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Healthcare Org 1, 4.03 (R) [INFO] Topic 1. Synthesize Course Content

4.03 (R) [INFO] Topic 1. Synthesize Course Content

Topic 1. What is the synthesized course content required to create the healthcare organization and governance structure for the Lesson Four course assignment? The poster project requires you to synthesize course material to design a healthcare organization and governance structure the way you would have things run in the best of all worlds. The electronic poster file is an artifact of the course which you can circulate to colleagues or use for a talk or presentation event. In constructing your poster, you are going to do so from the perspective of the chief healthcare administrator for your organization. You are describing your organization to an audience. Healthcare administration encompasses responsibility for all aspects of a healthcare organization. The focus is both internal to the organization and external to the organization to maximize the efficient and effective operation of the organization as a whole and its survival both short-term and long term. Healthcare administrators make decisions about the direction and operation of the healthcare organization. The role of the healthcare administrator is more strategic than tactical. The required content was specified in: Lesson One Create Your Own Healthcare Organization Lesson One Create Your Own Healthcare Organization Lesson One Create Your Own Healthcare Organization You can add more content to your poster than the eighteen (18) required content items, but it must include the specified content items which are listed below; each one is listed below with an example and the evaluation rubric (evaluation criterion). In the Lesson Four Self-Evaluations and Peer Review section of this course is a quiz entitled Synthesize Course Content Self-Evaluation (Required). This quiz is a self-evaluation as to whether you have accomplished the synthesis of course content described here. It is an eighteen (18) question quiz asking whether you have developed the 18 required content items. The passing score for the quiz is 100 percent because you should develop each of the required 18 content items for the poster in order to meet the content requirements of the electronic poster assignment. Required Content Items for the Electronic Poster Required Content Item 1.The name of your healthcare organization. Example: Charles Harbor General Hospital Evaluation Rubric: The name should be original and appealing to both employees of the healthcare organization as well as the public at-large. Required Content Item 2. A brief description of your healthcare organization; a description of what your healthcare organization does. Example: Charles Harbor General Hospital is a general hospital with an emergency room. It offers a full range of clinical specialties (e.g., internal medicine, general surgery, oncology, cardiology, infectious disease) with a focus on adults although there is a pediatrics unit. Its purpose is to provide the very best health care and improve the health of all those in the local Charles Harbor General Hospital community. Evaluation Rubric: The description should be a few sentences which concisely and clearly summarize the work and purpose of your healthcare organization. Required Content Item 3. At least one healthcare occupation employed by your organization as that occupation is listed by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) at the Healthcare Occupations website. Example: Charles Harbor General Hospital employs Physicians and Surgeons (https://www.bls.gov/ooh/healthcare/physicians-and-surgeons.htm#tab-1). Evaluation Rubric: One healthcare occupation from the BLS website consistent with the healthcare organization's description should be listed. More can be listed, but only one is needed. There is no need to list other occupations employed by the organization (e.g., accountants) or the number of people employed. Required Content Item 4. The North American Classification System (NAICS) code for your healthcare organization. Example:Charles Harbor General Hospital has a NAICS code of 622110 - General Medical and Surgical Hospitals (https://www.census.gov/cgi-bin/sssd/naics/naicsrch?code=622110&search=2017%20NAICS%20Search). Evaluation Rubric: The listed code should be a valid NAICS code and appropriate for the organization's description. Required Content Item 5. The U.S. state and county of that state in which your healthcare organization is located. Example: Charles Harbor General Hospital is located in Massachusetts in Suffolk County (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suffolk_County,_Massachusetts). Evaluation Rubric: The state should be a valid U.S. state (or the District of Columbia) and a valid county within that state. Required Content Item 6. The county health ranking from the County Health Rankings and Roadmap website. Example:Suffolk County ranks 11 in Health Outcomes out of the 14 ranked counties in Massachusetts (Length of Life = 7; Quality of Life = 13; Health Factors = 12; Health Behaviors = 9; Clinical Care = 6; Social and Economic Factors = 13; Physical Environment = 7) (http://www.countyhealthrankings.org/app/massachusetts/2018/rankings/suffolk/county/outcomes/overall/snapshot) Evaluation Rubric: The health ranking information should be the valid information for that county from the County Health Rankings and Roadmap website. Required Content Item 7. The name and web address (url) of the state licensing agency for healthcare organizations in your chosen state (e.g., Department of Health). Example: Massachusetts Department of Public Health (DPH) (https://www.mass.gov/orgs/department-of-public-health) and the regulations are found at https://www.mass.gov/regulations/105-CMR-13000-hospital-licensure. Note: A list of all DPH licensed healthcare facilities can be found at https://www.mass.gov/service-details/find-information-about-licensed-or-certified-health-care-facilities, specifically https://www.mass.gov/doc/list-of-health-care-facilities-licensed-or-certified-by-the-division/download. Charles Harbor General Hospital must be licensed by DPH as an acute hospital to do business in Massachusetts. Evaluation Rubric: The state licensing agency and web address should be valid for the chosen state. Required Content Item 8.Name one accreditation association for your healthcare organization, if any exist. If one is named, state whether this accreditation association has deeming authority from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) for your healthcare organization. Example: The Joint Commission (https://www.jointcommission.org/) is an accreditation association which can accredit Charles Harbor General Hospital as a general hospital (https://www.jointcommission.org/accreditation/hospitals.aspx). The Joint Commission has deeming CMS-deeming authority for a general hospital such as Charles Harbor General Hospital. Evaluation Rubric: The statement regarding the existence of an accreditation association must be valid. If an accreditation association is named, it must be a valid one for the healthcare organizations and its CMS deeming authority status must be valid. Required Content Item 9.Name one strategic goal for your healthcare organization. Example:Create a patient-centered model of care which recognizes the patient as a customer/consumer who has many care choices. Evaluation Rubric: The goal should be a broad and bold one for the organization as a whole, but doable. Required Content Item 10.Eleven (11) combined Healthcare Leadership Alliance (HLA) and American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE) are listed in the course. Rank order them in the order you think is the most important for a healthcare administrator where 1 is the most important and 11 is the least important. Example: 1. Administration, Management, and Leadership 2. Organizational Structure and Governance 3. Quality and Performance Improvement 4. Health Care and the Healthcare Environment 5. Communication and Relationship Management 6. Laws and Regulations 7. Healthcare Technology and Information Management 8. Professionalism and Ethics 9. Business 10. Finance 11. Human Resources Evaluation Rubric: The listed competencies must be the ones from the course. Required Content Item 11. There are many journals and publications from which a healthcare administrator can find evidence for the evidence-based practice of healthcare administration. Name two (and the url for the journal or publication) which you would use as a healthcare administrator. Example: 1. Journal of Healthcare Management - https://www.ache.org/pubs/journals.cfm 2. Becker's Hospital Review - https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/ Evaluation Rubric: The listed journals and/or publications do not have to be ones listed in the lesson, but they need to real journals or publications. Required Content Item 12.There are many administrative/management frameworks from which a healthcare administrator can choose to guide the evidence-based practice of healthcare administration. Name the administrative/management framework (or combination of frameworks) which you would use as a healthcare administrator. Example:Lean Management combined with the Team-of-Teams framework. Evaluation Rubric: The listed framework (or combination) does not have to be one listed in the course. It does not even have to be one previously described. You can define your own framework. If you define your own framework, please describe it in a sentence or two. Required Content Item 13. There are many healthcare administration-related professional associations which a healthcare administrator can join. Name one (and the url for the association) which you would join as a healthcare administrator for your organization. Example: American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE) - http://www.ache.org/ Evaluation Rubric: The listed professional association does not have to be one listed in the lesson, but it needs to be a real healthcare administration-related professional association. Required Content Item 14. State whether the governance structure of your healthcare organization is shared or not-shared. Briefly describe the governance relationship between the administrative part of the organization and the professional clinical part of the organization. Example: It is a shared governance structure where the administrative part of the organization and the professional clinical part of the organization have their own organizational hierarchy. There is a Chief Operating Officer (COO) in charge of the administrative part of the organization. There is a Chief Clinical Officer (CCO) in charge of the professional clinical part of the organization. Both report to the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) who is responsible for the overall operation of the organization. Evaluation Rubric: The description should be a few sentences which concisely and clearly summarize a reasonable governance structure. Required Content Item 15. State the business structure of your healthcare organization. State the name and web address (url) of the state agency in your chosen state with which your organization must file legal business structure documents (e.g., Department of State). Example: It is a corporation located in Massachusetts. In Massachusetts, the corporation business filing agency is the Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Corporations Division (http://www.sec.state.ma.us/cor/coridx.htm). Evaluation Rubric: The business structure and state agency and web address should be valid for the chosen state. Required Content Item 16. State the tax status of your healthcare organization. State the name and web address (url) of the state agency in your chosen state with which your organization must file legal tax documents (e.g., Department of Treasury). Example: It is a non-profit located in Massachusetts. In Massachusetts, the non-profit tax status filing agency is the Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Corporations Division (http://www.sec.state.ma.us/cor/coridx.htm), specifically the section Non-Profit Corporation Forms (https://www.sec.state.ma.us/cor/corpweb/cornp/npinf.htm). Tax paying business organizations in Massachusetts file taxes with the Massachusetts Department of Revenue (https://www.mass.gov/orgs/massachusetts-department-of-revenue). Evaluation Rubric: The tax status and state agency and web address should be valid for the chosen state. Required Content Item 17. State your healthcare organization's mission statement and vision statement. Example:Mission: To provide the best patient-centered care to every patient through excellent, compassionate clinical practice combined with effective, compassionate administrative processes. Vision: A local community population with optimal health and wellness who views Charles Harbor General Hospital as integral to that achievement. Evaluation Rubric: The statements should be no more than a few sentences which concisely and clearly state a reasonable mission and vision for your organization. Required Content Item 18. State whether your healthcare organization has a Board of Directors/Trustees. If so, describe the general characteristics you want in Board members. If not, describe how the oversight and expertise generally accomplished by a Board of Directors/Trustees is achieved in your healthcare organization. Example:Charles Harbor General Hospital has a Board of Trustees. Each Board member should be dedicated the organization's mission and vision. Overall the Board membership should reflect expertise in healthcare organization clinical issues, financial issues, management issues, regulatory requirements, and operational efficiency. Evaluation Rubric: The description should be a few sentences which concisely and clearly summarize reasonable characteristics for Board members or a reasonable alternate oversight mechanism.

This synthesized information will be presented to your learner colleagues as an electronic poster. The next section discusses the creation of the electronic poster. Many learners will use PowerPoint for the poster. There are many software options other than PowerPoint. Some are available at no cost such as Impress which is part of LibreOffice. Note [FUN]: The video for Topic 1 - This is LibreOffice - is a YouTube video produced by the Document Foundation. The video provides an overview of LibreOffice (a free, open source office suite).


4.03 (R) [INFO] Topic 1. Synthesize Course Content

Topic 1. What is the synthesized course content required to create the healthcare organization and governance structure for the Lesson Four course assignment? The poster project requires you to synthesize course material to design a healthcare organization and governance structure the way you would have things run in the best of all worlds. The electronic poster file is an artifact of the course which you can circulate to colleagues or use for a talk or presentation event. In constructing your poster, you are going to do so from the perspective of the chief healthcare administrator for your organization. You are describing your organization to an audience. Healthcare administration encompasses responsibility for all aspects of a healthcare organization. The focus is both internal to the organization and external to the organization to maximize the efficient and effective operation of the organization as a whole and its survival both short-term and long term. Healthcare administrators make decisions about the direction and operation of the healthcare organization. The role of the healthcare administrator is more strategic than tactical. The required content was specified in: Lesson One Create Your Own Healthcare Organization Lesson One Create Your Own Healthcare Organization Lesson One Create Your Own Healthcare Organization You can add more content to your poster than the eighteen (18) required content items, but it must include the specified content items which are listed below; each one is listed below with an example and the evaluation rubric (evaluation criterion). In the Lesson Four Self-Evaluations and Peer Review section of this course is a quiz entitled Synthesize Course Content Self-Evaluation (Required). This quiz is a self-evaluation as to whether you have accomplished the synthesis of course content described here. It is an eighteen (18) question quiz asking whether you have developed the 18 required content items. The passing score for the quiz is 100 percent because you should develop each of the required 18 content items for the poster in order to meet the content requirements of the electronic poster assignment. Required Content Items for the Electronic Poster Required Content Item 1.The name of your healthcare organization. Example: Charles Harbor General Hospital Evaluation Rubric: The name should be original and appealing to both employees of the healthcare organization as well as the public at-large. Required Content Item 2. A brief description of your healthcare organization; a description of what your healthcare organization does. Example: Charles Harbor General Hospital is a general hospital with an emergency room. It offers a full range of clinical specialties (e.g., internal medicine, general surgery, oncology, cardiology, infectious disease) with a focus on adults although there is a pediatrics unit. Its purpose is to provide the very best health care and improve the health of all those in the local Charles Harbor General Hospital community. Evaluation Rubric: The description should be a few sentences which concisely and clearly summarize the work and purpose of your healthcare organization. Required Content Item 3. At least one healthcare occupation employed by your organization as that occupation is listed by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) at the Healthcare Occupations website. Example: Charles Harbor General Hospital employs Physicians and Surgeons (https://www.bls.gov/ooh/healthcare/physicians-and-surgeons.htm#tab-1). Evaluation Rubric: One healthcare occupation from the BLS website consistent with the healthcare organization's description should be listed. More can be listed, but only one is needed. There is no need to list other occupations employed by the organization (e.g., accountants) or the number of people employed. Required Content Item 4. The North American Classification System (NAICS) code for your healthcare organization. Example:Charles Harbor General Hospital has a NAICS code of 622110 - General Medical and Surgical Hospitals (https://www.census.gov/cgi-bin/sssd/naics/naicsrch?code=622110&search=2017%20NAICS%20Search). Evaluation Rubric: The listed code should be a valid NAICS code and appropriate for the organization's description. Required Content Item 5. The U.S. state and county of that state in which your healthcare organization is located. Example: Charles Harbor General Hospital is located in Massachusetts in Suffolk County (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suffolk_County,_Massachusetts). Evaluation Rubric: The state should be a valid U.S. state (or the District of Columbia) and a valid county within that state. Required Content Item 6. The county health ranking from the County Health Rankings and Roadmap website. Example:Suffolk County ranks 11 in Health Outcomes out of the 14 ranked counties in Massachusetts (Length of Life = 7; Quality of Life = 13; Health Factors = 12; Health Behaviors = 9; Clinical Care = 6; Social and Economic Factors = 13; Physical Environment = 7) (http://www.countyhealthrankings.org/app/massachusetts/2018/rankings/suffolk/county/outcomes/overall/snapshot) Evaluation Rubric: The health ranking information should be the valid information for that county from the County Health Rankings and Roadmap website. Required Content Item 7. The name and web address (url) of the state licensing agency for healthcare organizations in your chosen state (e.g., Department of Health). Example: Massachusetts Department of Public Health (DPH) (https://www.mass.gov/orgs/department-of-public-health) and the regulations are found at https://www.mass.gov/regulations/105-CMR-13000-hospital-licensure. Note: A list of all DPH licensed healthcare facilities can be found at https://www.mass.gov/service-details/find-information-about-licensed-or-certified-health-care-facilities, specifically https://www.mass.gov/doc/list-of-health-care-facilities-licensed-or-certified-by-the-division/download. Charles Harbor General Hospital must be licensed by DPH as an acute hospital to do business in Massachusetts. Evaluation Rubric: The state licensing agency and web address should be valid for the chosen state. Required Content Item 8.Name one accreditation association for your healthcare organization, if any exist. If one is named, state whether this accreditation association has deeming authority from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) for your healthcare organization. Example: The Joint Commission (https://www.jointcommission.org/) is an accreditation association which can accredit Charles Harbor General Hospital as a general hospital (https://www.jointcommission.org/accreditation/hospitals.aspx). The Joint Commission has deeming CMS-deeming authority for a general hospital such as Charles Harbor General Hospital. Evaluation Rubric: The statement regarding the existence of an accreditation association must be valid. If an accreditation association is named, it must be a valid one for the healthcare organizations and its CMS deeming authority status must be valid. Required Content Item 9.Name one strategic goal for your healthcare organization. Example:Create a patient-centered model of care which recognizes the patient as a customer/consumer who has many care choices. Evaluation Rubric: The goal should be a broad and bold one for the organization as a whole, but doable. Required Content Item 10.Eleven (11) combined Healthcare Leadership Alliance (HLA) and American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE) are listed in the course. Rank order them in the order you think is the most important for a healthcare administrator where 1 is the most important and 11 is the least important. Example: 1. Administration, Management, and Leadership 2. Organizational Structure and Governance 3. Quality and Performance Improvement 4. Health Care and the Healthcare Environment 5. Communication and Relationship Management 6. Laws and Regulations 7. Healthcare Technology and Information Management 8. Professionalism and Ethics 9. Business 10. Finance 11. Human Resources Evaluation Rubric: The listed competencies must be the ones from the course. Required Content Item 11. There are many journals and publications from which a healthcare administrator can find evidence for the evidence-based practice of healthcare administration. Name two (and the url for the journal or publication) which you would use as a healthcare administrator. Example: 1. Journal of Healthcare Management - https://www.ache.org/pubs/journals.cfm 2. Becker's Hospital Review - https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/ Evaluation Rubric: The listed journals and/or publications do not have to be ones listed in the lesson, but they need to real journals or publications. Required Content Item 12.There are many administrative/management frameworks from which a healthcare administrator can choose to guide the evidence-based practice of healthcare administration. Name the administrative/management framework (or combination of frameworks) which you would use as a healthcare administrator. Example:Lean Management combined with the Team-of-Teams framework. Evaluation Rubric: The listed framework (or combination) does not have to be one listed in the course. It does not even have to be one previously described. You can define your own framework. If you define your own framework, please describe it in a sentence or two. Required Content Item 13. There are many healthcare administration-related professional associations which a healthcare administrator can join. Name one (and the url for the association) which you would join as a healthcare administrator for your organization. Example: American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE) - http://www.ache.org/ Evaluation Rubric: The listed professional association does not have to be one listed in the lesson, but it needs to be a real healthcare administration-related professional association. Required Content Item 14. State whether the governance structure of your healthcare organization is shared or not-shared. Briefly describe the governance relationship between the administrative part of the organization and the professional clinical part of the organization. Example: It is a shared governance structure where the administrative part of the organization and the professional clinical part of the organization have their own organizational hierarchy. There is a Chief Operating Officer (COO) in charge of the administrative part of the organization. There is a Chief Clinical Officer (CCO) in charge of the professional clinical part of the organization. Both report to the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) who is responsible for the overall operation of the organization. Evaluation Rubric: The description should be a few sentences which concisely and clearly summarize a reasonable governance structure. Required Content Item 15. State the business structure of your healthcare organization. State the name and web address (url) of the state agency in your chosen state with which your organization must file legal business structure documents (e.g., Department of State). Example: It is a corporation located in Massachusetts. In Massachusetts, the corporation business filing agency is the Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Corporations Division (http://www.sec.state.ma.us/cor/coridx.htm). Evaluation Rubric: The business structure and state agency and web address should be valid for the chosen state. Required Content Item 16. State the tax status of your healthcare organization. State the name and web address (url) of the state agency in your chosen state with which your organization must file legal tax documents (e.g., Department of Treasury). Example: It is a non-profit located in Massachusetts. In Massachusetts, the non-profit tax status filing agency is the Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Corporations Division (http://www.sec.state.ma.us/cor/coridx.htm), specifically the section Non-Profit Corporation Forms (https://www.sec.state.ma.us/cor/corpweb/cornp/npinf.htm). Tax paying business organizations in Massachusetts file taxes with the Massachusetts Department of Revenue (https://www.mass.gov/orgs/massachusetts-department-of-revenue). Evaluation Rubric: The tax status and state agency and web address should be valid for the chosen state. Required Content Item 17. State your healthcare organization's mission statement and vision statement. Example:Mission: To provide the best patient-centered care to every patient through excellent, compassionate clinical practice combined with effective, compassionate administrative processes. Vision: A local community population with optimal health and wellness who views Charles Harbor General Hospital as integral to that achievement. Evaluation Rubric: The statements should be no more than a few sentences which concisely and clearly state a reasonable mission and vision for your organization. Required Content Item 18. State whether your healthcare organization has a Board of Directors/Trustees. If so, describe the general characteristics you want in Board members. If not, describe how the oversight and expertise generally accomplished by a Board of Directors/Trustees is achieved in your healthcare organization. Example:Charles Harbor General Hospital has a Board of Trustees. Each Board member should be dedicated the organization's mission and vision. Overall the Board membership should reflect expertise in healthcare organization clinical issues, financial issues, management issues, regulatory requirements, and operational efficiency. Evaluation Rubric: The description should be a few sentences which concisely and clearly summarize reasonable characteristics for Board members or a reasonable alternate oversight mechanism.

This synthesized information will be presented to your learner colleagues as an electronic poster. The next section discusses the creation of the electronic poster. Many learners will use PowerPoint for the poster. There are many software options other than PowerPoint. Some are available at no cost such as Impress which is part of LibreOffice. Note [FUN]: The video for Topic 1 - This is LibreOffice - is a YouTube video produced by the Document Foundation. The video provides an overview of LibreOffice (a free, open source office suite).