M3-340

HCM 340 Milestone One Guidelines and Rubric Overview: The focus of this module was on quality care. For your final project, you will research a gap in access to quality, equity, or efficiency of healthcare, (including existing initiatives in place to address the gap and economic and regulatory factors that are currently in place to address the gap). To begin this project, you must first conduct some background research into the gap and the impacted population. Prompt: After reviewing the Final Project Guidelines and Rubric document, select a healthcare delivery process gap and population affected from the list below. This will be the base of your final project, the healthcare delivery systems research paper.

• Option One: A gap in quality related to care coordination for individuals with chronic illnesses • Option Two: A gap in equity related to mental health access for veterans • Option Three: A gap in efficiency related to rising cost of pharmaceuticals for the aging population

In your paper, you will explain why the chosen topic is a gap in healthcare and analyze the specific population impacted by the issue. Specifically, you should address the following:

• Describe a specific gap in the delivery of healthcare. Include the specific population affected by the gap. • Briefly describe the history of this gap in access to healthcare. Has this been an issue historically, or is it a modern issue? • Explain the impact that the socioeconomic background of the population has on their access to healthcare. • Describe how the healthcare delivered to the population is affected by the gap in access. • Predict any potential implications if this gap in access is not addressed.

Rubric

Guidelines for Submission: Your paper must be submitted as a 2- to 3-page Microsoft Word document with double spacing, 12-point Times New Roman font, one-inch margins, and at least three sources cited in APA format.

Critical Elements Proficient (100%) Needs Improvement (75%) Not Evident (0%) Value Introduction: Gap Describes a specific gap in the delivery

of healthcare, including the specific population affected by the gap

Describes a specific gap in the delivery of healthcare, including the specific population affected by the gap, but the description is cursory or contains inaccuracies

Does not describe a specific gap in the delivery of healthcare to a specific population

18

Introduction: History Briefly describes the history of this gap in access to healthcare

Describes the history of this gap in access to healthcare, but description is verbose or contains inaccuracies

Does not describe the history of this gap in access to healthcare

18

Introduction: Socioeconomic Background

Explains the impact socioeconomic background has on a population’s access to healthcare

Explains the impact socioeconomic background has on a population’s access to healthcare, but explanation is cursory or illogical

Does not explain the socioeconomic background has on a population’s access to healthcare

18

Introduction: Affect Describes how the healthcare delivered to the population is affected by the gap in access

Describes how the healthcare delivered to the population is affected by the gap in access, but description cursory or contains inaccuracies

Does not describe how the healthcare delivered to the population is affected by the gap in access

18

Introduction: Implications Predicts any potential implications if the gap in access is not addressed

Predicts any potential implications if the gap in access is not addressed, but predictions are unrealistic or unrelated

Does not predict any potential implications if the gap in access is not addressed

18

Articulation of Response 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

10

Total 100%