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Evidence-Based Practice and the Quadruple Aim
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Walden University
NURS 6052
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The Connection between EBP and the Quadruple AIM
Two key concepts that have been widely used in healthcare to enhance the quality of care and to increase the efficiency of healthcare are the Evidence-Based Practice (EBP) and the Quadruple Aim. At first glance, they appear to be unique, but they are actually a continuum of work that is intended to bring about effective, efficient, and excellent patient-centered care. This assignment will look at how EBP and the Quadruple Aim relate to each other and how EBP can help meet each of the four measures of the Quadruple Aim, including patient care, population health, costs, and the work-life of the staff that delivers the care in health care facilities.
EBP and Patient Experience
Improving the patients’ experience is directly connected to one of the aspects of the Quadruple Aim and is the focus of EBP. The application of the research findings in the decision-making process will enable the healthcare advisors to offer remedies that will bring about a positive change and benefit to the patient (Davidson et al., 2022). This can be advantageous not only to enhance patient experience but to reduce complications and ultimately achieve better results. Moreover, EBP can assist patients in becoming directive players in the entire process since it informs them about the treatment and its benefits and drawbacks.
EBP and Population Health
EBP is a major part of addressing the health needs of the population. EBP aims to focus on what works in order to enhance the health of the general population within the healthcare systems. EBP may be applicable for policy development for governmental and non-governmental agencies, such as developing vaccination campaigns, screening, or health promotion interventions (Dodd et al., 2019). Also, with EBP, it may be possible to identify the difference between the health rates of different patients and then seek methods to tackle this.
EBP and Costs
Even though EBP might be time-consuming in the beginning when one has to go through different sources in order to identify appropriate evidence, the scale of costs may ultimately decrease. This, in turn, enables the healthcare providers to reduce unnecessary and/or repetitive testing, procedures, and admissions. Moreover, fewer bad events with high-cost health care services will occur with EBP (Yiridomoh et al., 2020). In addition to reducing the overall health care costs, the use of evidence-based treatment approaches can also make use of health care resources more efficiently.
EBP and the Work-Life of Healthcare Providers
If EBP is implemented properly, it can take a toll on healthcare workers ‘ work-life as well. EBP also has the capability of decreasing the level of stress since it offers a direction in decision-making processes (López‐Medina et al., 2021). Concurrently, EBP helps to facilitate improvements in practice that are rewarding and satisfying to the health care professionals. Furthermore, based on the improvement of the healthcare organization’s work environment, through the application of research-based interventions, several problems that healthcare workers face (such as burnout and dissatisfaction with work) can be avoided.
Conclusion
Finally, it can be concluded that EBP can be used to achieve the Quadruple Aim. Improving the patient’s satisfaction with their care, preventing deterioration of the population health, reducing costs, and finally reducing the burden of the workload for medical professionals are all results of applying evidence to practice. As earlier pointed out, EBP may entail costs and time on the part of the organization to execute and promote, but the impacts are numerous. This paper aims to show that through EBP integration, healthcare systems can have a patient-centered care of high quality with much lower costs.
References
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Dodd, M., Ivers, R., Zwi, A. B., Rahman, A., & Jagnoor, J. (2019). Investigating the process of evidence-informed health policymaking in Bangladesh: A systematic review. Health Policy and Planning, 34(6), 469–478. https://doi.org/10.1093/heapol/czz044
López‐Medina, I. M., Sáchez‐García, I., García‐Fernández, F. P., & Pancorbo‐Hidalgo, P. L. (2021). Journal of Nursing Management, 30(1). https://doi.org/10.1111/jonm.13469
Yiridomoh, G. Y., Dayour, F., & Bonye, S. Z. (2020). Rural Society, 1–16. https://doi.org/10.1080/10371656.2020.1795350
