Write a short paragraph describing the clinical problem you have chosen to do your quality improvement project on. Below that paragraph, write out your problem statement utilizing the criteria below. Utilize the FINER criteria discussed on page 43 in your text when discussing the problem. This will help you focus your problem when you write your Aim statement. An additional resource to help when you are writing your problem statement: qi-problem-statement-instruction-sheet-en.pdf
PROBLEM STATEMENT:
? Why are you doing this project? What is the problem you are addressing? Who is affected?
When is it a problem? Why does it matter? How does it affect the patient?
? Consider aligning your project with at least one of the Institute of Medicine’s six dimensions of
quality: safe, effective, patient-centered, timely, efficient, equitable.
? Current situation is ______, leading to ___ (undesirable event).
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