Assignment: Op Ed- Resolving Critical Issues in Health Care
Length: 750-800 words, APA.
Write a persuasive letter to be published to a professional journal justifying the solution you propose for that issue. Write the letter as if you are a health care manager in a health care organization of your choosing, to an audience of health professionals.
The APA formatted Op Ed letter should include an introduction, a few paragraphs arguing for your proposition, and a strong closing statement. Closely follow the guidelines in the required reading document How to Write an Op Ed and Letter to the Editor
• Address the letter directly to the audience of health professionals.
• Introduce yourself as a health care manager and explain what type of health organization you represent.
• Frame and define the issue. Your letter should reflect to the audience that you are well-versed in the history and background of the issue, know the stakeholders involved, and use language that represents you are knowledgeable in critical issues of health care.
• Present your proposed resolution plan for this issue.
• Support why you believe your solution will be successful demographically, financially, and institutionally, using evidence-based research.
• Use communication strategies to create buy-in from key stake holders such as individual providers, institutional providers (i.e. hospitals), Congress, pharmaceutical companies etc.
• Address how your proposal would be financed and any impacts on health care reimbursement.
Your letter should be 750 - 800 words. It should be persuasive and evidence-based. Be clear and concise. Follow the guidelines for writing a letter to the editor. Please include an APA formatted reference page after your letter.