Assignment 2 HCAD 610

• Present and defend an argument for or against a selected health care industry practice, incorporating examples of logical thinking and critical analysis.
• Evaluate healthcare information technology (HIT) and health information management (HIM) in terms of the effects of HIT and HIM on clinical and managerial decision making, reporting, and health outcomes.
• Evaluate the current and future needs of the healthcare workforce, the role of healthcare workforce management, and significance of workforce management in the healthcare environment.

Over the past few weeks, the class has reviewed several topics including the key aspects of workforce management, health policy, and information technology. Applying the information reviewed this week on finance and economics, we will explore how each of these weekly topics are connected from a healthcare administrators viewpoint. During each of our weekly readings, information was obtained on the importance of healthcare workforce structures, how policy is created, the significance of quality as well as change management, read about the foundational components of healthcare finance, and learned about the core elements of economics. Based on each of these areas that we have read about during class, discussed during our weekly discussions, and from your own research, you will provide insight to each of these topics, applying the information to the scenario below, for this weeks assignment

Assignment Scenario: Role Playing as a Healthcare Administrator for Your Desired Healthcare Setting

Step 1: Identify your desired healthcare setting and healthcare administrator role for the scenario. You may select one of the Options listed below for your report. It is important to note that your selected healthcare facility is part of a large healthcare system and you are one of the many administrators that the system has but you will be playing the role of the executive leader for your specific healthcare setting within your organizations large healthcare system.

Step 2: Based on your selected healthcare setting and role from Step 1, you will be presenting information at the next executive leadership meeting. Each administrator for your organization will be presenting information to the healthcare systems executive leadership team, and you are required to complete the strategic planning report as part of your presentation. You will use the Strategic Planning Report Template, provided below, to prepare for this upcoming meeting. Each topic will need to be sufficiently addressed with supporting evidence that will assist the executive leadership team in preparing for next years budget and related to updating the strategic plan for your facility.

Assignment Requirements:

Complete the Strategic Planning Report using the Word document template provided within this assignment prompt. You will complete this report for the meeting, ensuring that each question provides the executive leadership team with the appropriate amount of details with supporting external evidence, so your facilitys budget and strategic plan are ready for the upcoming fiscal year. You will need to include at least three APA formatted references from the last five years with correlating in-text citations for the report. Please ensure that that an APA 7th edition cover page, the report, and an APA 7th edition reference page are provided.

Option 3: Practice Manager for a mid-sized primary care clinic that has three to five physicians with each physician seeing approximately 20 patients per day, accepting all payor-sources. Your practice is in rural area in the state of Virginia and operates in one of the nine states for your nonprofit healthcare system.