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on your research related to best practices addressing a current health care problem or issue
of interest to you. In your professional life you will need to find credible evidence to support
your decisions and your plans of action. You will want to keep abreast of best practices to
help your organization adapt to the everchanging health care environment. Being adept at
research will help you find the information you need. For this assessment, you will select
and research a current health care problem or issue faced by a health care organization.
Demonstration of Proficiency Instructions Note: The requirements outlined below
correspond to the grading criteria in the scoring guide. Discussion: Best Practices
Addressing a Current Health Care Problem ResearchAt a minimum, be sure to address each
point. In addition, you are encouraged to review the performance level descriptions for each
criterion to see how your work will be assessed. For this assessment, you will research best
practices related to a current health care problem. Your selected problem or issue will be
utilized again in Assessment 3. To explore your chosen topic, you should use the first two
steps of the Socratic Problem-Solving Approach to aid your critical thinking. 1. View the
Assessment Topic Areas | Transcript media piece and select one of the health care problems
or issues in the media piece to research. Write a brief overview of the selected topic.In your
overview: 0. Describe the health care problem or issue. 1. Describe your interest in the
topic. 2. Describe any professional experience you have with this topic. 2. Conduct a search
for scholarly or academic peer-reviewed literature related to the topic and describe the
criteria you used to search for articles, including the names of the databases you used. 0.
You will want to access the applicable Undergraduate Library Research Guide related to
your degree (found at the NHS Learner Success Lab) for tips to help you in your search. 1.
Use keywords related to the health care problem or issue you are researching to select
relevant articles. 3. Assess the credibility of the information sources you find. 0. Determine
if the source is from an academic peer-reviewed journal. 1. Determine if the publication is

2. current. 2. Determine if information in the academic peer-reviewed journal article is still
relevant. 4. Select four current scholarly or academic peer-reviewed journal articles
published during the past three to five years that relate to your topic. 5. Explain the
relevance of the information sources. 0.Describe how the health care problem or issue is
addressed in each source. 1. Discuss what kind of contribution each source provides on your
selected topic. 6. Analyze the scholarly literature or academic peer-reviewed journal articles
using the annotated bibliography organizational format. 0. The purpose of an annotated
bibliography is to document a list of references along with key information about each one.
The detail about the reference is the annotation. Developing this annotated bibliography
will create a foundation of knowledge about the selected topic. 1. List the full reference for
the source in APA format (author, date, title, publisher, et cetera) and use APA format for
the annotated bibliography. 2. Make sure the references are listed in alphabetical order, are
double-spaced, and use hanging indents. 3.Follow the reference with the annotation. 7. In
your annotation: 0. Identify the purpose of the article. 1. Summarize the source: o What are
the main arguments? o What topics are covered? 2. Include the conclusions and findings of
the article. 3. Write your annotation in a paragraph form. The annotation should be
approximately 150 words (1 to 3 paragraphs) in length. 8. In a separate paragraph or two at
the end of the paper, summarize what you learned from your research. 0. List the main
points you learned from your research. 1. Summarize the main contributions of the sources
you chose and how they enhanced your knowledge about the topic. Example Assessment:
You may use the following to give you an idea of what a Proficient or higher rating on the
scoring guide would look like: • Assessment 2 Example [PDF]. Additional Requirements 10.
Length: At least 3–5 typed, double-spaced pages, not including the title page and reference
page. 11. Font and font size: Times New Roman, 12 point. 12. APA Template: Use the APA
template linked in the resources. Use the APA Style Paper Template [DOCX] as the paper
format and the APA Style Paper Tutorial [DOCX] for guidance. 13. Written communication:
Write clearly and logically, with correct use of spelling, grammar, punctuation, and
mechanics. 14. Content: Provide a title page and reference page following APA style. 15.
References: Use at least four scholarly or academic peer-reviewed journal articles. 16. APA
format: Follow current APA guidelines for in-text citation of outside sources in the body of
your paper and also on the reference page. Discussion: Best Practices Addressing a Current
Health Care Problem ResearchNote: Review the Applying Research Skills Scoring Guide for
the grading criteria applied to this assessment. Assessment Topic Areas Selecting a topic for
your written assessments can be challenging, but it’s important to make a thoughtful choice.
Choose a topic area of interest to you from the topic suggestions in this media piece. You
will use this topic to complete Assessments 2 and 3. Be sure to select a topic that will be
manageable for a written assessment. To explore the chosen topic, you should use the
Socratic Problem-Solving Approach, focusing on the sections specifically called out in the
assessment guidelines. Topic 1: Limited Access to Healthcare Short Description: Consumers
face barriers to healthcare access for assorted reasons. For example: due to geographic
location, provider availability, transportation issues and mobility. Potential Intervention
Approaches: • Healthcare information online • Telemedicine • In–home healthcare services
Keywords for Articles: online health information seeking, health care access, health

3. information systems, consumer health information, chronic disease, health information
search, health seeking behavior, rural nursingReferences: Bhandari, N. (2014). Seeking
health information online: does limited healthcare access matter? Journal of the American
Medical Informatics Association: JAMIA (1067-5027), 21 (6), p. 1113. https://www-
ncbinlm-nih-gov.library.capella.edu/pmc/articles/PMC4215038/ Lee, K., Hoti, K., Hughes, J.
D., & Emmerton, L. (2014). Dr Google and the Consumer: A Qualitative Study Exploring the
Navigational Needs and Online Health Information-Seeking Behaviors of Consumers with
Chronic Health Conditions. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 16(12), e262.
http://doi.org.library.capella.edu/10.2196/jmir.3706 Ware, P., Bartlett, S. J., Paré, G.,
Symeonidis, I., Tannenbaum, C., Bartlett, G., … Ahmed, S. (2017). Using eHealth
Technologies: Interests, Preferences, and Concerns of Older Adults. Interactive Journal of
Medical Research, 6(1), e3. http://doi.org.library.capella.edu/10.2196/ijmr.4447 Pratt, D.
(2015). Telehealth and telemedicine. Albany Law Journal of Science & Technology. (1059-
4280), 25 (3), p. 495.
http://www.lexisnexis.com.library.capella.edu/hottopics/lnacademic/?shr=t&csi=148364
&sr=TITLE(%22 Telehealth+telemedicine+in+2015%22)+and+date+is+2015 Topic 2:
Healthcare Disparities Short Description: In 2010, the Federal Department of Human and
Health Service (DHHS) launched the Healthy People 2020 goals to include a goal to
eliminate health inequality/disparity. Healthy People 2020 defines a health disparity as “a
particular type of health difference that is closely linked with social, economic, and/or
environmental disadvantage.Health disparities adversely affect groups of people who have
systematically experienced greater obstacles to health based on their racial or ethnic group;
religion; socioeconomic status; gender; age; mental health; cognitive, sensory, or physical
disability; sexual orientation or gender identity; geographic location; or other
characteristics historically linked to discrimination or exclusion” (Office of Disease
Prevention and Health Promotion, 2017, p.1). Potential Intervention Approaches: • Federal
goals • Community health improvement plans • Patient advocacy efforts • “Triple Aim” for
populations Keywords for Articles: health disparities, community health assessment,
community health improvement plan, strategic planning, local health departments, health
inequities References: Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion. (2017).
Disparities. Retrieved from https://www.healthypeople.gov/2020/about/foundation-
health-measures/disparities Shah G.H., & Sheahan J.P. (2016). Local health departments’
activities to address health disparities and inequities: Are we moving in the right direction?
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2016; 13(1):44.
http://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/13/1/44 Institute for Healthcare Improvement. (2017).
Triple Aim for Populations. http://www.ihi.org/Topics/TripleAim/Pages/Overview.aspx
Topic 3: Medication Errors Short Description: A medication error is a preventable adverse
effect of a patient taking the wrong medication or dosage, whether or not it is evident or
harmful to the patient. Medication errors can be a source of serious patient harm, including
death. Potential Intervention Approaches: • Medical staff education • Packaging
improvements • Patient medication safety training Keywords for Articles: medication
administration, medication errors, medication safety References: Cohen, M. (2016).
Medication errors (miscellaneous). Nursing. 46(2):72, February 2016. DOI:

4. 10.1097/01.NURSE.0000476239.09094.06 Institute for Healthcare Improvement. (2017).
Improve Core Processes for Administering
Medications.http://www.ihi.org/resources/Pages/Changes/ImproveCoreProcessesforAdm
inisteringMedications.aspx Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. (2012). Table 6:
Categories of Medication Error Classification. http://www.ahrq.gov/professionals/quality-
patient-safety/patient-safetyresources/resources/match/matchtab6.html Schmidt, K.,
Taylor, A., & Pearson, A. (2017). Reduction of medication errors: A unique approach. Journal
of Nursing Care Quality. 32(2), April/June 2017, 150–156. Topic 4: Healthcare System
Errors Short Description: The health care system in the United States has been the subject
of much debate as experts try to determine the best way to deliver high-quality care. In
Crossing the Quality Chasm, the Institute of Medicine (2001) called for the redesign of
health care delivery systems and their external environments to promote care that is safe,
effective, patient-centered, timely, efficient, and equitable. Potential Intervention
Approaches: • Systemwide transformation • Process redesign • Electronic health records
Keywords for Articles: multi-stakeholder collaboration, healthcare system redesign
References: Institute of Medicine (US) Committee on Quality of Health Care in America.
(2001). Crossing the Quality Chasm: A New Health System for the 21st Century. Washington
(DC): National Academies Press (US).Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. (2017).
Hospitals and Health Systems. http://www.ahrq.gov/professionals/systems/index.html
Roberts, B. (2017). Relationship-based care: The institute of medicine’s core competencies
in action. Creative Nursing, 05/2016, 22(2). Credits Subject Matter Expert: Joan Vermillion
Interactive Design: Lori Olson Media Instructional Design: Felicity Pearson Instructional
Design: Celina Byers Project Manager: Alan Campbell Resources: Research and Annotated
Bibliographies Content • Print • How do you approach a problem or issue within your
organization? How often do you need credible information to solve a personal or
professional problem? Credible information is information that is trustworthy. One of the
best sources for credible information is the professional literature of the field you are
studying; in your case, health care. Professional literature is research that has been written
and reviewed by other people in your field. The following resources can help you as you
complete your research and seek out professional literature on a health care topic. •
Gennaro, S. (2016). Why write? Journal of Nursing Scholarship, 48(2), 117. • National
Institutes of Health, U.S. National Library of Medicine. (2017). Evidence-based practice and
health technology assessment. Retrieved from
https://www.nlm.nih.gov/hsrinfo/evidence_based_practice.html • Rollins, J. A. (2017).
Healthcare: It’s “so complicated.” Pediatric Nursing, 43(2), 58, 102. Each of the following
Research Guides is written with a specific program in mind. The one for your program can
provide insights about researching topics related to your field. • Nursing (BSN) Library
Research Guide. • Public Health Undergraduate Library Research Guide. • Health Care
Administration Undergraduate Library Research Guide. The following resources provide
specific information about annotated bibliographies. • What Not To Do: Source Material for
the Annotated Bibliography | Transcript. • Sample Annotated Bibliography [PDF]. Running
head: APPLYING RESEARCH SKILLS Applying Research Skills Learner’s Name Capella
University Developing a Health Care Perspective Applying Research Skills February, 2018

5. Copyright ©2018 Capella University. Discussion: Best Practices Addressing a Current
Health Care Problem ResearchCopy and distribution of this document are prohibited. 1
Comment [A1]: You effectively used the APA Template paper format. APPLYING RESEARCH
SKILLS 2 Applying Research Skills With the advent of new technologies and treatment
methods, health care organizations are facing many challenges. Patient safety is one such
challenge that needs to be addressed not only by health care professionals but also by other
stakeholders in the business. Ensuring patient safety is essential for providing quality
health care. As a medical transcriptionist, I am responsible for converting voice-recorded
reports of health care professionals into text. Although I am not directly involved in treating
patients, any errors that occur during the transcription process could result in inaccurate
documentation of medical data. For example, one of my colleagues documented the dosage
of Lasix as 400 mg instead of 40 mg in a discharge summary. When the health care
professional who had dictated the report reviewed it, he was able to spot the error in the
dosage and correct it, which helped prevent the patient from having a dangerous reaction to
the incorrect dosage. This incident helped me realize the importance of preparing accurate
documents for ensuring patient safety and delivering quality care. I developed a keen
interest in issues relating to patient safety ever since. Identifying Academic Peer-Reviewed
Journal Articles Using Summon, Capella University Library’s search engine, I accessed
databases relating to health care, such as ProQuest Central and PubMed Central. I used
keywords such as health care issues, patient safety, and quality of care to search for peer-
reviewed literature relevant to patient safety. Using the advanced search option, I limited
my search to scholarly and peerreviewed journals, choosing journal article as the
publication type, medicine and nursing as the subjects, and articles published within the last
five years as the publication date range. Copyright ©2018 Capella University. Copy and
distribution of this document are prohibited. Comment [A2]: You effectively summarized a
health care problem and described an interest in the topic, and provided an informative
example. APPLYING RESEARCH SKILLS 3Assessing Credibility and Relevance of Information
Sources Comment [A3]: Sub-headers are a helpful resource to use to organize your writing!
To ensure credibility, I selected peer-reviewed journal articles that were published within
the past five years. I made sure that the selected sources were published by authors who
were well-known in the field of health care and had extensive professional experience.
Comment [A4]: As you noted, it is best to select current peer-reviewed academic journal
articles to ensure current practices. To ensure that the chosen sources of information were
relevant to the topic, I confirmed that they contained accepted facts and opinions on issues
relating to patient safety and quality care. I also checked whether each information source
had a clearly defined purpose and contained pertinent information about patient safety and
quality care. Annotated Bibliography Kronick, R., Arnold, S., & Brady, J. (2016, August 2).
Improving safety for hospitalized patients: Much progress but many challenges remain. The
JAMA Network, 316(5), 489–490. Retrieved from
https://jamanetworkcom.library.capella.edu/journals/jama/fullarticle/2528945 This
article provides a viewpoint on the progress that hospitals have made toward reducing
patient harm and understand the factors that have led to this progress. The authors cite
reports released by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) and the

6. National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) to analyze the occurrence of issues relating to
patient safety in hospitals. The authors hypothesize that improvement in health care safety
for hospitalized patients may have been possible because of reasons such as an awareness
of the importance of improving safety culture with evidence-based suggestions. The authors
conclude by expressing the need for finding ways to maintain or accelerate the rate of
decline in adverse events relating to patient harm.They believe that Copyright ©2018
Capella University. Copy and distribution of this document are prohibited. Comment [A5]:
In your annotation, you effectively identified the purpose of the article. APPLYING
RESEARCH SKILLS 4 investing in patient safety research programs and ensuring that
patient safety remains a high priority for hospital leadership teams can help reduce the
number of adverse events. This article is relevant to patient safety because it examines
evidence of reduction in patient harms in hospitals and offers approaches to reduce such
harms. Morris, S., Otto, N. C., & Golemboski, K. (2013). Improving patient safety and
healthcare quality in the 21st century—Competencies required of future medical laboratory
science practitioners. Clinical Laboratory Science, 26(4), 200–204. Retrieved from
https://searchproquestcom.library.capella.edu/docview/1530677721/fulltextPDF/CF6F9C
5B900402CPQ/1?acc ountid=27965 In this article, the authors express their concern about
health care professionals, particularly medical laboratory science (MLS) practitioners, being
insufficiently trained to achieve the five core competencies that the Institute of Medicine
(IOM) identified in 2002. The authors discuss ways to incorporate patient safety practices
and concepts in the MLS curricula to ensure that future MLS practitioners are well-versed in
the abovementioned competencies identified by the IOM.The authors conclude that by
focusing on the aims and competencies identified by the IOM, future practitioners will be
better equipped to deal with patient safety concerns while practicing MLS. This article was
chosen because it offers a solution for dealing with patient safety issues and explains how
patient safety concepts can be incorporated in the curricula for courses pertaining to
Copyright ©2018 Capella University. Copy and distribution of this document are prohibited.
Comment [A6]: In your annotation, you clearly summarized the main argument and the
topics covered. APPLYING RESEARCH SKILLS 5 health care, such as MLS, to enable future
health care practitioners to provide effective health care. Parand, A., Dopson, S., Renz, A., &
Vincent, C. (2014). The role of hospital managers in quality and patient safety: A systema …