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Week 3 - Assignment

Future Direction of Health Care In a three- to five-page paper:

· Describe a minimum of five challenges from the list below that are defining the future strategic direction of health care.

· Proposed health care reform and legislation

· Information technology advancements such as the electronic medical record (EMR)/ electronic health record (EHR)

· Accreditation, quality of healthcare, and organizational compliance

· Economics, including third party payers, future funding, rising costs, the Medicare and Medicaid programs

· Access to health care including the uninsured and those in the poverty levels

· Public entities in controlling the demand aspects of health service

· Market shares and advancing age of population

· Maintaining a skilled workforce

· Pay for performance

· Describe how an organization can adapt its direction and strategies to effectively address these challenges.

Your paper must be three to five double-spaced pages (excluding title and reference pages) and formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center. Utilize a minimum of two scholarly sources that were published within the last five years. One source must be obtained from the Ashford University Library. All sources must be documented in APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center. Carefully review the Grading Rubric (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. for the criteria that will be used to evaluate your assignment.

Total Possible Score: 10.00

Describes Five Challenges That Are Defining the Future Strategic Direction of Health Care

Total: 5.00

Distinguished - Comprehensively describes at least five challenges that define the future strategic direction of healthcare.

Proficient - Describes five challenges that define the future strategic direction of healthcare. Minor details are missing.

Basic - Partially describes at least four challenges that define the future strategic direction of healthcare. Relevant details are missing.

Below Expectations - Attempts to describe challenges that define the future strategic direction of healthcare; however, fewer than four are defined and significant details are missing.

Non-Performance -The descriptions of at least five challenges that define the future strategic direction of healthcare is either non-existent or lacks the components described in the assignment instructions.

Describes How an Organization Can Adapt Its Direction and Strategies to Effectively Address the Challenges

Total: 3.50

Distinguished - Comprehensively describes how an organization can adapt its direction and strategies to effectively address the challenges.

Proficient - Describes how an organization can adapt its direction and strategies to effectively address the challenges. Minor details are missing.

Basic - Partially describes how an organization can adapt its direction and strategies to effectively address the challenges. Relevant details are missing.

Below Expectations - Attempts to describe how an organization can adapt its direction and strategies to effectively address the challenges; however, significant details are missing.

Non-Performance - The description of how organizations adapt their direction and strategies is either non-existent or lacks the components described in the assignment instructions.

Creative Thinking: Solving Problems

Total: 0.50

Distinguished - Develops a logical, consistent plan to solve a problem,  identifies consequences of the solution, and can clearly communicate the reason for choosing the solution.

Proficient - Carefully chooses among alternatives, develops a logical, consistent plan to problem solving.

Basic -Takes into account and eliminates less acceptable approaches to problem solving.

Below Expectations - Takes into account a single approach and uses the approach to problem solving.

Non-Performance -The assignment is either nonexistent or lacks the components described in the instructions.

Written Communication: Grammar and Syntax

Total: 0.25

Distinguished -Displays meticulous comprehension and organization of syntax and mechanics, such as spelling and grammar. Written work contains no errors, and is very easy to understand.

Proficient - Displays comprehension and organization of syntax and mechanics, such as spelling and grammar. Written work contains only a few minor errors, and is mostly easy to understand.

Basic -Displays basic comprehension of syntax and mechanics, such as spelling and grammar. Written work contains a few errors, which may slightly distract the reader.

Below Expectations - Fails to display basic comprehension of syntax or mechanics, such as spelling and grammar. Written work contains major errors, which distract the reader.

Non-Performance - The assignment is either nonexistent or lacks the components described in the instructions.

APA Format

Total: 0.25

Distinguished -Accurately uses APA formatting consistently throughout the paper, title and reference page.

Proficient - Exhibits APA formatting throughout the paper. However, layout contains a few minor errors.

Basic - Exhibits basic knowledge of APA formatting throughout the paper. However, layout does not meet all APA requirements.

Below Expectations - Fails to exhibit basic knowledge of APA formatting. There are frequent errors making the layout difficult to distinguish as APA.

Non-Performance - The assignment is either nonexistent or lacks the components described in the instructions.

Page Requirement

Total: 0.25

Distinguished - The paper meets the specific page requirement stipulated in the assignment description.

Proficient - The paper closely meets the page requirements stipulated in the assignment description.

Basic - The paper meets over half of the page requirement.

Below Expectations - A fraction of the page requirement is completed.

Non-Performance - The assignment is either nonexistent or lacks the components described in the instructions.

Reference Requirement

Total: 0.25

Distinguished - Provides ample resources and uses the correct amount of sources from the specified search agents.

Proficient - Provides the approximate number of sources, while using some of the correct search agents specified in the assignment instructions.

Basic - Provides over half of the  sources required in the assignment instructions.

Below Expectations - Provides inadequate number of resources and does not include sources from specified search agents.

Non-Performance - The assignment is either non-existent or lacks the components described in the instructions.