Telehealth and Telemonitoring Versus Face-to-Face Visits Among Patients

Final Research Proposal on “Telehealth and Telemonitoring Versus Face-to-Face Visits Among Patients Diagnosed with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)”
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This research focuses on the needs of patients diagnosed with ALS at the University of Chicago Medicine Hospital. The researcher shall utilize outcome measures, such as the ALSFRS-r, to compare the patients’ functionality when using telemedicine versus an in-clinic visit.
Section A: Organizational Culture and Readiness Assessment
The University of Chicago Medicine provides excellent nursing care, thereby improving patient outcomes. The facility also enhances nurses’ job satisfaction with benefits, proper compensation, and excellent management, making it a magnet hospital, where there are a reduced nurse turnover rate and suitable grievance solution CITATION Uni182 \l 13321 (McHugh, 2018). Additionally, the institution was named one of the best teaching hospitals for three consecutive years CITATION Uni181 \l 13321 (University of Chicago Medicine, 2018). The Organizational Culture and Readiness Scale for System-Wide Integration of Evidence-Based Practice (OCRSIEP) was used to assess the organization’s readiness level.
Organization Readiness Level
The institution has an excellent organizational readiness to fulfill its competitiveness in the field of medicine. It offers specialties such as otorhinolaryngology, oncology, gastroenterology, gastrointestinal surgery, nephrology, gynecology, and urology, documented in the U.S. News and World Report Rankings as the finest in the country. Other leading specialties include neurology and neurosurgery, geriatrics, and orthopedics CITATION Unind \l 13321 (University of Chicago Medicine, n.d.). Additionally, the Joint Commission accredits the institution and has various recognized centers, including the Comprehensive Stroke Center. It also provides a website and a phone number that the patients can contact anytime. The website can be easily navigated, and it provides information on the services and proofs of excellence of the institution CITATION Unind1 \l 13321 (University of Chicago Medicine, n.d.). Lastly, based on the OCRSIEP scale, the administration is committed to using evidence-based practice (EBP), which is implemented in the said specialties.
Staff and Resource
The institution recruits excellent staff who are well-trained. They are also given opportunities for certifications, further studies, and promotions. Examples of these include full tuition reimbursement for BSN and MSN graduates and 75% reimbursement after graduating from a doctoral degree CITATION Unind2 \l 13321 (Universtiy of Chicago Medicine, n.d.). Despite excellent staff and resource quality, one issue reported by the patients is difficulty in communication, especially among the transgender and people of color population, where the patients believe that those opposite of their personality receive better care than they do. The organization currently encourages its staff to attend conferences and read journals concerning this matter to eliminate gender bias and discrimination (Rattini, 2019). The OCRSIEP assessment revealed that the organization ...