Assignment task:
You have the following as your Global Aim for a PDCA Quality indicator project on HIV/AIDS:
"We aim to improve patient access to HIV treatment and prevention services In Primary Health Care, Inc. (PHC) Iowa clinics.The process begins with : Patient referrals from STD testing centers. The process ends with: appointment scheduling with PHC clinic contact staff"
A. Assess your microsystem (Use the 5Ps of the PDCA QI-Purpose, Patient/community, Professionals, Process and Patterns)
B. Formulate a theme basing on the above global aim using the guideline bellow
- Preventable deaths, illnesses, complications, and/or injuries?
- Risky behaviors?
- Lack of awareness of relationship of risk factors to disease or injury? Lack of valuing of prevention?
- Aware of available services at the site or elsewhere in the community?
- Lack of essential service(s) at the site or in the community?
- Barriers to obtaining services such as lack of insurance, lack of transportation, lack of childcare, or linguistic or cultural factors?
o Example: Traditional Muslim women may accept gynecological care only from female providers.