Healthcare Strategic

HCM 415 Case Study Selection Journal Rubric First review the Final Project Guidelines and Rubric, then review each of the following case studies:

• Case 11: Kaiser Permanente: Creating a No-Wait Emergency Department • Case 13: Huntington Hospital—Davina Drabkin and Sara Soule, PHD • Case 1: Cottage Senior Living

Select the case study you would like to work with, and develop a journal assignment that discusses the tools in Chapter 2 in light of your selected case study. In the assignment, be sure to address the following:

A. Identify the specific case study they chose and describe the six-step process used to analyze the healthcare environment. B. Provide an explanation of how each step would be employed in light of the problem faced by the healthcare organization. C. Select and describe the strategic thinking framework (exhibit 2-10, p.68) that would work best for handling the issue faced by the healthcare

organization.

Rubric Guidelines for Submission: Submit assignment as a Word document with double spacing, 12-point Times New Roman font, and one-inch margins.

Critical Element Exemplary (100%) Proficient (90%) Needs Improvement (75%) Not Evident (0%) Value

Case Study and Six- Step Process

Meets “Proficient” criteria, and description is exceptionally clear and concise

Identifies the case study chosen and describes the six- step process used to analyze the healthcare environment

Identifies the case study chosen and describes the six- step process used to analyze the healthcare environment, but the description or case study is illogical or unclear

Does not identify the case study chosen nor describe the six-step process used to analyze the healthcare environment

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Explanation of Steps Meets “Proficient” criteria, and the explanation of the steps and the problem faced by the healthcare organization is particularly clear

Provides an explanation of how the steps should be employed in light of the problem faced by the healthcare organization

Provides an explanation of how the steps should be employed in light of the problem faced by the healthcare organization, but the explanation is illogical, unclear, or lacks detail

Does not provide an explanation of how the steps should be employed in light of the problem faced by the healthcare organization

35

Critical Element Exemplary (100%) Proficient (90%) Needs Improvement (75%) Not Evident (0%) Value

Strategic Thinking Framework

Meets “Proficient” criteria and clearly relates the selected strategic thinking framework to the situation outlined in the case study

Selects and describes the strategic thinking framework that would work the best for handling the issue faced by the healthcare organization

Selects and describes a strategic thinking framework, but the connection between the chosen framework and the issue faced by the healthcare organization is illogical, unclear or lacks detail

Does not select and describe a strategic thinking framework to be used for handling the issue faced by the healthcare organization

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Articulation of Response

Submission is free of errors related to citations, grammar, spelling, syntax, and organization and is presented in a professional and easy-to- read format

Submission has no major errors related to citations, grammar, spelling, syntax, or organization

Submission has major errors related to citations, grammar, spelling, syntax, or organization that negatively impact readability and articulation of main ideas

Submission has critical errors related to citations, grammar, spelling, syntax, or organization that prevent understanding of ideas

5

Total 100%