Evidence-Based Practices for Successful Implementation of Patient Care Coordination NURS FPX 6610 Assessment 1 Comprehensive Needs Assessment

The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) developed the care coordination evaluation benchmark standards (Artiga et al., 2020). The aim of this agency is to enhance care coordination by providing different methods (such as communication, collaboration through electronic media, routine checkups, and self-care management, etc.), and finally assess the results by interviewing the patient, the patient’s family, medical staff, and other stakeholders. This model is recommended because it is easy to execute, specifies objectives and desired results, and necessitates an interdisciplinary method to gather viewpoints. Additionally, it encourages communication among various healthcare experts and is a patient-centered practice (Artiga et al., 2020).

Evidence-Based Practices for Successful Implementation of Patient Care Coordination

An evidence-based strategy can offer tried-and-true methods of care for managing elderly patients with infection. One of these is GENESIS (Generalized Early Sepsis Intervention Strategies), which focuses on recognizing infection outbreaks, determining the occurrence of infection, and determining the fatality rates associated with sepsis. GENESIS successfully mitigated the death rate by 14% (Kregel et al., 2022).

Another tactic is routine evaluation of older patients, which is strongly advised for individuals with diabetes or high blood pressure. Continuous monitoring of the patient’s essential signs, including heart rate, white cells count, and temperature checkup, can help identify sepsis early. Nursing procedures for geriatric individuals with risk indicators include hourly vital sign checks, structural input and output monitoring, and determining changing levels of perception (LeRoith et al., 2019). 

Another approach is to use the sepsis six bundles, a collection of medical interventions that can reduce the likelihood of death after a person has been diagnosed with the illness. Sepsis six comprises monitoring urine production, titration of oxygen level by 94%, blood sample collection, administration of antibiotics, glucose monitoring, and initiation of intravenous fluid therapy. All of this must be completed within an hour of the assessment (Bleakley & Cole, 2020).