Health sciences and medicine:
Carefully read through all components (listed below) required for completion of the Research Project. In selecting your project topic, ensure that you will be able to ascertain the appropriate data/information needed to complete the project in terms of the deliverables.
Select a health care organization (local or national, large or small, public or private) and perform a needs assessment/gap analysis. You may utilize your own organization if you are employed in a health care related company. You may approach the Research Project from a (1) Human Resources, (2) Operations, or (3) Facilities perspective. You may select an organization in your own community.
1. Human Resources: staffing, training, recruitment, retention, job function redesign, etc.
2. Operations: delivery of service/care, access, wait times, equipment usage, process improvements, resource optimization, regulatory compliance, etc.
3. Facilities: space planning, construction, redesign, relocation.
The components for the Research Project include the following:
I. Title Page
II. Executive Summary (Needs Content Criteria)
III. Description of the organization (history, length in service/operation, how many beds? clients served? location; rural vs. urban, satellite locations, total number of staff, client usage information/demographics, etc.)
IV. Needs Assessment/Gap Analysis: What is not currently being offered? Room for improvements? Service delivery deficits? Personnel issues/shortages? Justify with supporting data and statistics.
V. Propose an intervention (service or facility) based on the needs/gap analysis.
VI. Justify your proposed intervention by providing an analysis from:
A.Cultural
B.Social
C.Legal
D.Economics
E.Regulatory
F.Reimbursement
G.Managed care
H.Health legislation
I.Contracts perspectives
VII. Pick a minimum of three of the elements listed above depending on the organization selected and which apply to the specific organization/situation selected.
VIII. Create a plan to implement your intervention. Identify the stakeholders involved, and their role (s) in implementing the intervention. Include finance and staffing elements required to implement the intervention.
IX. Develop a marketing communication plan on how the stakeholders will be informed, kept up-to-date, etc. prior to the intervention, during the intervention, and post intervention.
X. Develop a plan for measurement effectiveness of the intervention. What indicators will determine if the intervention is successful?
XI. Reference page.
Writing the Research Project
The Research Project:
1.Must be 8 double-spaced pages in length, and formatted according to APA style. Must include a title page with the following:
a.Title of paper
b.Students name
c.Course name and number
d.Instructors name
e.Date submitted
2.Must begin with an introductory paragraph that has a succinct thesis statement.
3.Must address the topic of the paper with critical thought.
4.Must end with a conclusion that reaffirms your thesis.
5.Must use at least ten scholarly and /or peer-reviewed sources, published within the last 5 years.
6.Must document all sources in APA style.
7.Must include a separate reference page, formatted according to APA style