Assessment of a major health system
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Individual paper: Assessment of a major healthcare system/organization; (including a title page abstract page and reference page)
Each student will select a major healthcare system or organization and complete a paper on their selected organization/system.
The paper should address the following components:
Part A:Describe the selected organization/healthcare system.
What is the purpose and mission of the organization?Part B:Discuss the organizational leadership chart.
Who is the leader or leaders? What is their responsibility?
How are they chosen? What is their term of office?
How is their accountability/productivity measured?Part C:What are the major components divisions departments or units of the organization?
How is each unit organized in terms of leadership?
What are the major services of each unit?Part D:How is performance measured within the system or organization?Part E: In relation to healthcareWhat has been the organizations major impact within the last ten years?Part F: In terms of your own critiqueHas this organization significantly impacted on healthcare?
If you could change anything within the organization what would that change be; how would you accomplish the change; and how would you measure the impact of the change?
