Question

The IOM set of core competencies for health professions educations was published over 10 years ago. How has the industry has progressed on each of the five competencies of health clinicians?

Answer 1

Ans) For health professionals, there is a set of core competencies that can advance adherence to the rules of a redesigned health care system as envisioned in the Quality Chasm report: provide patient-centered care, work in interdisciplinary teams, employ evidence-based practice, apply quality improvement, and utilize informatics.
The extent to which current health professionals are implementing these competency areas does not meet the health care needs of the American public.

- A strategy for successful care coordination includes an understanding and implementation of the core competencies for all healthcare professionals as described by the Institute of Medicine (IOM, 2003) to include: 1) patient-centered care, 2) teamwork and collaboration, 3) evidence-based practice, 4) quality
improvement, and 5) informatics. The Quality and Safety Education in Nursing (QSEN) model, described by the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (QSEN, 2014), added the safety competency.

- The QSEN Model is a value model that emphasizes competence to protect patient safety, defines the most current trends in nursing practice, and employs an integrative paradigm in defining “nursing practice”.
Understanding basic nursing practice is the foundation that is necessary to further define and develop care coordination in both academia and in practice. Introducing the concept-based QSEN into the new-
hire orientation program as a foundation for practice will provide the foundation for all healthcare workers to enhance the care coordination efforts.