healthcare organization Needs Assessment/Gap Analysis

Select a healthcare organization (local or national, large or small, public or private) and perform a needs assessment/gap analysis. You may utilize your own organization if you are employed in a health care related company. You may approach the Capstone Project from a (1) Human Resources, (2) Operations, or (3) Facilities perspective. You may select an organization in your own community.

1. Human Resources: staffing, training, recruitment, retention, job function redesign, etc.
2. Operations: delivery of service/care, access, wait times, equipment usage, process improvements, resource optimization, regulatory compliance, etc.
3. Facilities: space planning, construction, redesign, relocation.

The components for the Capstone Project include the following:

1. Title Page         
                
2. Executive Summary (Needs Content Criteria)          
                 
3. Description of the organization (history, length in service/operation, how many beds? clients served? location; rural vs. urban, satellite locations, total number of staff, client usage information/demographics, etc.)          
                  
4. Needs Assessment/Gap Analysis: What is not currently being offered? Room for improvements? Service delivery deficits? Personnel issues/shortages? Justify with supporting data and statistics.          
                                 
5. Propose an intervention (service or facility) based on the needs/gap analysis.           
                                       
6. Justify your proposed intervention by providing an analysis from:
   • Cultural
   • Social
   • Legal
   • Economics
   • Regulatory
   • Reimbursement
   • Managed care
   • Health legislation
   • Contracts perspectives     
                                      
7. Pick a minimum of three of the elements listed above depending on the organization selected and which apply to the specific organization/situation selected.        
                                
8. Create a plan to implement your intervention. Identify the stakeholders involved, and their role (s) in implementing the intervention. Include finance and staffing elements required to implement the intervention.         
                          
9. Develop a marketing communication plan on how the stakeholders will be informed, kept up-to-date, etc. prior to the intervention, during the intervention, and post intervention.           
                                  
10. Develop a plan for measurement effectiveness of the intervention. What indicators will determine if the intervention is successful?         
                                  
11. Reference page that includes a minimum of 10 reference sources written within the last 5 years.

Your completed paper should be ten-twelve pages in length (excluding the title and reference page).  The paper must be in APA format.