Describe the theoretical framework that underlies your proposal and recommend a process for developing your system optimization change, innovation, or improvement.

Ensuring Patient Safety in a
Critical Access Hospital with Barcode Medication Scanning
A. Complete the “Introduction” section of the template by including the following:
• the topic and rationale for your proposal
• the background information on the problem or gap addressed in your system optimization proposal
• the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) Triple Aim mission and goals and how they relate to the purpose of the system optimization proposal
• the optimizing of a system to monitor and report progress on one aspect of a IHI Triple Aim dimension
1. Describe the theoretical framework that underlies your proposal and recommend a process for developing your system optimization change, innovation, or improvement.
B. Review 10 scholarly sources related to your proposal in the “Review of Scholarly Sources” section of the template by doing the following:
Note: Sources may be obtained from governmental and professional organizations, industry experts, or credible websites.
1. Complete the “Summary of Top 10 Scholarly Sources” table by identifying the key points from each of the 10 sources, using the criteria listed in the template.
2. Summarize and synthesize the 10 sources from your “Summary of Top 10 Scholarly Sources” table and how they impact your proposal. Your summary and synthesis should support your specific course proposal.
3. Describe the system optimization gap or problem identified within the context of the information you discovered in the literature from part B.
C. Complete the “Phase I: Planning and Analysis” section by doing the following:
1. Discuss the process and results of the planning phase.
2. Describe the procedures you followed to complete your needs assessment.
a. Provide a stakeholder table that includes the roles, qualifications, and reason for involving these stakeholders.

Note: Do not include the actual names of stakeholders.
3. Discuss the results of the gap analysis.
4. Discuss the results of the workflow analysis.
5. Discuss the results of the strength, weaknesses, opportunities, threats (SWOT) analysis that you completed during your CPE to determine organizational readiness for this proposal.
6. Summarize your findings regarding the feasibility of implementing this change.
7. Describe how your proposal will address the identified gap or need.
D. Complete the “Phase II: Designing and Building” section by doing the following:
1. Discuss the entity relationship diagram (ERD) tables, including the data elements and relationships required for the new report.
2. Describe the proposed project dashboard and the elements on your dashboard related to your system optimization proposal.
3. Define the data elements by identifying any key performance indicators (KPIs), data used to calculate them, and techniques for visualizing the data.
E. Complete the “Phase III: Implementing and Testing” section by doing the following:
1. Discuss the methods and resources you used to create the SDLC Gantt chart for this project. Include a rationale for each of the phases that address the tasks, resource name, and timeline you used in your SDLC.
2. Discuss the processes and tasks involved in user acceptance testing (UAT) and system integration testing (SIT). Support your discussion with information from the functional testing plan you developed during your CPE.
F. Include each of the following in an appropriate place:
• summary table of scholarly sources
• table of key stakeholders
• gap analysis
• workflow analysis
• SWOT analysis
• dashboard
• entity relationship diagram (ERD) table
• Gantt chart
• functional testing plan
G. Incorporate the following components of APA style and formatting in your paper:
• bias-free language
• APA-specific rules regarding verb tense, voice, and perspective
• a title page and headers
• in-text citations and references
• APA-specific formatting rules for margins, spacing, numbering, and indentation for the title page and main body of your paper, including headers, bulleted and numbered lists, and tables and figures use these References
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