Homework: Health Care Delivery and Models
• Categorize the organization as an MCO or ACO.
o Provide a rationale for the categorization.
• Provide a comprehensive explanation of services that will be offered by the organization/facility. Note: Services offered should meet the needs of the population identified and the dynamics of the organization/facility.
o Inpatient, outpatient, and/or ancillary services.
o Include E-Health Services.
• Prepare a map detailing the delivery of care (services) in the organization/facility. (See Burton, 2017, for a sample map.)
o Interpret and provide an explanation of the map you prepare.
- Information Systems
• Describe the systems used in the organization/facility that will manage health care data.
o How will information be collected, stored, and managed?
o Identify standards, policies, and security measures used.
o Explain how the organization/facility will promote interoperability.
- Operations Management
• Construct and explain a simple organizational chart outlining the staffing and reporting relationships within your organization (How to Create an Organization Chart).
• Create and explain a general strategy map (pg. 86 of McLaughlin & Olson, 2017) for your organization.
• Using the Operational Excellence Scale provided by McLaughlin & Olson (2017, pp. 405-406), rationalize in detail the operational tools your organization/facility will use be a "level 4" organization.
- Quality Assurance & Accreditation
• Rationalize specifically how the 6 domains of Health Care Quality (by the AHRQ) are fully addressed within the organization/facility.
• Create a detailed risk management and patient safety plan for the organization/facility.
• Identify and explain two leading methods of continuous quality improvement (Plan-Do-Study-Act, Rapid Cycle Improvement, FOCUS-PCDA, Lean, Six Sigma, and/or the FADE Model) that will be used in the organization/facility.
o Rationalize how the methods will be used to ensure that quality and safety are kept at/above the safety rating of major hospitals in the area of the organization/facility.
Format your homework according to the following formatting requirements:
o The answer should be typed, using Times New Roman font (size 12), double spaced, with one-inch margins on all sides.
o The response also includes a cover page containing the title of the homework, the student's name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
o Also include a reference page. The Citations and references must follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.