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This is consist of two parts assignment part one consist of 5 worksheets A1, A2, A3, A4, A5 (one page each) need to complete the worksheet first And Task 2 is the re search, using A1-A5 (you can use whatever writing in this part) should be about 4 pages left
A1,
Assignment 1: Community Needs
Health is influenced by many factors in the community. Each community seeks to promote and optimize the health of its community. To do so, it must measure factors which reflect the current health of the community. These factors are then evaluated and used to prioritize needs relative to their effect on the community’s health. They also help to judiciously apply limited resources toward improvement of the community’s well-being.
Assignment 1 is intended to prepare you to interpret available data for Benton County, Oregon. These data outline the county’s health status compared to other Oregon state counties as well as to the national average. This assignment will specifically focus on the following priorities:
Identify areas of community healthcare need
Analyze priorities for community healthcare needs
Follow these three steps to complete the assignment:
Discover: Learn about community needs, organizational resources and priorities, and stakeholder identification and engagement.
Engage: Practice the principles discussed in the Discover section in the review of data.
Review: Apply what you have learned in the previous steps to complete the Priority Needs worksheet (Assignment 1).
A2
Assignment 2: Access to Care
Healthcare is complex and requires appropriate analysis to identify gaps in care in order to measure and prioritize patient-care delivery. Aligning data analytics focused on addressing the gaps will help develop strategies to improve quality of care.
Assignment 2 is intended to help you become familiar with the various components and societal factors that affect access to care including agencies that monitor and report care-delivery system capabilities. This assignment will focus specifically on:
analyzing population health data and other demographics to discern gaps in access to care
proposing feasible recommendations for improvement
Follow these three steps to help you complete the assignment:
Discover: Conduct basic data analysis and research to inform your understanding of how access to care is defined, measured, and reported.
Engage: Analyze reported demographics and population health data to discover potential gaps in access to care and associated challenges to the health of the community.
Review: Apply what you have learned in the previous steps to complete the Access to Care worksheet (Assignment 2).
A3
Assignment 3: Collaboration
A successful administrator recognizes the importance of working together toward a common goal, both inside and outside of the organization, across industries, and in the public and private sectors. Building collaborative relationships takes time, effective communication skills, transparency, and powerful public relations ability. Strong collaborative relationships are anchored on trust.
Assignment 3 will help you prepare for the assessment, the community health improvement plan for Benton County. This assignment specifically focuses on:
examining relationship management and community engagement.
exploring methods to ensure collaboration of all relevant stakeholders in your community.
Follow these three steps to help you complete the assignment:
Discover: Establish key stakeholders, identify how to develop relationships, and assimilate what needs to be in place to communicate effectively with collaborative partners.
Engage: Build an understanding of how to maintain viable partnerships and consider where the partners can add value to the organization.
Review: Apply what you have learned in the previous steps to complete the Collaboration worksheet (Assignment 3).
A4
Assignment 4: Community-Focused Financial Stewardship
As a servant leader and a community health leader, you have a responsibility to actively engage in the efforts that aim to improve the health of the community. This can be achieved by strategically allocating financial resources to community health activities in a number of ways. Examples may include establishing defined percentages of patient revenue, procuring grants, and developing programmatic approaches (e.g., charity care, health education, community health workers).
Assignment 4 will propose strategic recommendations to address the needs of the community while performing a financial turnaround. This assignment will focus specifically on:
analyzing some of the challenges related to financial management of an organization
examining the respective impacts on community health
Follow these three steps to help you complete this assignment:
Discover: Understand the relationship between the successful financial management of a healthcare organization and its impact on community health.
Engage: Practice applying your knowledge of financial stewardship by carefully analyzing financial data of an underperforming community health clinic.
Review: Apply what you have learned in the previous steps to complete the Community Focused Financial Stewardship worksheet (Assignment 4).
A5
Assignment 5: Pandemic Simulation
An outbreak is a sudden occurrence of a disease. It may be an infectious disease that has quickly spread through populated areas across large regions. This simulation allows you to see how the outbreak unfolds and the impact it has on the infrastructure of your facility and the environment.
As a health leader, you must be able to work with those inside and outside of your facility to understand the impact the outbreak has on your resources.
Assignment 5 will guide you through an outbreak. This specifically focuses on:
identifying the skills and abilities you need to navigate this event
guiding your facility to a successful outcome
Follow these three steps to help you complete this assignment:
Discover: Understand the components of the background of an outbreak.
Engage: Work through the simulation and make decisions to help your facility and the community at large.
Review: Apply what you have learned in the previous steps to complete the Pandemic Simulation worksheet (Assignment 5).
Task 2 For part 1 of this task, you will summarize Benton County’s community health issues.
For part 2, you will use the attached template to create a community health improvement plan and make decisions based on socioeconomic, ethical, legal, financial, and other community-related quantitative and qualitative factors. Creating a community health improvement plan is a conscious effort to involve the members of a geographically defined community. It is designed to optimize the availability, accessibility, and quality of healthcare services in the community as a means of improving overall health. The improvement plan is reviewed periodically to ensure appropriate alignment with the current needs of the population.
Note: Each of the course assignments should be completed in full before attempting this task. The five course assignments are submitted as Task 1.
SCENARIO
As the healthcare administrator in Benton County, Oregon, it is your responsibility to analyze data and resources of the county’s health to identify four priority health areas in which improvement and intervention in the community are most needed. Using effective leadership, collaboration, and data analytical skills, you will create a community health improvement plan to be used as a foundation for monitoring, evaluating, and communicating progress to community leaders and community members.
REQUIREMENTS
Your submission must be your original work. No more than a combined total of 30% of the submission and no more than a 10% match to any one individual source can be directly quoted or closely paraphrased from sources, even if cited correctly. The similarity report that is provided when you submit your task can be used as a guide.
You must use the rubric to direct the creation of your submission because it provides detailed criteria that will be used to evaluate your work. Each requirement below may be evaluated by more than one rubric aspect. The rubric aspect titles may contain hyperlinks to relevant portions of the course.
Tasks may not be submitted as cloud links, such as links to Google Docs, Google Slides, OneDrive, etc., unless specified in the task requirements. All other submissions must be file types that are uploaded and submitted as attachments (e.g., .docx, .pdf, .ppt).
Part 1
A. Summarize Benton County’s community health issues by doing the following:
1. Describe four priority health issues in the Benton County community.
2. Discuss an improvement goal (i.e., a desired health outcome) for each health issue discussed in part A1.
3. Discuss how each priority health issue aligns with both state and national priorities, as well as tribal priorities, if applicable.
4. Explain how you will involve stakeholders in the problem-solving process for the outlined health issues.
5. Provide a financial strategy that would support the needs of the community.
Part 2
B. Select any two of the four health issues from part A1 and design a community health improvement plan for Benton County tailored to those issues. Complete the attached “Community Health Improvement Plan Template” for Benton County for two of the four issues by doing the following:
1. State the priority health issue.
2. Provide a desired health outcome for the stated issue.
3. Outline short-term (1–2 years) and long-term (3–5 years) performance indicators that will be used to monitor changes in performance.
a. Identify the sources you will use to obtain information on these short-term and long-term indicators, as well as the frequencies of measurement.
4. Provide two SMART (specific, measurable, achievable, realistic, and time-bound) objectives that align with the outcome identified in part B2. Include the following:
● whether the objective is operational, transformational, or other
● evidence or data sources to support each objective
● whether the objective will lead to a policy change
Note: You may also choose to provide a link to any program sites as applicable.
5. Develop an action plan that outlines two to three steps needed to achieve each of the SMART objectives in part B4 by including the following:
Note: Each SMART objective will require an action plan that corresponds to it.
● a target date
● resources needed for the action
● the key/lead person who will initiate the action, provide direction for the work, or monitor progress
● the anticipated result
● how the progress of the action will be tracked
6. Explain your plan for sustaining change for the actions you have undertaken in each action plan.
Note: Repeat steps from parts B1–B6 for the second health issue or priority area selected.
C. Acknowledge sources, using in-text citations and references, for content that is quoted, paraphrased, or summarized.
D. Demonstrate professional communication in the content and presentation of your submission.
Please use “Community Health Improvement Plan Template” if not use the assignment will not count.