HEALTH DISPARITY

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Research and select an environment with a health disparity or social justice issue (free clinics, inner-city facilities, hospitals with large groups of immigrants).

Prepare a 10- to 15-slide Microsoft® PowerPoint® presentation with detailed speaker notes in which you:

  • Explain the health disparity or social justice issue related to quality management in today’s health care arena.
  • Analyze a problem, system, or process to be improved.
    • Address each of the following in your analysis:
      • Regulatory, such as OSHA mandate
      • Benchmarking
      • Improved efficiency
      • Patient satisfaction
      • Life safety issue
  • Analyze a change theory, and incorporate it into your improvement plan.
  • Analyze personal leadership theory and style, and incorporate them into your improvement plan.
  • Evaluate system changes needed to implement your planned solution, including tools and technologies.
  • Create an implementation plan, including a timeline, based on plan-do-study-act (PDSA/PDCA) cycle, including implementation strategies, potential barriers, and evaluation process.

Include at least five peer-reviewed references (you may not use your course textbooks or Electronic Reserve Reading articles) to support your process improvement and change project.

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[OA] Signature Assignment: Process Improvement and Change Project100

Health Disparity or Social Issue(5%)

Does Not Meet ExpectationsDid not identify the health disparity or social justice issue related to quality management in today’s health care arena.Approaches ExpectationsIdentified the health disparity or social justice issue related to quality management in today’s health care arena.Meets ExpectationsExplained the health disparity or social justice issue related to quality management in today’s health care arena.Exceeds ExpectationsAnalyzed the health disparity or social justice issue related to quality management in today’s health care arena.

Problem, System, or Process(10%)

Does Not Meet ExpectationsIdentified the problem, system, or process to be improved.Approaches ExpectationsExplained the problem, system, or process to be improved.Meets ExpectationsAnalyzed the problem, system, or process to be improved.Exceeds ExpectationsEvaluated the problem, system, or process to be improved.

Change Theory(10%)

Does Not Meet ExpectationsIdentified a change theory, and incorporated it into improvement plan.Approaches ExpectationsExplained a change theory, and incorporated it into improvement plan.Meets ExpectationsAnalyzed a change theory, and incorporated it into improvement plan.Exceeds ExpectationsEvaluated a change theory, and incorporated it into improvement plan.

Leadership Theory and Style(10%)

Does Not Meet ExpectationsIdentified personal leadership theory and style, and incorporated them into improvement plan.Approaches ExpectationsExplained personal leadership theory and style, and incorporated them into improvement plan.Meets ExpectationsAnalyzed personal leadership theory and style, and incorporated them into improvement plan.Exceeds ExpectationsEvaluated personal leadership theory and style, and incorporated them into improvement plan.

System Changes(20%)

Does Not Meet ExpectationsIdentified or explained system changes needed to implement planned solution, including tools and technologies.Approaches ExpectationsAnalyzed system changes needed to implement planned solution, including tools and technologies.Meets ExpectationsEvaluated system changes needed to implement planned solution, including tools and technologies.Exceeds ExpectationsSynthesized system changes needed to implement planned solution, including tools and technologies.

Implementation Plan(30%)

Does Not Meet ExpectationsCreated an implementation plan, including a timeline, but it was not based on plan-do-study-act (PDSA/PDCA) cycle, and did not include implementation strategies, potential barriers, and evaluation process.Approaches ExpectationsCreated an implementation plan, including a timeline, based on plan-do-study-act (PDSA/PDCA) cycle, but it did not include implementation strategies, potential barriers, and evaluation process.Meets ExpectationsCreated an implementation plan, including a timeline, based on plan-do-study-act (PDSA/PDCA) cycle, including implementation strategies, potential barriers, and evaluation process.Exceeds ExpectationsCreated an implementation plan, including a timeline, based on plan-do-study-act (PDSA/PDCA) cycle, including implementation strategies, potential barriers, and evaluation process from a unique and creative perspective.

Written Communication(10%)

Does Not Meet ExpectationsInconsistent grammar, spelling and paragraphing throughout paper and inability to explain findings clearly. Surface errors are pervasive enough that they impede communication of meaning.Approaches ExpectationsAdequate explanation of findings. Frequent and repetitive mechanical errors distract the reader. Inconsistencies in language, sentence structure, and/or word choice are present.Meets ExpectationsClear and logical written explanation of findings. Some mechanical errors or typos are present, but are not overly distracting to the reader. Correct sentence structure and audience-appropriate language are used.Exceeds ExpectationsExceptionally concise written explanation of findings. Prose is free of mechanical errors. A variety of sentence structures and effective figures of speech are used. Writer is clearly in command of standard, written, academic English.

APA Format/Style(5%)

Does Not Meet ExpectationsDid not cite any peer-reviewed references to support process improvement and change project. APA format and style are not evidentApproaches ExpectationsCited less than five peer-reviewed references to support process improvement and change project. Missing APA elements; in-text citations, where necessary, are used but formatted inaccurately and not referencedMeets ExpectationsCited five peer reviewed references to support your process improvement and change project. All key elements of an APA title page are present; In-text citations and a reference page are present with few format errors. Mechanics of writing are reflective of APA style