QI Project BHIM 3305_2017 Quality Management Project for Principal Diagnosis for U.S. Hospitalizations Learning Objectives: Demonstrate the ability to analyze clinical data to ensure data integrity and data quality Utilize word processing software to create this table and answer questions. Apply quality management tools in the quality improvement process o Domain III. Informatics, Analytics and Data use o Subdomain III. H. Information Integrity and Data Quality (Apply quality management tools, 3) The research department at your facility is conducting a study on principal diagnoses and principal procedures of U.S. hospitalizations for strategic planning. You are the quality improvement specialist instructed to gather statistics on stays in U.S. hospitals by principal diagnoses. You are able to access information from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) national statistics database for 2009. ["Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP) Facts and Figures 2009 - Section 2: Inpatient Hospital Stays by Diagnosis (PDF) and Section 3: Inpatient Hospital Stays by Procedures" (PDF)] Tasks: Visit the web links section as indicated below to access the data required to complete the research. 1. Review Exhibit 2.2 from the HCUP report on Most Frequent Principal Diagnoses. Develop a Pareto chart graph reflecting the 5 most frequent principal diagnoses for hospital stays in 2009. https://www.hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/factsandfigures/2009/exhibit2_2.jsp 2. Review Exhibit 3.1 from the HCUP report on Most Frequent All Listed Procedures. Develop a Pareto chart graph indicating the top 5 procedures reflecting the number of hospital stays that involved each of the top 5 procedures in 2009.