Exit Interview

1) My essential question is, "What is the best way to improve patient care in American hospitals?"
Throughout my research I've come across three answers that I have found best answer this question.

The first is the large scale implementation of patient chart cloud systems in hospitals.
My second answer is having hospitals allocate more resources to the improvement of hospitality, which encompasses a higher quality facility and friendlier staff.
Finally, my best answer is the wide scale implementation of and P4 medicine. P4 medicine is my best answer because the four different aspects of it have proven to be effective in improving patient care, and the technology aspect of it will send our healthcare system into a higher technological state.

2) Essentially, all of my research branched off of a few general healthcare improvement documents. These documents would either mention other doctors/ papers, or would have a plethora of sources at the end of the paper. I would search the names of the doctors that were referenced and then repeat the process until I came across a paper that pertained to a very specific topic. This is how I found all three of my answers. I discovered my best answer when it was referenced in the article Participatory Medicine: A High-tech Alliance with Patients by Pamela Dolan. From there, I searched more intensively to find medical papers on the topic of participatory medicine, then eventually P4 medicine.

3) One of my biggest issues within the senior project is getting all these technical medical research papers and converting them into information that is both simplified and interesting to listen to. This problem became apparent after I completed my 20 minute presentation. Since then I have been asking my peers and thinking of various ways I can make my topic more engaging.

4) The two most significant sources I used were Crossing The Quality Chasm by The Institute of Medicine, and P4 Medicine: Personalized, Predictive, Preventative, Participatory by Leroy Hood and David Galas.
The first resource is text book sized compilation of papers published by the Institute of Medicine. This source touched on every single conceivable issue and the possible solutions to those problems. It was a very helpful resource and my project would've laced much content without it. 
The second source provided me with much of the information I used for my best answer. It heightened my understanding of the topic and convinced me that P4 medicine is the best answer.