Infections acquired during a hospital stay is one of the reasons why healthcare costs have increased throughout the years. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) no longer reimburse hospitals for these preventable infections (Quinn, 2015). Due to this rule implemented by CMS, hospitals are feeling the burden and patients are experiencing unnecessary extended days in the hospital (Sampathkumar, Barth, Johnson, Marosek, Johnson, Worden, & Tompson, 2016). One type of infection that follows this rule is catheter acquired urinary tract infection (CAUTI). CAUTI is one of the easiest infections to prevent, yet 13,000 people still die annually from these infections (Sampathkumar, et al, 2016). The mortality rate of CAUTI infections is relatively
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Many policy and protocols are initiated with evidence based practice and is significant when implementing a new or revision of policies. Identification of a problem is key to the process of policy making and is the first step to implementing or changing of a policy (Finkelman & Kenner, 2013). The following step is to learn more about the problem that needs to be addressed. This is done by research and gathering information related to the problem. Next, a solution or ideas are considered to solve the problem that was identified in the first step. During this step cost verses benefits are also considered and a solution is carefully chosen. With this policy change, no cost to the facility would be endured, but the time of the second licensed professional would be the cost of the potential to prevent a CAUTI. The fourth step in the policy making policy is implementation of policy. Last, but not least is the monitoring and evaluating the new policy. Policies should be evaluated for the effectiveness and should be revised when …show more content…
The process of policy making is a five step process and with the coalition of several healthcare team members and evidence based practice can be implemented within an organization with a well thought out plan and solution. The process of change only takes one person, but with support it can be implemented in a large healthcare organization. The main goal of policy change related to CAUTI, is the safety of patients. Patients come to a healthcare organization in hopes to get better, not sicker. With a policy change in mind to prevent an infection prior to it occurring is benefiting not only the patient, but the healthcare
Many policy and protocols are initiated with evidence based practice and is significant when implementing a new or revision of policies. Identification of a problem is key to the process of policy making and is the first step to implementing or changing of a policy (Finkelman & Kenner, 2013). The following step is to learn more about the problem that needs to be addressed. This is done by research and gathering information related to the problem. Next, a solution or ideas are considered to solve the problem that was identified in the first step. During this step cost verses benefits are also considered and a solution is carefully chosen. With this policy change, no cost to the facility would be endured, but the time of the second licensed professional would be the cost of the potential to prevent a CAUTI. The fourth step in the policy making policy is implementation of policy. Last, but not least is the monitoring and evaluating the new policy. Policies should be evaluated for the effectiveness and should be revised when …show more content…
The process of policy making is a five step process and with the coalition of several healthcare team members and evidence based practice can be implemented within an organization with a well thought out plan and solution. The process of change only takes one person, but with support it can be implemented in a large healthcare organization. The main goal of policy change related to CAUTI, is the safety of patients. Patients come to a healthcare organization in hopes to get better, not sicker. With a policy change in mind to prevent an infection prior to it occurring is benefiting not only the patient, but the healthcare