8. HTTP://WWW.AHRQ.GOV/ AND HTTPS://WWW.PCORI.ORG
LESS IMPACTFUL
STATISTICS-BASED RESEARCH IS DIFFICULT TO INTERPRET
PATIENT-CENTERED OUTCOMES NOT ALWAYS CLEARLY
REPRESENTED
APPLICATION OF RESEARCH TOOLS NOT EASILY RELATABLE TO
PRACTICE
ABUNDANCE OF RESOURCES IS SOMETIMES OVERWHELMING,
UNKNOWING OF WHAT MAY BE HELPFUL

9. THIS IS DEFINITELY A
STEP IN THE RIGHT
DIRECTION TO
POSITIVE NURSING
PRACTICE AND
RESEARCH! MSN Student