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Week 1 Project
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Supporting Lecture
Setting the Stage for a Purpose
Project
The project assignment provides a forum for analyzing and evaluating relevant topics for this unit on the basis of the course competencies covered.
Content:
The vision, mission, values, and strategic goals are appropriately called directional strategies because they guide healthcare executives at the time of making key organizational decisions. Establishing a solid foundation of the vision, mission, and values guides healthcare organizations towards opportunities to create value for patients.
Tasks:
The purpose of this project is to compare the vision, mission and values of two healthcare organizations.
Select and review the vision, mission, and values statements of two managed care organizations.
Identify at least two similarities and two differences in the vision, mission, and values of the chosen healthcare organization.
Discuss whether the vision, mission, and values statements clearly address the strategic direction of the organizations.
To support your work, use your course and text readings and also use the South University Online Library. As in all assignments, cite your sources in your work and provide references for the citations in APA format.
Submission Details:
Support your rationale course reading or outside authoritative sources.
Post a minimum 500 words in Microsoft Word format using correct APA format for course papers.
Cite a minimum of three outside peer reviewed sources to support your assertions and save it as SU_MHA5020_W1_Project_LastName_FirstInitial.doc.
Submit the report to the Submissions Area by the due date assigned.
Cite any sources you use using correct APA format on a separate page.
Week 2 Project
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Supporting Lecture
Assessing the Internal Environment
Project
The project assignment provides a forum for analyzing and evaluating relevant topics for this unit on the basis of the course competencies covered.
The environmental analysis is an essential step for gaining factual knowledge and position about a healthcare organization. Referring to the critical functions of internal consulting, conduct a SWOT (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats) analysis of a selected healthcare organization. Select one opportunity and provide a rationale for process improvement addressing the following questions:
How does improvement of the Opportunity support the Mission and Vision of the organization?
What are the benefits and any risks to the healthcare organization associated with the noted Opportunity?
What impact does the selected Opportunity play in the market share of the healthcare organization or specific services?
How does selected Opportunity affect the financial health of the healthcare organization?
To support your work, use your course and text readings and also use the South University Online Library. As in all assignments, cite your sources in your work and provide references for the citations in APA format.
Submission Details:
Support your rationale course reading or outside authoritative sources.
Post a minimum 500 words in Microsoft Word format.
Cite a minimum of 3 outside peer reviewed sources to support your assertions and save it as SU_MHA5020_W2_Project_LastName_FirstInitial.doc.
Submit the report to the Submissions Area by the due date assigned.
Cite any sources you use using correct APA format on a separate page.
Week 3 Project
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Supporting Lectures
Meeting the Expectation of Clinical Performance Excellence
Horizontal Thinking in Healthcare Organizations
Project
The project assignment provides a forum for analyzing and evaluating relevant topics for this week on the basis of the course competencies covered.
Content:
The foundation of clinical performance protocols should aim for clinical excellence by focusing on clinical care guidelines, training, continuous improvement plans, and clinical benchmarks and dashboards that are supported by best practices and evidence-based practices.
Building on the previously selected healthcare organization Select one clinical department with in a healthcare organization providing a brief description of services.
Describe the roles and responsibilities of each member of the healthcare team. Executive Level Officer, Department Director, Physician, Nurse.
Discuss how clinical benchmarks and dashboards are utilized for three specific clinical care guidelines.
Describe how evidence based practice influences clinical performance protocols of each team members.
To support your work, use your course and text readings and also use the South University Online Library. As in all assignments, cite your sources in your work and provide references for the citations in APA format.
Submission Details:
Support your rationale with course reading or outside authoritative sources.
Post a minimum 750 words in Microsoft Word format.
Cite a minimum of 3 outside peer reviewed sources to support your assertions and save it as SU_MHA5020_W3_Project_LastName_FirstInitial.doc.
Submit the report to the Submissions Area by the due date assigned.
Cite any sources you use using correct APA format on a separate page.
Week 4 Project
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Knowledge management is the process of moving from understanding information to using information to improve business processes and ensure long-term sustainability. Two popular strategies associated with knowledge management are the push strategy (active management of knowledge) and the pull strategy (making knowledge requests of experts).
Research the push and pull strategies associated with knowledge management and provide the following in a 3- to 5-page paper:
Overview of push and pull strategies in the context of knowledge management
Advantages and disadvantages of push and pull strategies in the context of knowledge management
Recommendation of either push or pull strategy in healthcare organizations for knowledge management
To support your work, use your course and textbook readings as well as the South University Online Library. As in all assignments, cite your sources in your work and provide references for the citations in APA format.
Submission Details:
Name your paper as SU_MHA5020_W4_Project_LastName_FirstName.
By the due date assigned, submit it to the Submissions Area.
Week 5 Project
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This final project assignment is associated with the NCF (non-completion failure) grade. Failure to complete this assignment will result in the issuance of a grade of NCF if the course average would result in a failing grade in the course. Students should contact their Academic Counselor or Program Director if they have any questions regarding the NCF grade and its implications.
Review the following lecture:
Sustaining Organizational Infrastructure
Organizational sustainability requires effective conflict management and informed decision making that supports relationships with stakeholders and high performance teams that meet and exceed performance standards.
Tasks:
In a report of 8- to 10- pages address the following:
Analyze potential conflicts that may arise among internal and external stakeholders
Evaluate the role of team leadership in preventing and/or managing conflict at the interpersonal, team, and organizational levels
Assess the importance of maintaining relationships with stakeholders through organizational change processes
Recommend strategies for healthcare organizations to prevent and mange conflict among internal and external stakeholders
To support your work, use your course and textbook readings as well as the South University Online Library. As in all assignments, cite your sources in your work and provide references for the citations in APA format.
Submission Details:
•Name your paper as SU_MHA5010_W5_A3_LastName_FirstInitial.doc.
•By Week 5, Day 5 submit to the Week 5 Project.
