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Kaplan University School of Health Sciences

HS460 Project Design and Management for Health Care

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Unit 7 Assignment:

Interview Write-Up

Unit outcomes addressed in this activity:

 Understand the focus of public health efforts

 Explain the dimension of quality initiatives in public health organizations

 Understand the difference between organization focus and system focus

 Explore what the role of public health organizations is in continuous quality improvement in health care

 Explain some implementation activities in this sector of health care

 Discuss standards and performance assessment in the continuous quality improvement process

Course outcomes addressed in this activity:

HS460-1: Design quality assessment and management tools.

HS460-3: Explain the role of quality assessment in the utilization management process.

Instructions

Using the interview outline tool that you created in Unit 6, you will conduct an interview with a representative from that local organization and document the responses.

Examples of quality improvement teams in your community might be: local public health department, hospital, long-term care facility, physicians’ group practice, radiology department. Requirements

The interview responses must address the following elements in an essay format. This Assignment should be submitted as a Word document.

 Team Design and Structure  Goals and Design of the project itself

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Kaplan University School of Health Sciences

HS460 Project Design and Management for Health Care

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 Data Collection/Analysis  Feedback/review processes  Questions specific to the organization  Application: Based on the results of the interview, create a way to improve a process at

this organization through the design of quality assessment and management tools.

Put your responses in a Word document. Save it in a location and with the proper naming convention: username-HS460-section-Unit 7_Assignment.doc (username is your Kaplan username, section is your course section, 7 is your Unit number). When you are ready to submit it, go to the Dropbox and complete the steps below:

1. Click the link that says "Submit an Assignment."

2. In the "Submit to Basket" menu, select Unit 7: Assignment.

3. In the "Comments" field, make sure to add at least the title of your paper.

4. Click the "Add Attachments" button.

5. Follow the steps listed to attach your Word document.

To view your graded work, come back to the Dropbox or go to the Gradebook after your instructor has evaluated it. Make sure that you save a copy of your submitted project.

Unit 7 Assignment Grading Rubric =40 points Assignment Requirements Points

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The following elements are included:

Descriptions of team design and structure

0-6

Descriptions of the goals and design of a quality improvement project at the organization

0-6

Descriptions of methods for data collection/analysis

0-6

Descriptions of the feedback and review processes

0-6

Descriptions of elements specific to the organization 0-6

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Kaplan University School of Health Sciences

HS460 Project Design and Management for Health Care

COURSE #

Design of management and assessment tools to improve a process at this organization

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