This web-based activity is designed to help you assess and enhance your current practices in prescribing seizure rescue medications and determining appropriate dosing for patients in a clinical setting. The primary goal of this performance improvement project is to establish or refine a standardized process for prescribing properly dosed seizure rescue medications for both adult and pediatric patients with epilepsy.
The activity consists of three stages:
- Stage A: Conduct a quality improvement evaluation by reviewing five patient charts. Use the proposed quality metrics to assess prescribing practices and appropriate dosing of seizure rescue medications. Reflect on your findings.
- Stage B: Based on Stage A results, develop and implement a plan to optimize the clinical process for prescribing seizure rescue medications. This plan should aim to improve dosing accuracy, appropriateness, and documentation practices.
- Stage C: Assess the impact of your intervention by reviewing five new patient charts (seen after implementing Stage B). Utilize the quality metrics from Stage A to evaluate improvements in prescribing appropriately dosed seizure rescue medications.
For additional details on activity objectives, rationale, process, and example metrics, refer to the slide set: Performance Improvement Project: Seizure Rescue Medications for Persons with Epilepsy – Population and Dosing Choices.