NEEDS ANALYSIS FOR CHANGE

 

NEEDS ANALYSIS FOR CHANGE

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Background and Context

As a master’s level health care practitioner, you may sometimes be tasked with the need to complete a systematic evaluation as a way of improving your organization’s outcomes. In this week’s assignment, you will have a chance to practice these skills by completing a systematic evaluation of a unit, facility, or organization that you are familiar with in an attempt to identify the need to address the economic health care issue that you presented in your Week 3 assignment. This systematic evaluation is often referred to as a needs analysis.  Understanding how to do a needs analysis will be key as you advance through your career in the health care environment.

Instructions

Be sure to address each main point. Read the performance-level descriptions for each criterion to see how your work will be assessed. In addition, note the requirements for document format and length and for supporting evidence. Review the assignment instructions and scoring guide to ensure you understand the work you will be asked to complete and how it will be assessed.

 Overall, you will be assessed on the following criteria:

• Summarize your chosen economic issue and its impact on your work, organization, colleagues, and community.

  Reiterate your rationale for pursuing this issue, as well as the gap contributing to it that you identified in your Week 3 assignment.

• Identify any socioeconomic or diversity disparities that exist with how your chosen economic issue impacts any particular groups or populations.

  Use at least one piece of evidence to support this disparity (public health data, aggregated data from an organization, or other scholarly resources).

• Explain the findings of evidence-based or scholarly sources regarding the need to address your chosen issue and pursue potential change or implementation plans.

  For example, if your implementation plan includes the need for increased staffing, you might want to research errors or patient falls that occurred as a result of high patient and low staff ratio in the literature.
  Use at least four evidence-based or scholarly sources that are relevant to your chosen topic to support your explanation.

• Explain the predicted outcomes and opportunities for growth as the result of the proposed change or implementation plan.

  Outcomes and opportunities for growth should focus on economic considerations.

• Convey purpose, in an appropriate tone and style, incorporating supporting evidence and adhering to organizational, professional, and scholarly writing standards.

Be sure to reflect on the readings and discussions you have completed so far and consider how the content of these activities might inform your approach to this assignment. Ask your instructor any questions you have about the assignment.

Additional Requirements

• Length of Submission:  3–5 double-spaced pages.
• Number of References: Cite at least 4 sources of evidence to support your identification of the gap. This could be public health data, a peer-reviewed journal article, or another scholarly source.
• APA formatting: Titles, headings, resources, and citations are formatted according to the current APA style.

Note: As you revise your writing, check out the resources listed on the Writing Center’s

Writing Support

page.

SCORING GUIDE

Your work will be evaluated using this criteria.

VIEW SCORING GUIDE

Competencies Measured

By successfully completing this assignment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following course competencies and scoring guide criteria:

• Competency 1: Analyze the effects of financial and economic factors (such as cost-benefit, supply and demand, return on investment, and risks) in a health care system on patient care, services offered, and organizational structures and operation.

  Summarize the chosen economic issue and its impact on your work, organization, colleagues, and community.

• Competency 2: Develop ethical and culturally equitable solutions to economic problems within a health care organization in an effort to improve the quality of care and services offered.

  Identify any socioeconomic or diversity disparities that exist with how your chosen economic issue impacts any particular groups or populations.

• Competency 3: Justify the qualitative and quantitative information used to guide economic decision making to stakeholders and colleagues.

  Explain the findings of evidence-based or scholarly sources regarding the need to address your chosen issue and pursue potential change or implementation plans.

• Competency 4: Develop ethical and culturally equitable economic strategies to address dynamic environmental forces and ensure the future security of an organization’s resources and its ability to provide quality care.

  Explain the predicted outcomes and opportunities for growth as the result of the proposed change or implementation plan.

• Competency 5: Produce clear, coherent, and professional written work, in accordance with Capella’s writing standards.

  Convey purpose, in an appropriate tone and style, incorporating supporting evidence and adhering to organizational, professional, and scholarly writing standards.

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U05A1 – NEEDS ANALYSIS FOR CHANGE
LEARNER: JENNIFER , FRANKS

INSTRUCTIONS

Use the following scoring guide, along with the project information, for evaluating each learner’s work.

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OVERALL COMMENTS

Your instructor selected the following reason for this evaluation: You submitted the wrong assignment or submitted the assignment incorrectly. I’m giving this a score of zero so you will be able to resubmit.

Jennifer,

I am returning this submission to you. Your safe-assign score is 79% and matches the work of other learners, not your own. This submission is a violation of Capella University policy 3.01.01, Academic Integrity and Honesty.

This submission is also not consistent with your first assignment submission in this course. Your original chosen topic was SDoH. The quality of the work has significant discrepancies.

Please contact me via the course room to discuss this.

Dr. Merritt

RUBRICS

CRITERIA 1

Summarize the chosen economic issue and its impact on your work, organization, colleagues, and community.(15%)COMPETENCY

Analyze the effects of financial and economic factors (such as cost-benefit, supply and demand, return on investment, and risks) in a health care system on patient care, services offered, and organizational structures and operation.

NON_PERFORMANCEDoes not provide any type of summary of the chosen economic issue and its impact on your work, organization, colleagues, and community.
BASICProvides an unclear or incomplete summary of the chosen economic issue and its impact on your work, organization, colleagues, and community.
PROFICIENTSummarizes the chosen economic issue and its impact on your work, organization, colleagues, and community.
DISTINGUISHEDSummarizes the chosen economic issue and its impact on your work, organization, colleagues, and community. Notes the rationale for pursing the issue, as well as a gap contributing to it.

COMMENTS:

Please see overall comments.

CRITERIA 2

Identify any socioeconomic or diversity disparities that exist with how your chosen economic issue impacts any particular groups or populations.(20%)COMPETENCY

Develop ethical and culturally equitable solutions to economic problems within a health care organization in an effort to improve the quality of care and services offered.

NON_PERFORMANCEDoes not identify any disparities that exist with regards to the chosen economic issue.
BASICIdentifies disparities that exist with regards to the chosen economic issue. However, does not relate the disparities to any socioeconomic or diversity considerations.
PROFICIENTIdentifies any socioeconomic or diversity disparities that exist with how your chosen economic issue impacts any particular groups or populations.
DISTINGUISHEDIdentifies any socioeconomic or diversity disparities that exist with how your chosen economic issue impacts any particular groups or populations. Supports assertion by using at least one piece of evidence (public health data, aggregated data from an organization, or other scholarly resource).

COMMENTS:

Please see overall comments.

CRITERIA 3

Explain the findings of evidence-based or scholarly sources regarding the need to address your chosen issue and pursue potential change or implementation plans.(20%)COMPETENCY

Justify the qualitative and quantitative information used to guide economic decision making to stakeholders and colleagues.

NON_PERFORMANCEDoes not identify the findings of evidence-based or scholarly sources.
BASICIdentifies the findings of evidence-based or scholarly sources, but the relevance to regarding the need to address the chosen issue is unclear or misaligned.
PROFICIENTExplains the findings of evidence-based or scholarly sources regarding the need to address your chosen issue and pursue potential change or implementation plans.
DISTINGUISHEDExplains the findings of evidence-based or scholarly sources regarding the need to address your chosen issue and pursue potential change or implementation plans. Cites at least four relevant evidence-based or scholarly sources to support explanation.

COMMENTS:

Please see overall comments.

CRITERIA 4

Explain the predicted outcomes and opportunities for growth as the result of the proposed change or implementation plan.(20%)COMPETENCY

Develop ethical and culturally equitable economic strategies to address dynamic environmental forces and ensure the future security of an organization’s resources and its ability to provide quality care.

NON_PERFORMANCEDoes not identify possible outcomes and opportunities of growth.
BASICIdentifies possible outcomes and opportunities of growth, but their relationship to the proposed change or implementation plan is unclear.
PROFICIENTExplains the predicted outcomes and opportunities for growth as the result of the proposed change or implementation plan.
DISTINGUISHEDExplains the predicted outcomes and opportunities for growth as the result of the proposed change or implementation plan. Notes the specific economic benefits for patients and the organization.

COMMENTS:

Please see overall comments.

CRITERIA 5

Convey purpose, in an appropriate tone and style, incorporating supporting evidence and adhering to organizational, professional, and scholarly writing standards.(25%)COMPETENCY

Produce clear, coherent, and professional written work, in accordance with Capella’s writing standards.

NON_PERFORMANCEDoes not convey purpose, in an appropriate tone and style, incorporating supporting evidence and adhering to organizational, professional, and writing scholarly standards.
BASICConveys purpose, in an appropriate tone or style. Clear, effective communication is inhibited by insufficient supporting evidence and/or minimal adherence to applicable writing standards.
PROFICIENTConveys purpose, in an appropriate tone and style, incorporating supporting evidence and adhering to organizational, professional, and scholarly writing standards. Attempts to apply APA style and formatting.
DISTINGUISHEDConveys clear purpose, in a tone and style well-suited to the intended audience. Supports assertions, arguments, and conclusions with relevant, credible, and convincing evidence. Exhibits strict and nearly flawless adherence to organizational, professional, and scholarly writing standards, including APA style and formatting. Notes the specific economic benefits for patients and the organization.

COMMENTS:

Please see overall comments.

SUPPLEMENTAL FEEDBACK

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Social Determinants of Health

Jennifer Franks

Capella University

Economics and Decision Making in Health Care

Dr.Lisa Merritt

January 27, 2023

Social Determinants of Health

Healthcare economics is a complex and ever-changing field of study that directly impacts communities and populations. One of the most pressing issues in this field is the social determinants of health: the conditions in which people live, grow, are born, and age. The social and economic environment, including the distribution of money, power, and resources at a societal level, primarily determine these conditions. As a result, social determinants of health play a significant role in determining the health outcomes of individuals and communities. They are often linked to healthcare access, quality, and product disparities. The paper discusses the social determinants of health and their impact on a specific community or population, the rationale for choosing this healthcare economic issue, and how it has affected the work, organization, colleagues, and community.

The impact of social determinants on health and the outcome of healthcare can be seen in various ways. For example, people living in poverty are more likely to suffer from chronic diseases like diabetes and heart disease due to limited access to healthy food, safe housing, and preventative healthcare (Maness et al., 2021). Furthermore, people living in poverty are more likely to suffer from mental health issues, such as anxiety and depression, due to limited access to mental health resources. In addition, people living in specific neighborhoods are more likely to suffer from environmental health issues, such as water and air pollution, due to their proximity to industrial sites. The rationale for choosing social determinants of health as a healthcare economic issue is that it affects the health outcomes of individuals and populations across the country. Furthermore, tackling the issue of social determinants of health is essential to reducing health disparities and improving population health outcomes.

The social determinants of health have significantly affected work, organization, colleagues, and community. In work, I have seen firsthand how social determinants of health can impact the health outcomes of individuals and populations. I have seen how access to resources such as healthcare, education, and housing can improve health outcomes and how the lack of access to these resources can lead to poorer health outcomes. In the organization, colleagues have worked to reduce health disparities by focusing on the social determinants of health through education, advocacy, and community building. In my community, I have seen how the lack of access to resources can lead to poorer health outcomes and how addressing social determinants of health can help to improve population health.

The gap contributing to the need to address social determinants of health is the need for more access to resources for specific populations. For example, disadvantaged populations often have limited access to healthcare, education, and housing resources. It can lead to poorer health outcomes (Palmer et al., 2019). Furthermore, specific populations may be more likely to be exposed to environmental health issues, such as air and water pollution, due to their proximity to industrial sites. Addressing these gaps is essential to reducing health disparities and improving population health outcomes.

In conclusion, the social determinants of health are the conditions in which people live, work, are born, and age, which shape individual and population health outcomes. These conditions include social, economic, and environmental factors such as education, housing and transportation, access to healthcare, and income and employment. These factors interact with biological and behavioral determinants and can contribute to health disparities across populations. Access to resources such as healthcare, education, and housing can improve health outcomes. However, access to lacked resources is a gap that needs to be addressed.

References

Maness, S. B., Merrell, L., Thompson, E. L., Griner, S. B., Kline, N., & Wheldon, C. (2021). Social determinants of health and health disparities: COVID-19 exposures and mortality among African American people in the United States. 
Public Health Reports, 
136(1), 18-22.

Palmer, R. C., Ismond, D., Rodriquez, E. J., & Kaufman, J. S. (2019). Social determinants of health: future directions for health disparities research. 
American Journal of Public Health, 
109(S1), S70-S71.