Challenges related to healthcare provision and patients ability to access the continuum of healthcare resources and facilities
Question:
Challenges related to healthcare provision and patients’ ability to access the continuum of healthcare resources and facilities within the US healthcare system.
Assignment Outline and Tasks
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 serve?)
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 challenges 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
Include the vision for the redesign
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)
Look at the lessons learned to assist your thought process
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?
Discuss what level of government could be involved in this redesign and why.
Explain how this redesign improves health services within the continuum of care.
Briefly describe whether the redesign addresses acute care services or chronic care services or both.
Conclusion – provide your own creative conclusion to wrap up your case response.
Principles of Information Systems
ISBN: 978-0324665284
9th edition
Authors: Ralph M. Stair, George W. Reynolds