NUR 533 Discussion Hot Spotting
NUR 533 Discussion Hot Spotting
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FinanceThe article The Hot Spotters (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.by Atul Gwande, describes a unique and innovative approach to
understanding the high cost of care across a vulnerable population that lives with health disparities. The definition of Hot Spotting is,
Healthcare hot spotting is a data-driven process for the timely identification of extreme patterns in a defined region of the healthcare system. It is used to guide targeted intervention and follow-up to better address patient needs, improve care quality, and reduce cost. Most often the data in question are hospital reimbursement claims that are continuously produced, standardized by an operational imperative, and bring together high-stakes diagnostic, temporal, financial, spatial, and demographic data in a single set of records. Through hot spotting, claims data can help reveal both a community’s healthcare problems and their solutions (Gwande, n.d. ).
Hotspotting can be used in many regions of the health care system; this type of data analysis can be used to collect evidence and drive change in health care in many settings, across many populations. Of interest is the potential for the master’s prepared nurse to participate as member of a “Hot Spotting” team, in a particular health care setting and the type of knowledge
and skill this nurse will need to be effective in this role.
To prepare for this discussion, please complete all required reading and viewing, including the Module Notes, prior to continuing. Reading the article on Hotspotting as well as viewing the website, is necessary. You may also want to review the reading and viewing from Modules 4 and 5 and 6, as well as any other readings referenced within the notes for Module 7.
You are a master’s prepared nurse working in a community based health
clinic in an inner city (part of a larger health system) with a population of
older adults who experience multiple health disparities, including poverty. The
health system wants to enhance the care delivered to this population, achieve
better care outcomes, and lower costs. You are directed to work as part of an
interdisciplinary team to do this. The team consists of physicians, social
workers, MSNs, RNs, community advocates and policy makers. You’ve been directed
to take a “Hotspotting” approach to accomplish the desired outcomes.
Include the following information in your post:
Describe your role as a master’s prepared nurse in this interdisciplinary
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What knowledge and skills will you bring to the team? (Hint: think about
leadership, communication, and clinical skills.)
Why it is important to have a master’s prepared nurse on the team?
Why is an interdisciplinary approach to this issue necessary?
As a member of this interdisciplinary team, describe the data you need to
collect in order to understand and address the problem.
How would you go about collecting the data to formulate an intervention?
Note: Think about health care costs, finance, reimbursement, care utilization,
etc. The resources on Hotspotting will be useful here.
Identify an important and pertinent policy issue that you believe would
need to be addressed to effectively achieve the desired outcomes. (For example,
if the population were children with diabetes the policy issue could be funding
for health school lunches.) Explain how this policy issue relates to the
problem.
For your initial response, please be sure to address all of the above
statements and/ or questions.
Use these EC Library and OWL resources for research assistance and to
properly cite your work:
Master’s in Nursing Research Guide (Links to an external site.)Links to
an external site.
Plagiarism & Copyright (Links to an external site.)Links to an
external site.
Excelsior Library Writing Help (Links to an external site.)Links to an
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APA Citation Help (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.
Excelsior College Online Writing Lab (OWL) (Links to an external
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review this rubric, located on the Rubrics page within the Start Here module of
the course, prior to beginning your work to ensure your participation meets the
criteria in place for this discussion. All discussions combined are worth 40%
of your final course grade.
Reference:
Gawande, A. (2011, January 24). The hot spotters (Links to an external
site.)Links to an external site.. The New Yorker, 86, 41. Camden Coalition of
Healthcare Providers. (n.d.). Introduction: What is hotspotting? Camden
Coalition of Healthcare Providers. Retrieved fromhttp://healthcarehotspotting.com/wp/introduction/