Business Finance – Operations Management WEEK 6 ASSIGNMENT IN MHA 601 Principles of Health Care Administration

For this final paper you must use the Worksheet for Strategic Plan template provided. Please download the Worksheet for Strategic Plan template and populate the goals, required tasks, individuals involved, resources needed, timeline, and measurements. This will allow you to prepare the worksheet for your strategic plan. The text entries on the first row represents an example. You may overwrite this example and populate the other rows.

In your paper,

• Describe your chosen health care organization including the name, location of the business, its mission, the nature of the business, the services or products, and customers served.
  • You may use a hypothetical name of the organization if your chosen organization does not allow you to disclose its information.
• Identify one key problem at the departmental or organizational level that has profound impacts on operational efficiency, patient care, or customer satisfaction.
• Propose a minimum of two solutions to the identified problem.
• Identify a minimum of three specific, measurable, attainable, realistic, and timely (SMART) project goals.
  • Each SMART goal must include all five elements: specific, measurable, attainable, realistic, and timely. Examples of SMART goals are
    • To implement a fully automated claim process system by 12/31/2024.
    • To decrease the number of patients leaving without being seen by a provider from three patients per day to zero by 6/30/2024.
    • To ensure that 95% of physicians and nurses have completed sepsis care training to improve identification and treatment by 10/31/2024.
• Appraise two anticipated obstacles and two possible opportunities in your proposed solutions.
• Formulate a strategic (action) plan to accomplish goals and solutions.
  • Be sure to include stakeholders involved and other resources (e.g., time, financial, materials, etc.) required to accomplish your plan.

The Implementing Health Care Management Plan final paper,

• must be eight to 12 double-spaced pages in length (not including title and references pages and formatted according to APA StyleLinks to an external site. as outlined in the Writing Center’s APA Formatting for Microsoft WordLinks to an external site. resource.
• must include a separate title page with the following in title case:
  • title of paper in bold font
    • Space should appear between the title and the rest of the information on the title page.
  • student’s name
  • name of institution (The University of Arizona Global Campus)
  • course name and number
  • instructor’s name
  • due date
• must utilize academic voice. Review the Academic VoiceLinks to an external site. resource for additional guidance.
• must include an introduction and conclusion paragraph.
  • Your introduction paragraph needs to end with a clear thesis statement that indicates the purpose of your paper.
  • For assistance on writing Introductions & ConclusionsLinks to an external site. and Writing a Thesis StatementLinks to an external site., refer to the Writing Center resources.
• must use at least five scholarly or peer-reviewed sources in addition to the course text.
  • The Scholarly, Peer-Reviewed, and Other Credible SourcesLinks to an external site. table offers additional guidance on appropriate source types. If you have questions about whether a specific source is appropriate for this assignment, please contact your instructor. Your instructor has the final say about the appropriateness of a specific source.
  • To assist you in completing the research required for this assignment, review Quick and Easy Library ResearchLinks to an external site. tutorial, which introduces the University of Arizona Global Campus Library and the research process, and provides some library search tips.
• must document any information used from sources in APA Style as outlined in the Writing Center’s APA: Citing Within Your PaperLinks to an external site. guide.
• must include a separate references page that is formatted according to APA Style as outlined in the Writing Center.
  • Review the APA: Formatting Your References ListLinks to an external site. resource in the Writing Center for specifications.