Assignment
Topic
Challenge related to healthcare provision and patients' ability to access the continuum of healthcare resources and facilities within the US healthcare system.
Task
• Background - provide a brief yet well-rounded description of the organization under review (at the center of the case study)
• Include the target population for this organization (who does it service?)
o Include the key support this organization provides to the community or target population (what is the service?)
• Challenge - discuss the health and/or healthcare delivery challenge experienced by the organization and/or its community or target population (there might be more than one challenge - address at least one challenge)
• Perspective - explain how the challenge led to the development of a perspective (reason) for the redesign of the service/s that would improve healthcare delivery and ultimately, the community's or target population's health; what is the perspective?
• Data Supporting the Redesign - describe the data collected (internally and externally) as evidence of the challenge and to support the perspective for redesign
• Redesign & Model - discuss the model the organization employed to improve its service
o Include the vision for redesign
o Include how the model was applied
• Redesign Tools - list at least three tools utilized in the redesign and provide a brief explanation of at least one
• Metrics - Identify at least one performance metric and explain its purpose and how it was utilized
• Outcomes - discuss the outcomes of the redesign in relation to the challenge you have identified in the earlier part of this paper
• Analysis and Recommendations - analyze the strengths and weaknesses of the redesign (e.g., what worked well and what could be better to obtain a greater benefit)
o Look at the lessons learned to assist your thought process
o Given their lessons learned, what would you recommend as an improvement strategy in the redesign? Suppose you had to implement a similar redesign, what would you do better?
o Discuss what level of government could be involved in this redesign and why.
o Explain how this redesign improves health services within the continuum of care.
o Briefly describe whether the redesign address acute care services or chronic care services or both.
• Conclusion - provide your own creative conclusion to wrap up your case response