Bachelors Capstone Project in Health Care Administration
Capstone Project
The purpose of the Capstone Project is for you to show your understanding of the course materials and your ability to communicate at the college level. For your capstone project, you will be performing research on a real-life healthcare organization. Drawing upon your learning in previous courses, you will be asked to analyze various facets and provide a detailed picture of the organization.
As you compile the information, consider what value each process adds to the company and how quality improvements might improve outcomes.
Compose your report using Standard American English as described in the APA guidelines
You will find a Project Rubric used to grade the project in the syllabus. There are five sections to the project.
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Section
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Due Date
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Point
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Description
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Grading Criteria
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Section 1
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Unit 2
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50
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Proposal and introduction
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Content, composition, and use of English
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Section 2
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Unit 5
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100
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Description of organization
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Content, composition, and use of English
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Section 3
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Unit 7
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100
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Financial and marketing
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Content, composition, and use of English
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Section 4
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Unit 8
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100
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Economic and Outside influence
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Content, composition, and use of English
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Section 5
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Unit 9
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150
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Conclusion and Combination of all section in a concise readable format
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APA format, content, flow use of English, inclusions of suggestions made by instructor, and communication style and readability.
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Total
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500
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Instructions:
1. Select a hospital to explore from the list of Hospitals for Capstone project (Webliography) and have it approved by the instructor.
I have already chosen Seattle Childrens Hospital
2. Go to the selected hospitals web site (listed above) and research the information needed. These will include the Mission Statement, Strategic Plan, and Annual Report. Demographics will be in the Home Page, Locations, etc. Other valuable information is to be found in Community Outreach areas, Certification and Accreditations, and Corporate Compliance areas. You should use outside materials (news articles, videos, etc) to supplement information from the hospital web site.
3. Your work must include the following:
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Section 1
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- Proposal and introduction of project
- Select hospital from the list
- Write introduction
- State selected organization
- Rationale behind the selection of the organization
- Set the scene and tone of the paper
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Section 2
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- Analysis of the organization
- Describe the organization's:
- Facility physical settings
- Patient or client base
- Level of clinical activity
- Organization structure
- Describe the mission, vision, and goals of the organization and how the organization supports these items.
- Report the consumer and patient rights the organization follows.
- Human resource and employee issues
- Community and Global impact
- Prepare a SWOT analysis (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats) of the external and internal forces faced by this organization. This will have information added throughout the project
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Section 3
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- Financial management, quality and marketing aspects of the organization
- Financial
- Analysis of the service reimbursement for the organization (State, Federal, Insurance and Private Pay)
- Methods of funding
- Research issues
- Quality and Ethics
- Accreditation
- Awards
- Regulation
- Ethical issues regarding who receives care at the organization
- Marketing
- Strategies
- Branding
- Community and employee involvement
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Section 4
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- Impact of economic and outside influences to the organization
- National and world economy impact
- Explanation of the sustainability of this organizational care model
- Healthcare reform
- Regulations
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Section 5
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- Conclusion for your paper and combine all the sections into a project paper
- Recap the info regarding organization
- Glimpse into the future for the organization based on your learning
- Combine all parts into a APA formatted product
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