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Healthcare Research And Quality: Stakeholders In Healthcare

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Stakeholders are important for all projects because stakeholders are persons or groups that have a vested interest in clinical decisions and the evidence that supports the decision (Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality [AHRQ], 2014). Involving stakeholders from the beginning improves research results, and helps confirm that the findings are appropriate to the users' distinct concerns and have applications in real-world situations. There will be multiple stakeholders for the project. Patients will be stakeholders because they are the ones that are actually going to benefit from the project, so having their input during the duration of the project and during the implementation time will be of high importance for success with the study and the change process. Physicians and advanced practice providers will also be stakeholders, and they really are at the heart of medical decision making so their input can help make a major impact on the success of the project. Having their participation not only during the study, but also during the implementation process, will ensure that high quality information is being relayed to the patients. Lastly, the local teaching hospital will be the …show more content…

Due to the fact that the hospital helps run local outpatient offices, their involvement and input during the project can really make a difference in the way that patient care is delivered and help maximize the success of implementing the project into the outpatient

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