NURS FPX 4900 Assessment 4 Role of Proposed Intervention in Improving Quality of Care, Enhancing Patient Safety, and Reducing Costs

 Role of Proposed Intervention in Improving Quality of Care, Enhancing Patient Safety, and Reducing Costs

The proposed intervention of remote monitoring and DSMES programs through telehealth can improve the standard of medical services and enhance patient safety. In remote monitoring, the healthcare providers, such as nurses, will monitor my mother’s health condition daily, including her medication adherence and compliance with the treatment plan. Remote monitoring will allow healthcare providers to continuously track the blood glucose levels and her symptoms, which can lead to timely interventions (Amante et al., 2021). This will result in enhanced quality of care and patient safety as complications related to diabetes are prevented, and hospital readmission rates will be reduced (Amante et al., 2021). 

Moreover, DSMES through telehealth will educate my mother on self-management behaviors and implementation through continuous support at home through reminders and notifications. This will lead to better adherence to medication and treatment plans, enhancing its effectiveness. Ultimately, the quality of care delivered will be improved, and the patient’s glycemic levels will be under control. This results in enhanced patient safety (Drobycki & Roseman, 2021). 

NURS FPX 4900 Assessment 4 Patient Family or Population Health Problem Solution

Providing the DSMES program through telehealth will also reduce costs to the organization and the patient. As the healthcare providers will deliver diabetes care through telehealth and remote services, the organization’s resources, such as the emergency department, laboratories, and hospital beds, will be available for treating other patients (Nkhoma et al., 2021). This will lead to better allocation of resources and elimination of costs needed for physical infrastructure expansion. Furthermore, the administrative costs will be alleviated as the appointment scheduling and medical record management through paper will be streamlined through telehealth (Nkhoma et al., 2021). 

Similarly, the DSMES, through telehealth and remote monitoring, saves patient’s traveling costs as patients seek care in the comfort of their homes. Moreover, the costs associated with future complications will be reduced by consistently monitoring and balancing glycemic levels through these interventions (Chen et al., 2022). The source of benchmark data on evaluating the health outcomes of diabetes is the American Diabetes Association, where standard glycemic levels are established along with standards of diabetes care. These standards must be used to benchmark the performance of the current proposed intervention for patients with diabetes (ADA, 2022). 

Role of Technology, Care Coordination, and Utilization of Community Resources in Diabetes

HIT plays an enormous role in improving patient health outcomes in diabetes. For instance, telehealth consultations and remote monitoring are adequate substitutes for physical face-to-face care for chronic disease patients like diabetes. Long-term diabetes management at the hospital can be complex for patients and healthcare providers (Kang et al., 2021). For this purpose, telehealth and remote monitoring serve the same purpose without needing patients to travel to the hospital and acquire the same quality of care at home.

This will include using patient portals, apps, or social media platforms where healthcare professionals can conduct an online meeting on current health status (Graetz et al., 2020). This is followed by regular evaluation of patient’s health through these apps, where patients can notify healthcare providers of their daily blood glucose levels, symptoms, severity, and medication adherence behavior. Healthcare providers can track these factors anywhere by logging into the synced accounts and apps connected to their patients. This remote diabetes care enhanced the quality of care, patient safety, and patient satisfaction (Kim et al., 2019). 

NURS FPX 4900 Assessment 4 Patient Family or Population Health Problem Solution

Care coordination in diabetes also contributes to effective diabetes care with interdisciplinary team collaboration and safe care treatments without errors. Patient-centered care is encouraged when healthcare providers such as physicians, pharmacists, nurses, nurses, dieticians, and fitness experts collaborate and coordinate care plans. This leads to better adherence and compliance with care treatments and improved glycemia control in diabetes patients (McLendon et al., 2019).

Furthermore, community resources can be practically used, such as diabetes management toll-free helplines and community support groups such as Diabetes Sisters and Diabetes Daily Forum, where patients with diabetes share their struggles and wins (Mukpal