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Quality Healthcare: Measuring NP Performance Productivity plays a big part in the success of practicing APNs. Productivity serves as a measurement for practices in regulating reimbursement and dete... rmining salaries for Nurse Practitioners. However, nursing productivity is measured for many reasons. Measuring productivity can aid in determining quality of care, decreasing healthcare costs for patients and healthcare organizations, and overall increase patient satisfaction in regards to care received (Balderrama & Smith, 2018). The Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set (HEDIS) is a performance improvement tool used that is frequently used within healthcare. For the purpose of this paper, the performance measure of controlling high blood pressure, as listed within HEDIS, will be discussed. Roughly 80 million adults in the United States, those 20 years of age and older, have hypertension (Schub & Marcel, 2018). When comprehending this number, it is clear that Nurse Practitioners everywhere can expect to be involved in the treatment of this condition. In the following literature, patient interventions concerning controlling hypertension and the measurement of resulting outcomes will be discussed as well as how those interventions result in improved patient outcomes, cost savings [Show More]

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