This assignment requires your synthesis and reflection of the elements needed to form your proposal for a community health partnership. Such partnerships are mandated by the ACA for nonprofit hospitals and offer benefits to both partners.
Your proposal will contain an overview of the benefits; and, using your weekly resources and assignments, you will identify the steps needed to form a partnership of this type.
These steps include:
- Critiquing the community health needs assessment.
- Initiating strategic planning through a SWOT analysis and creating strategic action plans.
- Analyzing the role and impact of healthcare regulatory agencies.
- Understanding the legal aspects of forming partnerships.
- Evaluating hospital performance as a community consumer.
- Creating a budget for the partnership project.
You will summarize the predicted ROI for this nonprofit hospital/community health partnership from a holistic perspective in narrative form rather than a financial accounting perspective.
Lastly, you will incorporate your summary of how the 13 health leadership competencies are applied in each step and weigh the value of the abilities in each for health administrators. (collaboration, information seeking, analytical thinking, strategic orientation, accountability, performance measurement, project management, community orientation, professionalism, financial skills, innovative thinking, team leadership, and process management/organizational design)
Length: Minimum of 10 pages, not including title and reference pages
References: Include a minimum of 7 scholarly resources
Your paper should demonstrate thoughtful consideration of the ideas and concepts presented in the course and provide new thoughts and insights relating directly to this topic. Your response should reflect scholarly writing and current APA standards.
Requirements: 10 pages or more/use references & competencies (in bold) listed.
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This is informed by the fact that they are the population group most affected by health issues within the community. Most of them do not have the requisite resources to access health care facilities and thus, cannot effectively address their health care needs. Partners Healthcare Inc. should also commit resources to deal with key health issues affecting the residents. These issues include heart disease and hypertension, obesity, diabetes, stroke, and cancer. Substance abuse and addiction levels within the community are quite high. The hospital can help the community address these issues by coming up with community sensitization campaigns aimed at educating residents about the adverse impacts of substance abuse and the
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