Assignment: Policy Proposal and Interview
Overview: Health professionals should be familiar with existing policies related to health, recognize when policy initiatives are necessary, and advocate for or against policies being proposed or currently in place.
Prompt: Begin this assignment by selecting a state, national, or international healthcare policy and briefly describing it.
When choosing your policy, remember the focus of the assignment is to identify a legal or governmental healthcare policy, which is different from an organizational (e.g., hospital) policy. To clarify, an organization like a hospital may have developed a "care of a central line policy" specific to that particular organization, but the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is an example of a legal or governmental policy that all individuals and organizations, regardless of function, must observe.
After identifying a legal or governmental healthcare policy for analysis, develop a narrative that explains why you chose the selected policy, lists three key stakeholders you would like to interview about the policy, and explains how each individual is related to or affected by the policy. Your instructor will approve your policy and interview suggestions for use in your final project.
Specifically, the following critical elements must be addressed:
o Summarize the policy that is the focus of your evaluation. Include the name, its purpose, and when it was created.
o Explain your rationale for choosing the policy. Does it have personal or professional relevance?
o Identify at least three stakeholders of the policy that you might interview, and discuss how they are affected by or related to the policy.
Format your assignment according to the following formatting requirements:
o The answer should be typed, using Times New Roman font (size 12), double spaced, with one-inch margins on all sides.
o The response also includes a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student's name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
o Also include a reference page. The Citations and references must follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.