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Overview

Develop an External Environment Review Essay Assignment report. Describe trends that could affect a strategic plan, explain the role of key external stakeholders, and describe uncertainties or barriers to achieving the objectives.

Note:
The assessments in this course are presented in sequence and must be completed in order.

By successfully completing this assessment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following course competencies and assessment criteria:

Competency 3: Analyze the effect of internal and external environments on the strategic planning process within health care organizations.

Describe trends that can affect a strategic plan.

Explain the role of key stakeholders in a strategic plan.

Describe the uncertainties and barriers to achieving the objectives of a strategic plan.

Competency 5: Communicate in a manner that is professional and consistent with expectations for business professionals.

Write content clearly and logically with correct use of grammar, punctuation, and mechanics.

External Environment Review Essay Assignment Context

And in the past year alone, about 10 million uninsured Americans finally gained the security of health coverage. So tonight, I’m launching a new Precision Medicine Initiative to bring us closer to curing diseases like cancer and diabetes, and to give all of us access to the personalized information we need to keep ourselves and our families healthier. We can do this. (Obama, 2015)

A strategic management plan requires an analysis of various external organizational factors impacting the health care industry and integrating them into the organizational strategy.

Reference

Obama, B. The White House, Office of the Press Secretary. (2015). Remarks by the president in state of union address. Washington, D.C.: Retrieved from https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2015/01/20/remarks-president-state-union-address-january-20-2015

Questions to Consider

To deepen your understanding, you are encouraged to consider the questions below and discuss them with a fellow learner, a work associate, an interested friend, or a member of your professional community.

What are some advances in health care delivery that could affect a strategic management plan? How would these advances affect the plan?

Where would you go to obtain information on potential future competitors?

Resources

Required Resources

External Environmental Analysis

These resources will help you look at the external environment and how different things affect an organization’s strategy:

Business Analysis Excellence. (2016).
Organization environment analysis
[Video] | Transcript. Retrieved from https://youtu.be/Vou9RBKbYvM

Pestle Analysis. (2011).
How to create a pestle analysis template
. Retrieved from http://pestleanalysis.com/how-to-create-pestle-analysis-template/

Zuckerman, A. M. (2012).
Healthcare strategic planning
(3rd ed.). Chicago, IL: Health Administration Press.

Chapter 3, “Activity 1: Analyzing the Environment,” pages 33–56.

Health Care in the United States

The following resources provide information on health care in the United States:

Healthcare Triage. (2014).
The health care system of the United States
[Video] | Transcript. Retrieved from https://youtu.be/yN-MkRcOJjY

gov. (n.d.).
Health homes
. Retrieved from https://www.medicaid.gov/medicaid/ltss/health-homes/index.html

S. Department of Veterans Affairs. (2017).
Veterans Health Administration
. Retrieved from http://www.va.gov/health/

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. (2015).
Accountable care organizations
. Retrieved from https://www.cms.gov/Medicare/Medicare-Fee-for-Service-Payment/ACO/index.html?redirect=/ACO/

The Future of Health Care

These videos give perspective to the future of health care in the United States:

Conway, P., DeSalvo, K. B., Sesharmani, M., & Bielamowicz, L. (2015).
Better, Smarter, Healthier: The Future of Health Care
| Transcript. Advisory Board: The Future of Health Care Summit Presentations. Retrieved from https://youtu.be/qCeEEQQjuAA

Milken Institute. (2014).
Healthcare Delivery in the 21st Century
| Transcript. Retrieved from http://www.milkeninstitute.org/events/conferences/global-conference/2014/panel-detail/4811

Exemplar resources for the course

It may be helpful for you to review these exemplars prior to beginning your work on the assessment.

Johns Hopkins. (2013).
John Hopkins Medicine strategic plan
. Retrieved from http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/strategic_plan/_docs/JHM%20Strategic%20Plan_Sept2013.pdf

Niles, N. J. (2010).
A case study in strategic financial planning in health service organizations
.
Journal of Business Case Studies, 6
(5), 23–29.

Howard, B. (2015).
Michael’s Hospital Strategic Plan 2015–2018
| Transcript. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQ3pOf5JLIM

Strategic Management Case Study

If you do not currently work for a health care organization, or if you prefer not to use the organization where you work for the course assessments, you may choose to use this case study to complete the assessments:

Community Hospital Healthcare System: A Strategic Management Case Study
.

Assessment Instructions

Preparation

You will use the same organization you selected to use in Assessment 1 in this and all subsequent assessments.

Complete Worksheet 2 located in the Required Resources section. You will not submit the worksheet, but will use the information to develop a report on the external environment relevant to the organization you selected.

External Environment Review Essay Assignment Requirements

Use the information in Worksheet 2 to develop a 3–5 page report that addresses the following:

Describe any trends that could impact your strategic plan.

Explain the role of the key external stakeholders in your strategic plan. Be sure you identify the key stakeholders.

Describe any uncertainties or barriers to achieving the objectives you established in Assessment 1. How will you overcome these?

Format your External Environment Review Essay Assignment assessment as a report and be sure it is organized logically, using headings and sub-headings appropriately. Follow APA guidelines for in-text citations and references.

External Environment Review Essay Assignment Additional Requirements

Report length: 3–5 double-spaced pages, not including title page and reference page.

References: A minimum of three professional resources.

Format: Use APA format for all in-text citations and references. Include a title page and reference page.

Font and font size: Times New Roman, 12 point.

Economics of Health and Medical Care Assignment

Write an answer of no less than one-half page in length for each of the first four questions below about economic concepts described in chapters 6 and 7 of the text,Economics of Health and Medical Care. Calculate and fill in the blanks for the table in question 5.

1. Explain the difference between explicit and implicit costs of production.

2. Explain the reasoning behind the U-shaped, long-run, average cost curve.

3. Explain the law of diminishing marginal returns.

4. Describe economies and diseconomies of scale.

5. Given the following data, calculate the total fixed total variable and marginal costs at each level of production.

In this assignment, you will be creating a PowerPoint presentation based on the application of the functional health assessment of a movie character. To complete this assignment, choose a movie from the following list and identify a character from the movie on whom you would like to do a health assessment. If you wish to use a character from a movie not included on the following list, get the approval of your instructor.

Films:

Away From Her, Lorenzo’s Oil, Mask, My Sister’s Keeper, Philadelphia, Rain Man, Steel Magnolias, Stepmom, The Elephant Man, The Mighty, The Tic Code (Choose one film from list)

Directions: Create a PowerPoint presentation of 10-12 slides using the template “Movie Character Presentation.” Provide an introduction and background overview of the movie character (client). Assess the client using the “Functional Health Pattern Assessment.” Based on your “observations” and thoughts, document your assessment, providing examples from the movie. Describe any observed or potential cultural, geographic, religious, ethnic, or spiritual considerations of this client. Describe two normal health patterns of the client as well as two abnormal health patterns that you observe, and provide examples. Develop an appropriate nursing diagnosis for the client based on your assessment. Identify and describe three interventions for the client: health promotion, health prevention, and maintenance. Identify at least two possible resources or community services to which you would refer this client and provide rationale for your choices. In addition to submitting the presentation to the instructor, post your assignment to the Movie Character Health Assessment Presentation Main Forum as directed by instructor. Respond to other students’ posts in a manner that initiates or contributes to discussion. Each person should make at least three substantive comments.

While APA format is not required for the body of this assignment, solid academic writing is expected and in-text citations and references should be presented using APA documentation guidelines, which can be found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center.

This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.

You are not required to submit this assignment to Turnitin.

In this assignment, you will be completing a health assessment on an older adult. To complete this assignment, do the following:

Perform a health history on an older adult. Students who do not work in an acute setting may “practice” these skills with a patient, community member, neighbor, friend, colleague, or loved one. (If an older individual is not available, you may choose a younger individual). Complete a physical examination of the client using the “Health History and Examination” assignment resource. Use the “Functional Health Pattern Assessment” resource as a guideline to assist you in completing the template. Document findings of complete physical examination in Situation-Background-Assessment-Recommendation (SBAR) format. Refer to the sample SBAR Template located on the National Nurse Leadership Council website at 
https://www.ihs.gov/nnlc/includes/themes/newihstheme/display_objects/documents/resources/SBARTEMPLATE.pdf
 as a guide. Document the findings of the physical examination in the assessment worksheet. Using the “Health History and Examination” assignment resource, provide the physical examination findings summary with planned interventions for the client. Include any community services in the interventions. APA format is not required, but solid academic writing is expected.

This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.

You are not required to submit this assignment to Turnitin.

Course Project: Medical office management Software Evaluation Overview

There  are literally hundreds of different types of medical office management  software products on the market for medical practices and other health  care organizations. Throughout your career, you will be exposed to many  different software systems depending on where you work.

Your  Course Project will afford you an opportunity to experience other  medical software other than the MedTrak system you are learning to use  in this course. Gaining some knowledge about a wide array of options  used in the medical industry will help you to be more comfortable as you  encounter new systems no matter where you are employed in the future.  Staying current with technology will make you a more confident medical  employee, no matter what your area of interest.

The  two links below contain hundreds of medical software options available.  Many of them include a free demo that you can watch to get a sense of  the system’s look and feel. The down side of the free demos is that many  of the demo buttons provided will ask you to give some personal  information (name, work location, phone number, etc.) to view the demos.  After all, they want to sell these products.

But, if you prefer not to give out personal information, please just visit the 
actual home page
 of two of the companies listed. For example, if you what to check out MediTouch, go to their actual website: 
www.healthfusion.com
  (which would show up if you typed “MediTouch” into Google search  engine. There is a ton of information about the software under each tab  on their home page, even without seeing a demo.

In either case, your Course Project will ask you to select 
two software alternatives
, from the lists provided at either of these two web links and review them:

http://www.softwareadvice.com/medical/

http://www.capterra.com/medical-practice-management-software

 

Course Project: Medical office management Software Evaluation Overview

Take  some quality time to learn what you can about the software options for  as many of the systems listed at the two sites above, based upon the  short descriptions, to give you an idea of the two you want to select  and write-up for your short evaluations.

A patient experiencing acute shortness of breath is admitted to the hospital. Which action by the nurse is most appropriate during the initial assessment of the patient?

A. Ask the patient to lie down to complete a full physical assessment.

B. Briefly ask specific questions about this episode of respiratory distress.

C. Complete the admission database to check for allergies before treatment.

D. Delay the physical assessment to first complete pulmonary function tests

Internal Environmental Analysis Paper

Overview

Write a 3–4 page report that analyzes the internal environment of the organization. Describe the role of major internal stakeholders, describe internal trends, describe internal barriers to a strategic plan, and analyze the financial performance and position of the organization.

Note:
The assessments in this course are presented in sequence and must be completed in order.

By successfully completing this assessment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following course competencies and assessment criteria:

Competency 3: Analyze the effect of internal and external environments on the strategic planning process within health care organizations.

Describe the role of major internal stakeholders in a strategic plan.

Describe internal trends, key uncertainties, and additional research needed.

Describe the internal barriers to a strategic plan.

Analyze the financial performance and position of the organization.

Competency 4: Recommend evidence-based strategies to improve the operational and financial components of a health care organization.

Identify the quantitative or qualitative methods needed to analyze the project.

Competency 5: Communicate in a manner that is professional and consistent with expectations for business professionals.

Write Internal Environmental Analysis Paper clearly and logically with correct use of grammar, punctuation, and mechanics.

Context

According to Zuckerman (2012), “The environmental assessment…has valid and important purposes that should be enumerated and highlighted at the start of the assessment…The environmental assessment largely sets the tone for the strategic plan and is an indicator for how the rest of the planning process is likely to unfold” (p. 35).

In addition to strategic thinking and planning, organizational leaders need to understand the expectations of key internal stakeholders, as well as major internal trends and uncertainties.

Reference

Zuckerman, A. (2012).
Healthcare strategic planning
 (3rd ed.). Chicago, IL: Health Administration Press.

Internal Environmental Analysis Paper Questions to Consider

To deepen your understanding, you are encouraged to consider the questions below and discuss them with a fellow learner, a work associate, an interested friend, or a member of your professional community.

What role does a board of directors play in a strategic plan?

How does the organizational structure impact the success or failure of a strategic plan

 

Required Resources

Internal Environment Analysis

The following resources can offer insight into analyzing the internal organizational environment:

Duncan, W., Ginter, P., & Swayne, L. (1998).
Competitive advantage and internal organizational assessment
.
Academy of Management Executive, 12
(3), 6–16.

Zuckerman, A. M. (2012).
Healthcare strategic planning
(3rd ed.). Chicago, IL: Health Administration Press.

Chapter 3, “Activity 1: Analyzing the Environment,” pages 33–56.

SWOTT Analysis

These resources provide information on conducting and using SWOTT analyses:

Jensen, T. (2014).
SWOTT away distractions with successful analysis
. The Startup Garage. Retrieved from https://thestartupgarage.com/swott-distractions-successful-analysis/

Tyler, C. (2012).
Effective SWOTT analysis implementation
. Business 2 Community. Retrieved from http://www.business2community.com/strategy/effective-swott-analysis-implementation-0349700#FwOBzzTHJHvwTCtu.97

Vogan, P. (2006).
SWOTT your way to success
. Entrepreneur. Retrieved from https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/83052

SWOT Analysis and Organization Summary
|

Complete the interaction and generate a PDF of your inputs. This can be used to help you complete Assessment 3.

For Further Exploration

This resource is provided to expand your knowledge:

Advisory Board. (2015).
Daily briefing primer: What’s the difference between for-profit and not-for-profit hospitals?
Retrieved from https://www.advisory.com/daily-briefing/resources/primers/whats-the-difference-between-for-profit-and-not-for-profit-hospitals

Exemplar resources for the course

It may be helpful for you to review these exemplars prior to beginning your work on the assessment.

Johns Hopkins. (2013).
John Hopkins Medicine strategic plan
. Retrieved from http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/strategic_plan/_docs/JHM%20Strategic%20Plan_Sept2013.pdf

Niles, N. J. (2010).
A case study in strategic financial planning in health service organizations
.
Journal of Business Case Studies, 6
(5), 23–29.

Howard, B. (2015).
Michael’s Hospital Strategic Plan 2015–2018
| . Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQ3pOf5JLIM

Strategic Management Case Study

If you do not currently work for a health care organization, or if you prefer not to use the organization where you work for the course assessments, you may choose to use this case study to complete the assessments:

Community Hospital Healthcare System: A Strategic Management Case Study
.

Assessment Instructions

Preparation

Continue to use the same organization you used in the first two assessments.

Complete Worksheet 3 located in the Required Resources section of this assessment. You can also use the output generated from the SWOT Analysis and Organization Summary multimedia piece linked in the Suggested Resources section. You will not submit the worksheet or the SWOT output, but will use the information to develop a report on the internal environment relevant to the organization you selected.

As you prepare your analysis, focus on:

The economic and business conditions, premises, policies, and other related forces that impact your plan.

The specific issues of health care management and policy.

Differentiated markets and determinants of supply and demand in each market.

Assessment Requirements

Use the information in Worksheet 3, and the SWOT output if you wish, to prepare a 3–4 page report that addresses the following:

Describe the role of the major internal stakeholders in your strategic plan. Be sure you identify the major internal stakeholders.

Describe the basic internal trends, key uncertainties, and additional research needs.

Identify the quantitative or qualitative methods needed to analyze the project.

Describe the internal barriers, such as structural political policy and other barriers, to be addressed. How will you overcome these barriers?

Analyze the financial performance and position of the company. How will the plan enhance performance and financial sustainability?

Format your assessment as a report and be sure it is organized logically, using headings and sub-headings appropriately. Follow APA guidelines for in-text citations and references.

Additional Requirements

Report length: 3–4 double-spaced pages, not including title page and reference page.

References: A minimum of three professional resources.

Format: Use APA format for all in-text citations and references. Include a title page and reference page.

Font and font size: Times New Roman, 12 point.

Organizational Direction

Overview

Prepare a 3–5 page report that analyzes the critical connections between the organization’s mission, objectives, and goals, and the development and implementation of a strategic plan. Explain the importance of integrating the needs of stakeholders into the strategic plan, analyze the major sources of organizational resistance to change, and identify methodologies for evaluating the status of the organization in relation to its environment.

Note:
The assessments in this course are presented in sequence and must be completed in order.

By successfully completing this assessment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following course competencies and assessment criteria:

Competency 1: Evaluate the role of an effective planning process in the strategic management of health care organizations.

Identify appropriate methodologies for evaluating the current status of the organization in relation to its broader environment.

Competency 2: Apply strategic management principles to analyze the mission, vision, core values, goals, and governance of health care organizations.

Analyze the critical connections between the organization’s mission, objectives, and goals, and the development and implementation of a strategic plan.

Analyze the major sources of organizational resistance to change.

Competency 3: Analyze the effect of internal and external environments on the strategic planning process within health care organizations.

Explain the importance of integrating the needs and agendas of internal and external organizational stakeholders into the strategic plan.

Competency 5: Communicate in a manner that is professional and consistent with expectations for business professionals.

Write content clearly and logically with correct use of grammar, punctuation, and mechanics.

 

Context

According to Zuckerman (2012), “Identifying organizational direction initiates in earnest the process of looking forward to chart what the organization’s future might be. This activity sets high-level direction encompassing mission, vision, overall organizational strategy, and values” (p. 57).

Part of strategic management includes the ability to analyze the relationship between a health care organization’s mission, core values and goals, and the development of a strategic plan. It also requires the ability to integrate the needs and agendas of various internal and external organizational stakeholders into the strategic plan, recognize the challenges created by organizational resistance to change, and how to select and use appropriate methodologies to evaluate the current status of the organization in relation to its broader environment.

Reference

Zuckerman, A. (2012).
Healthcare strategic planning
(3rd ed.). Chicago, IL: Health Administration Press.

Questions to Consider

To deepen your understanding, you are encouraged to consider the question below and discuss it with a fellow learner, a work associate, an interested friend, or a member of your professional community.

What do you think would be the consequences of a strategic management plan that did not align to an organization’s mission, vision, and values?

Resources

Required Resources

The following template is required to complete Assessment

 

Organizational Direction

The following resources address the topic of organizational direction:

Zuckerman, A. M. (2012).
Healthcare strategic planning
(3rd ed.). Chicago, IL: Health Administration Press.

Chapter 4, “Activity 2: Identifying Organizational Direction,”

Mission Statement.

Complete the interactive. This will generate an e-mail of your inputs. You may use this information to complete Assessment 4.

Organizational Leadership

These resources examine the role of leadership in health care organizations:

Schyve, P. M. (2009). Leadership in healthcare organizations: A guide to Joint Commission leadership standards. The Governance Institute. Retrieved from https://www.jointcommission.org/assets/1/18/WP_Leadership_Standards.pdf

Lindsey, J. S., & Mitchell, J. W. (2012). Tomorrow’s top healthcare leaders: 5 qualities of the healthcare leader of the future. Becker’s Hospital Review. Retrieved from http://www.beckershospitalreview.com/hospital-management-administration/tomorrows-top-healthcare-leaders-5-qualities-of-the-healthcare-leader-of-the-future.html

Exemplar resources for the course

It may be helpful for you to review these exemplars prior to beginning your work on the assessment.

Johns Hopkins. (2013). John Hopkins Medicine strategic plan. Retrieved from http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/strategic_plan/_docs/JHM%20Strategic%20Plan_Sept2013.pdf

Niles, N. J. (2010). A case study in strategic financial planning in health service organizations.
Journal of Business Case Studies, 6
(5), 23–29.

Howard, B. (2015). Michael’s Hospital Strategic Plan 2015–2018 | Transcript. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQ3pOf5JLIM

Strategic Management Case Study

If you do not currently work for a health care organization, or if you prefer not to use the organization where you work for the course assessments, you may choose to use this case study to complete the assessments:

Community Hospital Healthcare System: A Strategic Management Case Study.

Assessment Instructions

Preparation

You will use the same organization used for the previous assessments.

Complete Worksheet 4, located in the Resources section of this assessment. You may also use the output generated from the Mission Statement media piece linked in the Suggested Resources section. You will not submit the worksheet or the Mission Statement output, but will use the information to develop a report on the organization you selected.

Assessment Requirements

Use the information from Worksheet 4, and the Mission Statement output if you wish, to prepare a 3–5 page report that includes the following:

Analyze the critical connections between the organization’s mission, objectives, and goals, and the development and implementation of a strategic plan.

Briefly describe the organization’s mission, objectives, and goals.

Briefly explain the importance of a strategic plan for an organization.

Explain the importance of a strategic plan to support an organization’s mission, objectives, and goals.

Explain the importance of integrating the needs and agendas of internal and external organizational stakeholders into the strategic plan.

Identify appropriate methodologies for evaluating the current status of the organization in relation to its broader environment.

Analyze the major sources of organizational resistance to change.

Identify the major sources of resistance to change.

Explain the challenges these create for the organizational leader.

Provide strategies for overcoming resistance to change.

Format your assessment as a report and be sure it is organized logically, using headings and sub-headings appropriately. Follow APA guidelines for in-text citations and references.

Additional Requirements

Report length: 3–5 double-spaced pages, not including title page and reference page.

References: A minimum of three professional resources.

Format: Use APA format for all in-text citations and references. Include a title page and reference page.

Font and font size: Times New Roman, 12 point.

Total quality improvement program

As you may recall from Week 1, your Course Project was to prepare a total quality improvement program, with a focus on one high-risk area. Continuous quality improvement covers many areas. Throughout the course, you have learned about the attributes that constitute a quality improvement team and what questions this team attempts to answer. The assignments toward this project that you completed each week can now be assembled into a single instructional document.

Make necessary adjustments to your document so that each segment flows smoothly into the next. Evaluate your project using the criteria given below.

1.Are the indicators and their measurements appropriate to the high-risk area?

2.Do the indicators capture the risk?

3.Are the fictional incidents realistic and plausible?

4.Is the filled chart consistent with the fictional incident?

5.Is the plan of correction feasible? Will it prevent the occurrence of the incident in future?

6.How do you know the plan worked? What measures will you use to identify effectiveness?

7.On a separate page, cite all sources using the APA format.

8.They should be your own, original, and free from plagiarism.

Write a 2–3 page evaluation of the quality improvement program that you have created. This should be the annual summary of the hypothetical data. Make sure your hypothetical data are credible.