Data Review Project Report Template

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Data Review Project Report Template

Your Data Review Project Report should include the following elements:

Cover Page: Include the project topic, the course title, your name, the date, the instructor’s name, the client organization, and the contact person to whom the report is submitted.

Table of Contents: Include all headings, sub-headings, a list of figures and tables, a list of appendices, and right-justified page numbers.

Executive Summary: 1–2 pages, double-spaced, with the title Executive Summary: [Final project title]. Include the explicit, succinct purpose, focus of the project, the rationale for the project, the method to examine the data (data review), metrics for performance measurement, and a specific outcomes data summary statement. It is important that your executive summary reflects how the project added value to the organization.

Abstract: 500 words or less.

Introductory paragraph: Clearly convey the purpose and focus of the project, the order in which topics will be introduced, and a transition sentence to the body of the document. [Identify the condition that] contributes to [identify the adverse consequence] (source, year).

Review of the literature: Identify the authoritative sources used to justify the purpose and focus of your data review, summarized in short statements, with citations.

Body of the data review: Use headings and sub-headings, which should also be reflected in the table of contents. Customize the following examples of suggested content areas according to your project:

Focus.

Situational analysis: State the context for the project. What are the organizational considerations and context?

Rationale for engaging in the project.

Description of data measured for the project.

· Method or framework utilized.

· Units used to measure data. These must be explicitly stated, precise, and easy to locate.

· At least three visual data summaries displayed in charts, graphs, tables, or other format, with accompanying discussion.

Analysis of data and rationale for your interpretation. Are there limitations to your findings, obstacles to collection or interpretation of data, or potential for bias?

Analyze the validity and reliability of your data.

Recommendations for the future: Provide a minimum of two evidence-based recommendations supported by current (within the past 3–5 years) authoritative literature. Your recommendations should be realistic, within the organization’s capability, and should not be based upon uncertain funding sources, such as government grants, which might be discontinued.

Conclusion: Present your results and findings, recommendations, and leadership insights. Most importantly, your conclusion should include a clear statement about how the project added value to, and was aligned with, the organization.

Reference List: List relevant, credible, peer-reviewed sources in correct APA format. All links for web resources must be active (working). Wikipedia and secondary source literature are not acceptable for this report.

Appendices: Each appendix should have a letter and a title, as in this example, “Appendix A: Situational Analysis Using Porter’s Model.”

Note: Add, in an appendix, the balanced scorecard table that you had created in Assignment 1.

Signatures:

____________________________________________________________________________

Proposal Reviewer’s Signature and Date

____________________________________________________________________________

Learner’s Signature and Date

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

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Professional Context

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

  • Competency 1: Transformation: Facilitate a change process that effectively involves patients, communities, and professionals in the improvement and delivery of health care and wellness.
    • Align a problem statement, performance indicators, and outcome measures with an organizational strategic need.
    • Provide evidence-based leadership recommendations for problem resolution and organizational transformation.
  • Competency 2: Execution: Translate strategy to develop and maintain optimal organizational performance in health care settings.
    • Write a concise, substantive summary of current and relevant authoritative literature.
    • Analyze performance data and trends.
    • Combine clear, coherent, and original writing, in APA style, with relevant and credible evidence from the scholarly and professional literature.
  • Competency 3: People: Create an organizational climate that values and supports employees and colleagues in health care settings.
    • Articulate the value of a data review project to an organization and to one’s professional health care leadership competency development goals.

Instructions

Develop your data review project final report, as revised from the Unit 8 discussion. Use the Data Review Project Report Template linked in the Resources, for your report outline.

This report should be succinct, substantive, and written for a hypothetical executive leadership team. It is not a lengthy academic paper. Authoritative, evidence-based sources should be integrated into the Evidence-Based Recommendations and Conclusion sections of the report.

Update your initial Unit 3 proposal to reflect that this is a final report. Specifically, provide a minimum of three visual data summaries (for example, pie chart, graph, spreadsheet, and process map), two evidence-based recommendations from the literature, and one new insight. Place these additions in your document under the headings: Data Display, Recommendations, and Conclusion.

Include and label the following appendices:

  • Leadership Component.
  • Timeline.
  • Project Information.

Readers of your final report should have a clear picture of your data summary, recommendations, insights, and the potential impact on the organization. Remember to update the table of contents.

Note: The requirements outlined below correspond to the grading criteria in the scoring guide. Be sure that your final report addresses each point, at a minimum. You may also want to read the Data Review Project Report Scoring Guide to better understand how each criterion will be assessed.

  • Align the problem statement, performance indicators, and outcome measures with an organizational strategic need.
    • What additional information would strengthen the alignment and make it more explicit?
  • Write a concise, substantive summary of current and relevant authoritative literature.
    • Provide sufficient breadth and depth in the summary to adequately cover the selected topic.
    • Consider adding additional best practice sources to your initial review of a current literature.
  • Articulate the value of a data review project to an organization and to one’s professional health care leadership competency development goals.
    • Consider a strategic, systems perspective when contemplating value to the organization.
    • Express main points, assertions, and conclusions clearly and effectively.
    • What evidence do you have to support your conclusions?
  • Analyze performance data and trends.
    • Review quality improvement concepts such as performance indicators, metrics, and benchmarks.
    • Present your visual data displays, along with a concise analysis.
    • Describe the significant findings, trends, and any new insights evident from the data summaries.
    • Are there any limitations to your findings, obstacles to collection or interpretation of data, or potential for bias?
    • Is the data valid and reliable?
  • Provide evidence-based leadership recommendations for problem resolution and organizational transformation.
    • Identify a short list of interventions to solve the problem, supported by a current (published within the past 3–5 years) authoritative literature.
    • Consider how legal, regulatory, ethical, patient safety, and organizational factors are related to the problem.
    • Your recommendations should be realistic, within the organization’s capability, and should not be based upon uncertain funding sources, such as government grants, which might be discontinued.
    • Your recommendations should be sufficiently compelling to convince the target audience to implement them.
    • Most importantly, your conclusion should include a clear statement about how the project added value to the organization and aligned with the organization’s strategic direction and goals.
  • Combine clear, coherent, and original writing, in APA style, with relevant and credible evidence from the scholarly and professional literature.
    • Apply correct APA formatting to your source citations.
    • Consider how or why a particular evidence supports your main points, claims, or conclusions.
    • Is your supporting evidence clear and explicit?

The employment of hospitalists is a growing trend

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https://www.medpagetoday.com/blogs/themethodsman/69237 (link)

Chapter 5 tackles the subject of physician employment.  The employment of hospitalists is a growing trend.  For this assignment, you will read this article, (Links to an external site.) then answer the following questions regarding the use of hospitalists versus primary care physicians as care providers for admitted patients.  Before reading the article, make sure to read the section in Chapter 5 “Employment and Earnings of Physicians”.  After reading the article and the text, answer the following questions in 300 words or more in paragraph format (5 or more sentences, correct spelling a grammar, one or more paragraphs).  Do NOT respond in questions and answer format.  Thoughtfully respond to one or more classmates after you submit your original post.  Remember to use your own words.  There are comments at the end of the article; don’t make the mistake of plagiarizing their words.  I want your opinion, not someone else’s.

  • What is a hospitalist?
  • What is the difference between a hospitalist and a primary care physician?
  • Why is the number of hospitalists growing?
  • What did the results of the study indicate?
  • Although the study has not been replicated for reliability, what did you learn from the study?  How did the results make you feel?
  • If the study is repeated and the results turn out to be reliable, what changes would you recommend?  If you do not recommend changes, explain why.

Health care organizations (HCOs) are complex systems.

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Healthcare managers

Health care organizations (HCOs) are complex systems. They train and organize resources such as staff, manage buildings full of medical equipment such as hospital beds, x-ray machines, and intravenous pumps, and provide services such as diagnosis, surgery, and a host of treatments. The end game is to maintain good health, return those with illness/injury to optimal health, and allocate a scarce resource. Management for these complex systems used to hold business degrees. Increasingly, they are being required to hold degrees in health care leadership. Emerging health systems require increasing sophistication from leaders who understand how to work in teams, optimize use of staff, and create a shared vision of the future.

View the video: Seven Challenges Facing Today’s Health Care Leaders

Illustrate the 7 challenges in health care.

Include the following aspects in the discussion:

  • Briefly outline the 7 challenges
  • Rank each of the 7 challenges
  • Determine the best leadership style to meet the challenges

Why are teams such an important part of health care?

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Respond to the following in a minimum of 175 words:

  • Why are teams such an important part of health care?
  • How will you use this strategy in your degree program while working on teams?

Employee Turnover and Future Staffing Needs

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Employee Turnover and Future Staffing Needs

A high employee turnover in any industry can be a concern, more so in those that are customer centered. Industries that deal with people’s health are in an even more precarious position. Healthcare organizations with high attrition must consider how a “revolving door” of care providers affects the quality of care the organization is able to provide and the satisfaction of patients with their overall experience. HR professionals are responsible for staffing positions, training employees, providing benefits, and handling any problems or disciplinary actions. The day-to-day responsibilities of managing the workforce can leave little time for long-range planning.

Tasks:

Post to the Discussion Area your responses to the following:

  • ****How does a high employee turnover rate impact the operations in a healthcare organization?
    Give examples of one clinical and one nonclinical position in your answer. For example, what is the effect of a high turnover among lab technicians and among billing staff?
  • ****What data may be gathered and analyzed to assess the reasons for employee turnover?
    What additional data might HRM gather?
  • ****What would you use for forecasting metrics for current and future staffing needs?
    Give an example of a particular healthcare setting (e.g., urban or rural, large or small hospital, or primary or tertiary care).
  • ****What best practices would you recommend for reducing healthcare employee turnover? Explain at least three such best practices and their positive affect on a healthcare organization.
  • ****Among clinical staff, would you target any particular age group for retention efforts? For example, would you make greater effort to retain younger staff for the organization’s long-term staffing needs or would you rather retain more experienced employees to improve the quality of care?

300-500 words; APA FORMAT

In this Assignment, you will be locating and using evidence to support a specific health-based concern or topic. Using the resources available to you, locate a health-related topic in your community (e.g., local, state, or regional). You will communicate this health-related topic to others.

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Instructions
In this Assignment, you will be locating and using evidence to support a specific health-based concern or topic. Using the resources available to you, locate a health-related topic in your community (e.g., local, state, or regional). You will communicate this health-related topic to others.

Requirements

  • Locate a health-related topic in your community (e.g., local, state, or regional).
  • Using one (1) of the methods below, develop a communication initiative that best educates your community on this health-related topic:
    • 2-page fact sheet on the health-related topic (e.g., disease, condition, addiction).
  • Your communication initiative should portray a real-life, health-related topic in your community. The use of factual data written primarily in your own words is required for this Assignment.
  • The use of first-person is permitted for this Assignment. APA formatting (title page, conclusion, reference page, etc.) should not be used. Remember, you are developing a current communication initiative for your community.
  • References should be cited according to APA formatting. APA formatting is not required for the content of the Assignment. However, proper grammar, spelling, and punctuation are expected. Please use footnotes to cite any references. If you complete a Public Service Announcement please submit references as a separate word document.

Create a separate reference page in APA format for the article

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Lesson Objectives: 1. Provide a brief 1-page summary of the article. 2. Create a separate reference page in APA format for the article 3. Link to APA Format- https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/research_and_citation/apa_style/apa_style_introduction.html 5. Please read the FULL ARTICLE & WRITE A FULL PAGE SUMMARY 6.Article: https://ojin.nursingworld.org/MainMenuCategories/ANAMarketplace/ANAPeriodicals/OJIN/TableofContents/Vol-22-2017/No3-Sep-2017/Ethical-Issues-in-School-Nursing.html

How has your healthcare experience and/or community service activities influenced your decision to become a Physician Assistant?

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How has your healthcare experience and/or community service activities influenced your decision to become a Physician Assistant?

How has your approach to your academic coursework prepared you to be a successful PA student?

Describe your greatest strength and your greatest weakness as it pertains to becoming a PA student and a graduate PA.

Describe your exposure to PAs in clinical practice.

Why did you choose to apply to the RBHS – SHP PA Program?

Select a healthcare setting you want to focus on for your sustainability initiative

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Select a healthcare setting you want to focus on for your sustainability initiative (e.g., local hospital, veterans hospital, ambulance service, urgent care, nursing home, etc.). Analyze the setting you have selected and break it down to the main departments, employee roles, operating activities, etc. While doing so, brainstorm opportunities to reduce costs or eliminate waste while improving patient care or outcomes. Review the list of sustainable initiatives from the list below, and select one that you want to promote for your course project:

  • Energy efficiency
  • Lighting
  • IR scanning
  • Cogeneration
  • Kanban Inventory
  • Device exchange
  • CR pack reformation
  • Device reprocessing
  • Red bag waste reduction
  • Blue wrap recycling

Note: Ensure that the opportunity you select correlates with the setting you select.
Write a 525- to 700-word proposal of the sustainability initiative you want to promote at the health care setting you selected. Your proposal should:

  • Create a clear vision or mission statement that defines the scope of the initiative and would generate buy-in.
  • Define what outcomes you expect to achieve over time.
  • Be specific with what you can realistically deliver.

Cite 3 reputable references to support your assignment (e.g., trade or industry publications, government or agency websites, scholarly works, or other sources of similar quality).