Capella BHA-FPX4108 Assessment Essays

Create a 7-10 slide PowerPoint presentation that explains basic inventory management concepts and analyzes the current state of an organization’s inventory of pacemakers.

Introduction

Health care operations is a complex topic, encompassing many aspects including (but not limited to) service locations, personnel, policy, leadership, finance, strategy, and quality. While the industry is generally viewed as a service industry, its systems are faced with complex operational challenges including supply chain, strategy, quality and project management, and service delivery.

Given the changing landscape from a health reform and financial perspective, health care organizations must focus on improving their operations and improving efficiencies to remain competitive. A component of the health care delivery process is the procurement, stocking, and dispensing of supplies. Within this process, opportunities exist to add value, reduce waste, and create standardization throughout the organization (Kros & Brown, 2013). Effective management of health care operations creates value for all stakeholders.

One way to potentially create value in operations is through inventory management.

Whether you realize it or not, you are most likely familiar with the concept of inventory. For example, when you visit the grocery store perhaps, they are out of your favorite ice cream, or, before you left home, maybe you took stock of your cupboards to determine what items you need to pick up on the grocery store trip. Both of these are everyday examples of the concept of inventory. In health care, inventory management is vital for many reasons, including regulatory compliance and investment protection. When we think about the inventory of a healthcare organization, we must take into consideration items ranging from pots and pans to medical devices and surgical instruments (Kros & Brown, 2013).

Finance and accounting principles in health care operations and supply chain management are key concepts to understand, at least at a foundational

level. At a minimum, health care professionals should be familiar with the basic components of financial statements and financial ratios utilized by health care organizations, as well as concepts related to the value of money. Over the years, the healthcare industry has been subject to several changes in reimbursement methodologies.

Each methodology was implemented with the intent of addressing the concerns facing the industry at the time (fraud, quality, utilization, et cetera). Current methodologies regulate the payment amount or payment rate that organizations will receive in return for treating each patient. Changes to these payment methods have had major financial implications for health care organizations (Kros & Brown, 2013).

To remain fiscally responsible, health care professionals must streamline operations to ensure costs are managed, productivity is maximized, and resources are optimized (Kros & Brown, 2013). Outside of payroll and benefits, supplies and materials are close contenders for health care organizations’ highest expenses.

Regardless of whether you work in a clinical or non-clinical unit, it is imperative to understand how to read and understand the organization’s financial statements. In addition to financial statements, each department operates off of an annual budget. These budgets are established as financial guidelines for the department’s operations and always contain line items for materials and supplies.

Reference

Kros, J. F., & Brown, E. C. (2013). Health care operations and supply chain management: Operations, planning, and control. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.

Demonstration Of Proficiency

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

Competency 1: Describe when and how the senior leader would directly impact health care operations. Analyze leaders’ responsibilities in addressing the identified inventory recommendations.
Competency 2: Analyze the impact of the various success factors of a healthcare organization. Explain inventory control.
Competency 3: Analyze the concept of competitive strength by considering efficiency and effectiveness of organizational processes. Describe options for inventory ordering. Analyze the implications of having inventory control.
Competency 4: Apply management concepts to lead an efficient health care system. Present findings based upon review of the EOQ and organizational data.
Competency 5: Communicate in a manner that is scholarly, professional, and respectful of the diversity, dignity, and integrity of others and is consistent with health care professionals.

Write following APA style for in-text citations, quotes, and references.

Write clearly and logically, with correct use of spelling, grammar, punctuation, and mechanics.

Preparation

This assessment is based on the Vila Health: Pacemaker Inventory media simulation, which is linked in the Vila Health: Pacemaker Inventory section of Assessment 1. Go to that section to complete the scenario at this time. You will use the information you gather in this scenario, in which you assume the role of an inventory analyst, to provide context and information necessary for the assessment.

If you have questions about or would like to review tips on using PowerPoint, the following resources may be useful as you prepare to complete this assessment:

Guidelines for Effective PowerPoint Presentations [PPTX]. Microsoft Office Software Tutorials.

Instructions

Based on the media simulation you completed, one of the directors has asked you to examine the ordering, stocking, and use of pacemakers at the Peta King Heart Institute at St. Anthony Medical Center. In addition to your inventory investigation, you have been encouraged to research additional topics, such as inventory management, inventory control, inventory ordering systems, economic order quantity (EOQ) calculations, and inventory stocking techniques.

As you research, consider industries outside of healthcare, as techniques utilized in other industries may apply. After you have concluded your investigation and research, you have been asked to prepare a PowerPoint for the director to help them communicate with other stakeholders the basics of inventory control, the importance of having inventory control strategies, and the current state of the Peta King Heart Institute’s pacemaker inventory.

Your PowerPoint needs to address the following criteria. (Note: The questions under each criterion are there to help you think through each.)

Explain what inventory control
Why are EOQs conducted?
What is the impact of the heart institute’s volumes (past, present, and projected) from a strategic perspective (related to pacemaker use) on the overall success of the organization?
Describe options for inventory
What are quantities to order?
What are potential inventory ordering systems?
What are the pros and cons of the identified systems?
When should other products be considered?
When should alternative stocking be considered (ordering inventory consignment)?
Analyze leaders’ responsibilities in addressing the identified inventory
What should leaders address related to inventory?
What are the consequences of leaders not addressing inventory needs?
What are the implications of not adhering to the recommended inventory purchase?
Analyze the implications of having inventory
How does efficient inventory control impact the organization’s effectiveness?
What are the implications for an organization’s effectiveness if inventory control is absent or sub-standard?
Present your findings based upon your review of the EOQ and organizational
How does product use this year compare to that of the previous year, as well as the projected budget year?
What are your findings and recommendations?

You might want to (but do not have to) organize your presentation using the following

outline:

Slide 1: Title of the presentation.

Slide 2: Overview of inventory control. Slide 3: Review of EOQ purpose and data.

Slide 4: Recommendations for inventory ordering. Slide 5: Leadership.

Slide 6: Implications.

Slide 7: Conclusions.

Slide 8: Reference list.

General PowerPoint Guidelines

Keep the design simple. Use Arial or Verdana font, size 24 point, at minimum.

Keep the slides concise. Use 5–7 bullet points per slide and 5–7 words per bullet. Use speaker notes to explicate the bullets. For best color contrast, use light text on a dark background (for example, yellow on black, white on dark blue).

Use the proper slide layout. For example, if a slide has a title and text, create it using the correct Title and Text layout.
Write clearly and logically, with correct use of spelling, grammar, punctuation, and mechanics.
Apply the principles of effective composition.
Determine the proper application of the rules of grammar and mechanics.
Write following APA style for in-text citations, quotes, and references.
Determine the proper application of APA formatting requirements and scholarly writing standards. Assess the relevance and credibility of information sources.

Assessment 2 Instructions: Potential Community Health Interventions

Create a 4-6-page analysis for two potential approaches to address a specific health problem in a community of your choosing.

Introduction

Medical education in the United States has been deemed inadequate to properly train health care professionals in public health and prevention (Nash, Fabius, Skoufalos, & Clarke, 2016). Current medical education systems focus on the treatment of acute medical conditions versus the prevention of diseases (Nash, Fabius, Skoufalos, & Clarke, 2016). Experts agree that, to improve population health in our country, medical education programs must be redesigned to include new skills and approaches in preventative care; however, the same experts disagree on the best way to do this (Nash, Fabius, Skoufalos, & Clarke, 2016).

The Institute of Medicine (IOM) has developed and proposed a set of core competencies for all health care providers to ensure adequate care and address the health care needs of our communities. These competencies include: providing patient-centered care, working in interdisciplinary teams, employing evidence-based practices, applying quality improvement, and utilizing informatics (Nash, Fabius, Skoufalos, & Clarke, 2016). Other recommendations have been put forward; however, adoption of these recommendations has been slow to emerge.

In the past, the typical patient care model comprised:

A patient seeking services.
A provider diagnosing and treating an acute concern.
The patient complying with the treatment recommendations or not.

Today, patient engagement and advocacy are increasing in focus. As provider reimbursement methodologies shift to pay for performance and the Affordable Care Act

(ACA), and patients demand higher-quality services at a lower cost, patient engagement is a critical variable to improved patient outcomes.

The patient engagement framework was developed to assist in the study of patient engagement. The framework consists of five steps and will be examined in this unit (Nash, Fabius, Skoufalos, & Clarke, 2016):

Inform Me: providers educate patients and help them understand care
Engage Me: providers interact with patients to improve
Empower Me: patients become a part of the care
Partner with Me: the provider and patient partner in shared care
Support my E-Community: the community is included in the network of patient

The above framework illustrates one way in which population health strives to shift our focus from a reactive treatment model to a proactive wellness model (Nash, Fabius, Skoufalos, & Clarke, 2016). For your future reference, each type of model can be briefly defined as:

Treatment models provide care to patients who exhibit a problem.
Wellness models take proactive steps to prevent development of a problem.

Reference

Nash, D. B., Fabius, R. J., Skoufalos, A., & Clarke, J. L. (2016). Population health: Creating a culture of wellness (2nd ed.). Burlington, MA: Jones & Bartlett Learning.

Demonstration Of Proficiency

Competency 1: Integrate principles of epidemiology, population health, and community engagement to plan interventions. Assess how social determinants affect individuals in relation to a specific health problem.
Competency 2: Differentiate and evaluate evidence-based treatment models and prevention models designed to promote wellness and disease management for population health. Assess an evidence-based treatment model that addresses a health need. Assess an evidence-based wellness model for preventing development of a future health problem.
Competency 4: Communicate in a manner that is scholarly, professional, and respectful of the diversity, dignity, and integrity of others and is consistent with expectations for health care professionals.

Note: It is recommended that you complete the assessments in this course in the order they are presented.

Preparation

For this assessment, select one of the three specific health-improvement needs you identified in the Analyze Community Health Needs assessment. Once you have selected the health-improvement need you want to focus on, complete the following:

Conduct research on your chosen health improvement needs and identify two possible approaches to address the problem in your community.

One approach may be the same one that you identified in your Analyze Community Health Needs assessment, or you can select two new approaches.

Research how other communities are addressing your chosen need and locate relevant data.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) may be a good place to start.

Complete the suggested Community Health Strategies activity if you want to check your knowledge about specific models and strategies for community health initiatives such as education, intervention, prevention, and treatment.

Instructions

Examine potential interventions for the health-improvement need you selected during your preparation and compile a 4–6-page analysis. As previously stated, you must report on two possible approaches, one of which may be from those you identified in your Analyze Community Health Needs assessment.

For the purposes of this assessment, each intervention approach must be evidence based. Also, one intervention must be based on a treatment model and the other, a wellness model. For the purposes of this assessment, use these brief definitions when determining which model an intervention would be categorized as:

Treatment models provide care to patients who exhibit a problem.
Wellness models take proactive steps to prevent development of a problem.

Consult the scoring guide to ensure that you are addressing all criteria at the level to which you desire. Include the following in your analysis:

Assess how social determinants affect individuals in relation to a specific health problem.

Restate the specific health-improvement need that you are researching.
Restate the relevant characteristics of the affected community with regards to your chosen health improvement need. Identify the most relevant social determinants with regards to your chosen health need.
How do they impact individuals in the community?
How do these impacts affect the health and ability to seek out treatment of individuals?
What inequities with regards to social determinants exist between specific populations in the community?
Why is it important to acknowledge these inequities when determining interventions to improve a population health issue?
Assess an evidence-based treatment model that addresses a population health need.
Describe an evidence-based treatment model to address the health need.
Be explicit in your descriptions, pointing out the identifying characteristics of the model.
How can you tell that the model belongs in the treatment model category?
Explain why the treatment-based model is a potentially effective intervention for your identified health need. Comment on advantages and disadvantages of the treatment model.
Assess an evidence-based wellness model for preventing development of a future population-health problem.
Describe an evidence-based wellness model to prevent future development of the health problem. Be explicit in your descriptions, pointing out the identifying characteristics of the model.
How can you say that the model belongs in the wellness model category?
Explain why the wellness-based model is a potentially effective intervention for your identified health needs. Comment on advantages and disadvantages of the wellness model.

Assessment 3 Instructions: Recommend A Strategy

Create a 12-18-slide presentation for community stakeholders in which you recommend a strategy to address a community health need.

Introduction

As the needs of the patient population change, the United States healthcare system remains relatively unchanged. Episodes of care are still relatively low in frequency and high in acuity (Nash, Fabius, Skoufalos, & Clarke, 2016). Models of care must be changed. Treatments of chronic health conditions and preventative strategies require more frequent visits at a lower intensity (Nash, Fabius, Skoufalos, & Clarke, 2016).

Continuity of care and care transitions maintain an ongoing, consistent contact with patients throughout their lives, not only when they are ill (Nash, Fabius, Skoufalos, & Clarke, 2016). A population health perspective that focuses on chronic health conditions and prevention is needed to improve care transitions (Nash, Fabius, Skoufalos, &

Clarke, 2016). Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) and Patient-Centered Medical Homes (PCMHs) are two models emerging from the Affordable Care Act (ACA) that help focus on chronic diseases and population health (Nash, Fabius, Skoufalos, & Clarke, 2016).

An underlying assumption in version population and patient-centered models is that patients will adhere to the plan they develop with their provider; however, some behaviors may be difficult for patients to change. Unhealthy behaviors such as poor diet, lack of exercise, smoking, and drug use have negative implications for health.

Although many patients want to change their diet and exercise behaviors, many find it extremely difficult to do so. Health care providers must work with patients to understand what causes patients to exhibit certain behaviors and how they can be motivated to change these behaviors (Nash, Fabius, Skoufalos, & Clarke, 2016).

The American Marketing Association (AMA) (2017) defines marketing as the processes for creating, communicating, delivering, and exchanging products and services for key stakeholders and society in general. The “4 Ps”—product, place, price, and promotion—are the primary elements of marketing. Unlike a traditional consumer product such as an automobile, a health care “product” is more difficult to define.

In population health, an example of a product could be training health care providers to reduce obesity across the population. The place refers to where the health care service will be provided, such as an office, the home of a patient, or a community health center. The price consists of two components:

1) the actual out-of-pocket price the consumer must pay for the service and 2) the opportunity cost, such as convenience. Finally, promotion refers to the method that is used to disseminate the message such as radio, TV, print and, most recently, social media and the Internet (Nash, Fabius, Skoufalos, & Clarke, 2016). To achieve the goals of population health, community needs must first be assessed and the health care “marketing mix” tailored to the needs of that community.

Reference

American Marketing Association (AMA). (2017). About AMA: Definition of marketing. Retrieved from https://www.ama.org/AboutAMA/Pages/Definition-of- Marketing.aspx
Nash, D. B., Fabius, R. J., Skoufalos, A., & Clarke, J. L. (2016). Population health: Creating a culture of wellness (2nd ed.). Burlington, MA: Jones & Bartlett Learning.

Demonstration Of Proficiency

Competency 1: Integrate principles of epidemiology, population health, and community engagement to plan interventions. Assess the target audience for recommended community health strategies. Recommend strategies to mobilize community engagement including a promotion strategy and use of social media and information technology.
Competency 3: Create an action plan to promote wellness and disease management in a diverse population. Define SMART goals for implementation of a community health need intervention. Analyze collaboration required to implement a community health strategy. Recommend potential sources of funding and other resources.
Competency 4: Communicate in a manner that is scholarly, professional, and respectful of the diversity, dignity, and integrity of others and is consistent with expectations for health care professionals. Employ appropriate written and visual communication to convey content to an intended audience. Write following APA style for in-text citation, quotes, and references.

Note: It is recommended that you complete the assessments in this course in the order they are presented.

Preparation

In this assessment, you will be creating a PowerPoint presentation to deliver to one or more groups of community stakeholders. You will recommend a strategy to address the community health needs you have been working with throughout the Analyze Community Health Needs and Potential Community Health Interventions assessments. You will focus on the strategy that best fits the needs of the target population within the context of the community and organization you have been using as the setting for your assessments.

To help prepare yourself to be successful when creating your PowerPoint, it is recommended that you complete the following:

Determine the single, best strategy to implement in your community. This should be one of the two interventions you identified and wrote about for your Potential Community Health Interventions assessment.
Determine which community stakeholders would be the best target audience for the PowerPoint.
Think about which populations or groups within the community will be receiving the intervention.
Think about which stakeholders are vital for successful implementation of your chosen intervention.
Ensure you have an understanding on how to create a quality PowerPoint presentation.

Capella’s Microsoft Office Software help page offers a number of guides and resources.

Contact Disability Services to request accommodations if you require the use of assistive technology or alternative communication methods to participate in these activities.

Instructions

Create an 8–12 slide PowerPoint to inform and create buy-in from the stakeholder groups you have determined are key to your chosen intervention’s success. These groups include those who influence decisions for funding and implementation, as well as those who would take direct roles in implementation.

As you work to determine the single, best strategy to implement for your chosen health need in the identified population (or populations) in your community, focus on how this presentation can narrow the focus from a broad population need to specific, actionable tasks that community stakeholders must consider before creating an action plan. In your presentation, be sure to consider factors such as educational outreach, financial considerations, and information technology.

Consult the scoring guide to ensure that you are addressing all criteria at the level to which you desire. In your PowerPoint, be sure to complete the following.

Assess the target audience for recommended community-health strategies. Define SMART goals for implementation of a community-health need intervention.
You may wish to work through the Evidence-Based Strategies and SMART Goals activity to check your understanding about the various characteristics of well-written SMART goals.
Analyze collaboration required to implement a community-health strategy.
Recommend strategies to mobilize community engagement, including a promotion strategy and use of social media and information technology. Recommend potential sources of funding and other resources.
Employ appropriate written and visual communication to convey content to an intended audience. Apply proper APA formatting and style.

One potential way you could organize your PowerPoint would be as follows:

Title slide: On the first slide of the PowerPoint, include:
A descriptive title of approximately 5–15 words. Stir interest while maintaining professional decorum. Professional Development for [enter the institutional context for your presentation].
Your name.
Your specialization. Course number and title. Capella University.
Instructor’s name.

Your Stakeholder Analysis in the notes section below.

Note: If this presentation were made in a professional context, the entries under your name would be replaced by your job title, the name of your organization, and (perhaps) your contact information.

Introduction slides: Describe the community health need and its importance.
Recommended solution slides: Describe the solution you chose.
Provide supporting evidence to show that your solution is an evidence-based best practice.
Community engagement strategies slides: Present strategies to mobilize community engagement: Educational outreach strategies.
Promotion strategy—how could social media and information technology be used?
Implementation strategies slides: Recommend, at a high level, factors that must be considered to successfully implement your strategy, including: Defined SMART goals for implementation.
Ways audience members should collaborate to implement your strategy. Estimated costs and potential sources for funding and other resources.
Conclusion slide: End with a succinct summary of the value and feasibility of your recommendations.
References slides: Cite all sources, following current edition APA style and format.

Capella BHA-FPX4108 Assessment Essays