ANALYSIS OF A PERTINENT HEALTHCARE ISSUE
• Review the national healthcare issues/stressors presented in the Resources and reflect on the national healthcare issue/stressor you selected for study.
• Reflect on the feedback you received from your colleagues on your Discussion post for the national healthcare issue/stressor you selected.
• Identify and review two additional scholarly resources (not included in the Resources for this module) that focus on change strategies implemented by healthcare organizations to address your selected national healthcare issue/stressor.
The Assignment (2-3 Pages):
Analysis of a Pertinent Healthcare Issue
Develop a 2 to 3 page paper, written to your organization’s leadership team, addressing your selected national healthcare issue/stressor and how it is impacting your work setting. Be sure to address the following:
• Describe the national healthcare issue/stressor you selected and its impact on your organization. Use organizational data to quantify the impact (if necessary, seek assistance from leadership or appropriate stakeholders in your organization).
• Provide a brief summary of the two articles you reviewed from outside resources on the national healthcare issue/stressor. Explain how the healthcare issue/stressor is being addressed in other organizations.
• Summarize the strategies used to address the organizational impact of national healthcare issues/stressors presented in the scholarly resources you selected. Explain how they may impact your organization both positively and negatively. Be specific and provide examples.
Analysis of a National Healthcare Issue: Impact on Our Organization
Introduction
This paper addresses the national healthcare issue of [Insert Chosen National Healthcare Issue/Stressor]. We will explore its impact on our organization and potential strategies to mitigate its negative effects, drawing insights from successful change strategies implemented by other healthcare organizations.
Impact of [National Healthcare Issue] on Our Organization
[Describe the national healthcare issue you selected and how it is impacting your organization.]
Quantify the impact using specific data whenever possible. This data might include:
- Increased costs associated with the issue (e.g., higher medication prices for chronic diseases)
- Staffing shortages due to burnout or difficulty attracting qualified personnel
- Readmission rates due to inadequate care coordination
- Patient dissatisfaction with access to care or wait times
- [Article 1 Citation and Brief Summary]: This article explores [Summarize key points of the article, including the specific strategies used by the healthcare organization to address the national healthcare issue].
- [Article 2 Citation and Brief Summary]: This article examines [Summarize key points of the article, including the specific strategies used by the healthcare organization to address the national healthcare issue].
- Potential Positive Impacts: [Explain how this strategy could positively impact your organization. Be specific with examples].
- Potential Negative Impacts: [Explain any potential drawbacks of implementing this strategy in your organization. Be specific with examples].
- Potential Positive Impacts: [Explain how this strategy could positively impact your organization. Be specific with examples].
- Potential Negative Impacts: [Explain any potential drawbacks of implementing this strategy in your organization. Be specific with examples].
- Conduct a more in-depth analysis of our organization's specific data related to the national healthcare issue.
- Convene a team of stakeholders to discuss the potential strategies identified in this paper and explore their feasibility within our organization.
- Develop a pilot program to test the effectiveness of a chosen strategy in a smaller setting before wider implementation.