Assignment task:
HSO Type:
Optimizing Strategies for Improved Efficiency and Patient Access in Specialized Healthcare Facilities
Prepare:
- Consider your selected HSO and the operational problems that may be associated with it.
- Research and select one operational problem on which to focus.
- Consider the various people and groups that are impacted by the operational problem.
Requirement:
- Describe the operational problem that you selected within your selected HSO.
- Identify the stakeholders that are impacted by this operational problem and explain how they are impacted.
- Explain how root or underlying causes of the operational problem are identified.
- Explain what a target state is and how you might use a target state in determining solutions.
- Explain the concept of process improvement flow charts and how they can be used to address operational problems. Include an example of a process flow chart that might be applicable to this problem. (Note: Simply including an example of a process chart is insufficient; you must identify and apply a proposed process flow chart.)
- Identify the data that is needed to support the operational problem.
- Explain where that data resides (patients, families, suppliers, payors, vendors, processes, EHRs, surveys, focus groups, dashboards, etc.).
- Explain why selecting the proper data is important and explain why you selected this data.
- Support your responses with evidence from scholarly resources.