Prioritization Worksheet
Potential Aim (something you're considering improving):
| Score | Criteria | |
|---|---|---|
| Impact | Will it make a big difference? | |
| Alignment with Organizational Priorities | Is it important to your agency? | |
| Feasibility | Can you do it? | |
| If the aim scores favorably on the first three criteria above, continue. Otherwise, pick a different aim to evaluate. | ||
| Community Readiness | Will your community, including patients and partners, support it? | |
| Cost | Is it low cost? Does it lower your costs? | |
| Demand | Is there a high need for it? | |
| Health Equity | Will it make things better for people who have typically had worse outcomes? | |
| Integration | Can you easily incorporate it into your daily flow? Does it improve your connections with your partners? | |
| Leadership Support | Does leadership within the agency and higher up think it's important? | |
| Prevalence | How widespread is the problem? | |
| Resources | Do you have the people and equipment needed to do it? | |
| Minimal Risk | Is the chance of failure or bad side-effects low? | |
| Urgency | Does it need to be done right away? | |
| Guidelines | Are there guidelines or standards of practice that address it? | |
| Measures | Has someone created measures that you can use to track performance? | |
| Total Score | Count the Yeses or add the numbers | |