Write an executive summary (1–2 pages) for senior leaders that
highlights key information about the proposed health care information
review of the quality of care given to a specific population. Detail the
proposed implementation steps and associated time frames in a Gantt
chart (one-page chart).
Introduction:
Write
an executive summary (1–2 pages) for senior leaders that highlights key
information about the proposed health care information review of the
quality of care given to a specific population. Detail the proposed
implementation steps and associated time frames in a Gantt chart
(one-page chart).
As the office manager of your physician group, you realize
that obtaining funding for your proposal will require the approval of
the physician group’s senior leaders. You and the others helping you
implement the proposal will need the details your proposal contains.
From experience, however, you have learned the senior leaders will not
take the time to review all the details. For them to approve your
proposal, they simply want the highlights of what you plan to do, a
brief explanation of how it will identify the quality of patient care,
and the amount of time it will take to complete the study. In this final
assessment, you will prepare a summary report for the senior leaders of
your physician group. Your summary report is an abbreviated version of
your proposal.
Please carefully review this assessment’s scoring guide to
better understand the performance levels relating to each criterion on
which you will be evaluated.
Instructions:
Download and use the Summary Report Template [DOCX]. You will complete this assessment by replacing all italicized instructional text with your own words.
Summary Report
Overview
State your proposal’s big idea in the Overview.
Explain the information you plan to collect and the reasons why it is important to collect it.
Describe how this information could validate the quality of care delivered by your facility.
Note: Your Overview needs to be shorter than
the Introduction from your proposal. Remember: the entire narrative
portion of your Summary Report needs to be less than two pages. You will
have an additional page for your Gantt chart.
Key Study Components
Include a subheading labeled Data Collection Plan.
Distill down into one or two sentences the most
important information about your implementation plan and the information
you plan to collect at your facility.
Include a subheading labeled Data Security Plan.
Highlight in one or two sentences the most
important information about your plan to ensure data security that your
senior leaders need to know.
Include a subheading labeled Benchmarking Plan.
Provide a one- or two-sentence overview about
the best practices (benchmarks that will be used) and procedures your
study will use to ensure the data you collect meets standards for
interoperability with an HIE.
Include a subheading labeled Quality and Change Management Strategies.
Summarize in one or two sentences how your plan incorporates quality and change management strategies.
Conclusion
State how your proposed study will improve the
quality of patient care delivered by your physician group. Your
Conclusion needs to be one paragraph of no more than five or six
sentences.
Reference
List one reference in APA format to benefit your senior leaders.
Gantt Chart
Include with your Summary Report a one-page Gantt chart that
specifies the major steps in your implementation plan and the time frame
associated with each step. Microsoft Excel is one tool you can use to
create your chart. Your suggested readings supply additional information
about how to create a Gantt chart in Excel. Please feel free to use
other tools. The only requirement is that your Gantt chart specify the
major steps in your implementation plan and the time frame associated
with each step.
Additional Requirements:
Written communication: Your executive
summary must be concise, clear, and well organized, with correct
spelling, grammar, and syntax, to support orderly exposition of content.
Use the Summary Report Template.
Assessment Title: You may devise your
own title of 5–15 words for the executive summary or use Summary Report –
Health Care Information Review. Enter the other required information
specified on the template.
References: Specify one peer-reviewed
reference that will benefit your senior leaders in the appropriate space
on your template. Your reference should conform to APA formatting.
Length: 1–2 typed, single-spaced pages.
The narrative portion of your summary report should be preferably one
page; it should not exceed two pages. You will have an additional page
containing your Gantt chart.
Font and font size: Times New Roman, 12 point.
Competencies Measured:
By successfully completing this assessment, you will
demonstrate your proficiency in the following course competencies and
scoring guide criteria:
Competency 1: Determine stages of the information lifecycle embedded within health information management technology functions.
Create a Gantt chart detailing the steps and time frames for study implementation.
Competency 2: Apply laws governing health information confidentiality, privacy, and security.
Describe how the plan will implement data security measures.
Competency 3: Assess system applications used to operationalize health information.
Explain rationale for proposed health care information review study.
Specify what information will be collected and from which applications.
Summarize how the proposed study will improve the quality of care delivered by the physician group.
Competency 4: Determine how a health information
exchange (HIE) or other external health care databases affect the
management of patient data, clinical knowledge, and population data.
Design evidence-based best practices to ensure data meet interoperability standards with an HIE.
Competency 5: Apply quality and change management concepts to health care information management.
Incorporate evidence-based quality and change management strategies.
Competency 6: Communicate in a manner that is scholarly,
professional, respectful of the diversity, dignity, and integrity of
others, and is consistent with the expectations for healthcare
professionals.
Write clearly, with correct spelling, grammar, and syntax, and good organization.
Apply proper APA formatting and style to citations and references.
