Final project strategic plan presentation

The final project for this course is the creation of a strategic plan presentation for the board of directors.

The healthcare industry is constantly changing, and healthcare professionals should be prepared for the challenge. As the final stop in your journey toward your Bachelor of Science in Health Sciences, you will integrate the knowledge and skills you have developed in previous coursework and over the duration of the term into a capstone assessment. The final project will allow you to evidence the knowledge, skills, abilities, and dispositional growth you have experienced during your program.

The final project will require you to place yourself in the role of a new manager operating as the project lead in the development of new services or initiatives within your area of expertise/interest (e.g., radiological technology, health information management, dental hygiene). For example, those of you with experience and interest in radiological technology will be able to select a service that falls within this area. Graduates of this program will often be asked to plan, supervise, and coordinate the healthcare needs of patients and clients, so these skills are featured in the assessment for this course. You will develop a strategic plan in the form of a presentation that is designed to be given before a board of directors for approval. In addition to the knowledge you have gained throughout your program, your presentation must also show your ability to communicate effectively with various stakeholder audiences, integrate appropriate presentation methods for the content and audience, as well as integrate the various soft skills necessary for successful management.

Evaluation of Capstone The project is divided into five milestones, which will be submitted at various points throughout the course to scaffold learning and ensure quality final submissions. These milestones will be submitted in Modules One, Two, Three, Four, and Five. The strategic plan presentation will be submitted in Module Seven.

In this assignment, you will demonstrate your mastery of the following course outcomes:

• HCM-491-01: Engage diverse healthcare stakeholders using communications that reflect keen interpersonal skills, effective collaboration practices, and deep cultural competence
• HCM-491-02: Demonstrate knowledge of microeconomic, macroeconomic, and financial principles through monitoring and utilization of financial and economic data for decision making and strategic planning
• HCM-491-03: Utilize principles and functions of management to foster organizational development, promote effective use of human resources, and enhance operations
• HCM-491-04: Assess contemporary policies, regulations, and governance structures relevant to the United States healthcare delivery system and their implications for ethical decision-making
• HCM-491-05: Promote dynamic organizational cultures that establish strategic visions, methodically analyze and interpret data based on sound epidemiological and statistical principles, and embrace change for continuous healthcare quality improvement
• HCM-491-06: Demonstrate the application of healthcare management principles to improve the delivery of patient care within their technical discipline/department

Prompt

Working individually with your instructor, you will select, research, and analyze a healthcare service need for a targeted patient population. You may choose your current healthcare employer, or you may select a healthcare agency or provider with the approval of your instructor. Generally speaking, you will conduct research on a healthcare agency’s need that will form the basis of your strategic plan and ultimately lead to findings and recommendations that attempt to address the identified need.

Your strategic plan must be submitted in the form of a comprehensive presentation to the board of directors of your selected institution for approval and buy-in. You have the flexibility to utilize PowerPoint or another comparable presentation tool, with instructor approval. Your presentation is expected to be professionally crafted to the needs and specifications appropriate for the discipline, area of interest, and type of initiative you are proposing. Because your initiative or strategic plan will be different from others in your capstone experience, you will likely include different additional resources, information, visuals, and strategies for progress. At minimum, your presentation must address/include the following:

1. Profile: Provide the agency or institution profile and background (i.e., type of organization, historical information, information about growth, current or past initiatives, etc.).
2. Healthcare Need: Identify the need or opportunity within the organization and describe its impact for the organization, its purpose and target population, and impacts to the greater healthcare environment, if any. How do you plan on addressing this need or opportunity? What is your initiative?
3. Evidence: Provide the research evidence that shows that the identified need or opportunity is in fact a need, and any research you completed to formulate the initiative.
4. Implementation Plan: Provide a comprehensive plan for implementation that includes the following:
   1. A discussion on the target area or intended population to be served and the identified needs to be solved by the initiative. This is also where you should establish the goals.
   2. The timeline and implementation milestones of the initiative.
   3. An assessment of the financial impact of the initiative, including any necessary capital expenditures, necessary fundraising, or potential financial benefits that may result from the initiative. Depending on your initiative, your response to this section may include much more detail and areas of financial impact.
   4. An evaluation of additional resources needed to effectively implement the initiative, including staffing, equipment, technology needs, and so forth.
   5. Consideration of all federal and state regulations relevant to the proposed initiative and what needs to be done to ensure that the initiative follows these regulatory and legal standards.
   6. An ethics review to ensure ethical implementation and ethical practice regarding the initiative. This may require identifying potential ethical challenges and formulating plans for monitoring behavior, practices, procedures, and so forth.
5. Evaluation Plan: This plan for managing and measuring progress and success of your initiative should include the following:
   1. A discussion of the specific goals and milestones of implementation of the initiative. Be sure to lay out your goals in a clear, obtainable fashion and to ensure that progress milestones are clear, reasonable, and consistent.
   2. Specific definitions of measures of progress towards obtaining the intended goals and a description of the tools that you would use to measure progress. What strategies will be used to measure success, and how will adjustments be made should progress towards these goals fall short or change?
   3. How do you intend to collect and analyze information to ascertain stakeholder satisfaction with the initiative? What information will be looked at, and who are the stakeholders that will be considered?
6. Communication and Management Plan: This plan for communicating with the various groups and stakeholders should include the following:
   1. Progress Communication: Discussion on the strategies and practices that will be used to communicate progress with management, the board of directors, and other stakeholders within the organization.
   2. Change Management Plan: Discussion on strategies that will be used to guide relevant parties through the changes that the initiative will require. This will need to include strategies on dealing with impacted employees, patients, clients, and even departments and outside stakeholders, depending on the type of initiative within your organization.
   3. Post-Implementation Communication: How will results and ongoing communications be provided? Who will be the audiences for these various communications, and how will you ensure that each audience receives the correct information in an appropriate manner and time?
   6. Your Strategic Plan Presentation will be submitted in the form of a presentation of at least 10–15 slides. You may use any presentation tool to prepare the visuals for your presentation (such as PowerPoint or Prezi). You also have the ability to submit presentation speaker notes in place of audio recording, if approved by your instructor. You must include at least 10 references. You should properly cite research and references in APA format.The “Possible Indicators of Success” are examples for you and the instructor of the types of concepts to look for to demonstrate proficiency. They are neither exhaustive nor proscriptive and should be used as guides for illustrating how your capstone embodies the outcome. All outcomes are weighted equally.