Assignment task:
General Health Hospital is implementing new outreach programs and preventive care support groups for patients with certain conditions or health risks such as diabetes, smoking, and obesity. Philip, a nurse leader, is the manager of a team of nurses who have been asked to organize these programs and groups and to identify patients who would be eligible for and interested in being involved in these opportunities. However, Philip and his team have run into a variety of challenges and problems as they attempt to complete these tasks. In identifying patients to contact about the outreach programs and support groups, Philip's team has had to browse the hospital's EHR system. The team has also run across significant holes in the EHR system as they try to contact patients; many patients' contact information is inaccurate or out of date. Furthermore, Philip's team has partnered with the hospital's appointments desk personnel in sending reminders about meeting dates and times to patients who express interest. However, the appointments desk often either neglects to send out these reminders or sends duplicate reminders to only a few patients because the personnel do not have a way of tracking who should be contacted and when.
Explain the most prominent workflow gap in the scenario you selected, including who is responsible for the gap and the outcomes or consequences. Explain how you would conduct a gap analysis to gather further information, and determine strategies for addressing the gap and provide the steps in the selection of the best strategy.