Assignment 1: Value Proposition in Patient Care Due Week 3 and worth 200 points
Paradise Hospital, Inc. is a for-profit hospital. As the facility’s new hospital administrator, you have been tasked with improving the service value of the hospital. The administration has not done this process since the hospital began operating in the year 1995. The investors are not familiar with the value proposition strategies of hospitals in the current-day America.
Note: You may create and / or make all necessary assumptions needed for the completion of this assignment.
Write a four to six (4-6) page paper in which you: 1. Articulate the meaning of value-added service as it pertains to patient care services, and argue the major reasons why it matters to add value to patient services. Justify your response. 2. Outline a system for identifying the functional areas in which changes might be necessary in order to improve the hospital’s service value. Recommend the key methods that you would use to acquire the information necessary to identify the specified functional areas. 3. Specify four (4) specific areas where you believe the administration can add value in Paradise Hospital, and argue the most significant reasons why such value proposition would improve the value of services to the patients. 4. Use four (4) recent (within the last five [5] years) quality academic resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and other websites do not qualify as quality academic resources.
Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements: • Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions. • Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length.
The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are: • Propose methodologies that have been proven to increase value in health care delivery systems. • Use technology and information resources to research issues in health care management. • Write clearly and concisely about health care management using proper writing mechanics.
Grading for this assignment will be based on answer quality, logic / organization of the paper, and language and writing skills, using the following rubric. Points: 200 Assignment 1: Value Proposition in Patient Care Criteria Unacceptable Below 70% F Fair 70-79% C Proficient 80-89% B Exemplary 90-100% A 1. Articulate the meaning of value-added service as it pertains to patient care services, and argue the major reasons why it matters to add value to patient services. Justify your response. Weight: 25% Did not submit or incompletely articulated the meaning of value-added service as it pertains to patient care services, and did not submit or incompletely argued the major reasons why it matters to add value to patient services. Did not submit or incompletely justified your response. Partially articulated the meaning of value-added service as it pertains to patient care services, and partially argued the major reasons why it matters to add value to patient services. Partially justified your response. Satisfactorily articulated the meaning of value-added service as it pertains to patient care services, and satisfactorily argued the major reasons why it matters to add value to patient services. Satisfactorily justified your response. Thoroughly articulated the meaning of value-added service as it pertains to patient care services, and thoroughly argued the major reasons why it matters to add value to patient services. Thoroughly justified your response. 2. Outline a system for identifying the functional areas in which changes might be necessary in order to improve the hospital’s service value. Recommend the key methods that you would use to acquire the information necessary to identify the specified functional areas. Weight: 25% Did not submit or incompletely outlined a system for identifying the functional areas in which changes might be necessary in order to improve the hospital’s service value. Did not submit or incompletely recommended the key methods that you would use to acquire the information necessary to identify the specified functional areas. Partially outlined a system for identifying the functional areas in which changes might be necessary in order to improve the hospital’s service value. Partially recommended the key methods that you would use to acquire the information necessary to identify the specified functional areas. Satisfactorily outlined a system for identifying the functional areas in which changes might be necessary in order to improve the hospital’s service value. Satisfactorily recommended the key methods that you would use to acquire the information necessary to identify the specified functional areas. Thoroughly outlined a system for identifying the functional areas in which changes might be necessary in order to improve the hospital’s service value. Thoroughly recommended the key methods that you would use to acquire the information necessary to identify the specified functional areas. 3. Specify four (4) specific areas where you believe the administration can add value in Paradise Hospital, and argue the most significant reasons why such value proposition would improve the value of services to the patients. Weight: 25% Did not submit or incompletely specified four (4) specific areas where you believe the administration can add value in Paradise Hospital, and did not submit or incompletely argued the most significant reasons why such value proposition would improve the value of services to the patients. Partially specified four (4) specific areas where you believe the administration can add value in Paradise Hospital, and partially argued the most significant reasons why such value proposition would improve the value of services to the patients. Satisfactorily specified four (4) specific areas where you believe the administration can add value in Paradise Hospital, and satisfactorily argued the most significant reasons why such value proposition would improve the value of services to the patients. Thoroughly specified four (4) specific areas where you believe the administration can add value in Paradise Hospital, and thoroughly argued the most significant reasons why such value proposition would improve the value of services to the patients. 4. 4 recent (i.e., last five [5] years) references Weight: 5% No references provided Does not meet the required number of references; some or all references poor quality choices. Meets number of required references; all references high quality choices. Exceeds number of required references; all references high quality choices. 5. Writing Mechanics, Grammar, and Formatting Weight: 5% Serious and persistent errors in grammar, spelling, punctuation, or formatting. Partially free of errors in grammar, spelling, punctuation, or formatting. Mostly free of errors in grammar, spelling, punctuation, or formatting. Error free or almost error free grammar, spelling, punctuation, or formatting. 6. Appropriate use of APA in-text citations and reference section Weight: 5% Lack of in-text citations and / or lack of reference section. In-text citations and references are provided, but they are only partially formatted correctly in APA style. Most in-text citations and references are provided, and they are generally formatted correctly in APA style. In-text citations and references are error free or almost error free and consistently formatted correctly in APA style. 7. Information Literacy / Integration of Sources Weight: 5% Serious errors in the integration of sources, such as intentional or accidental plagiarism, or failure to use in-text citations. Sources are partially integrated using effective techniques of quoting, paraphrasing, and summarizing. Sources are mostly integrated using effective techniques of quoting, paraphrasing, and summarizing. Sources are consistently integrated using effective techniques of quoting, paraphrasing, and summarizing. 8. Clarity and Coherence of Writing Weight: 5% Information is confusing to the reader and fails to include reasons and evidence that logically support ideas. Information is partially clear with minimal reasons and evidence that logically support ideas. Information is mostly clear and generally supported with reasons and evidence that logically support ideas. Information is provided in a clear, coherent, and consistent manner with reasons and evidence that logically support ideas.
