Quantitative Health Care Databases

Quantitative Health Care Databases ( Patient Safety,Clinical Practice ) Quality of Care ) Access to Existing Databases on Patient Safety, Quality of Care, and Clinical Practice Quantitative health care databases are developed and published to give health care providers and consumers information about patient quality and safety outcomes. These reports are often distributed to staff in patient care units and shared with health agencies. Understanding the variables and findings described in these databases is important. Queston 1. description of one existing source of data you found with variables related to a patient quality and safety problem a hospital setting. Question 2.. Locate a national database that can be accessed by health professionals, e.g., Medicare Hospital Compare. Include the citation and the link to use for web access. Question 3. Identify three variables found in the database that are important in better understanding a patient safety problem. Question4. Explain how someone would interpret the results and how they might help improve nursing practice and patient outcomes. Question 5.Explain how data is used in your own agency, including nursing involvement in the process. References Gray, J. R, Grove, S. K., & Sutherland, S. (2017). The practice of nursing research: Appraisal, synthesis, and generation of evidence (8th ed.). St. Louis, MO: Elsevier. Chapter 21, “Introduction to Statistical Analysis” (pp. 519-533) Chapter 22, “Using Statistics to Describe Variables” (pp. 535-544) Chapter 12, “Qualitative Research Methodology”