Note:  To access this Week’s required library resources, please click on the link to the Course Readings List, found in the Course Materials section of your Syllabus.

Required Readings

Baker, J. J., Baker, R. W., & Dworkin, N. R.  (2018). Health care finance: Basic tools for nonfinancial managers (5th ed.). Burlington, MA: Jones and Bartlett Learning.

 

· Chapter 15, “Using Comparative Data” (pp. 161-173)

 

Review: In this chapter, you are introduced to the criteria for identifying other health care organizations that are comparable to your own. Data from these organizations can then be used to evaluate your own organizational performance.

Thorpe, L., Kovach, S., Vins, W., & Stefanak, M. (2010). Business process analysis and redesign methods: improving response to telephone-based reports in a local health department. Public Health Reports, 125(6), 903–908.

Retrieved from the Walden Library databases.

 

In this article, the authors describe a case in which one local health department used the business process analysis and redesign methods to test their effect on response time to pressing public health problems. It demonstrates the importance of analyzing current organizational processes in order to improve system design.

Jenkins, A., & Eckel, S. (2012). Analyzing methods for improved management of workflow in an outpatient pharmacy setting. American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy, 69(11), 966–971.

Retrieved from the Walden Library databases.

 

This article details an analysis of a central outpatient pharmacy. The authors explain the need to transfer pharmacists’ dispensing-oriented activities from technical dispensing functions toward more pharmacist-patient related interactions.

 

CareLogistics (n.d.). Hospital Operating System: Unleashing throughput potential (Executive Summary). Retrieved from http://www.iise.org/uploadedFiles/SHSNew/Tools_and_Resources/Case_Studies_and_Tools/Exec%20Summary-White%20Paper%20-%20Hospital%20Operating%20System.pdf

 

This white paper discusses whether or not a hospital would be able to manage throughput if it becomes a system of interconnected activities.

 

Required Media

Laureate Education (Producer). (2012). Process analyses. Baltimore, MD: Author.

 

Note: The approximate length of this media piece is 6 minutes.

 

In this video, Dr. William Ward describes brown paper analysis, process flow analysis, and value stream mapping. Dr. Ward demonstrates the application of the three types of analyses to the same scenario to highlight their different uses.

 

Accessible player

 

Document: The following document gives credit for Laureate-produced media in this course: Credits (PDF)

 

 

Discussion: Process Flow Analysis

Have you ever encountered a process that had too many steps or was overly complicated? Perhaps you examined the process and looked for areas where you could remove steps or simplify its flow. If you did, you were conducting a process flow analysis. Process analysis is an important step in determining the financial well-being of an organization and pinpointing areas where changes could help improve the bottom line. In this Assignment, you will create a process flow analysis (also known as workflow diagramming) for an activity in your own organization (or one with which you are familiar).

To prepare:

· Review the information in the Learning Resources (including the Media) for this week dealing with how to perform a process flow analysis.

· Identify a process that is completed on a consistent basis in your organization (or one with which you are familiar). Examples of a process include such things as how a patient is moved through the system, or what must occur to prepare an examination room or hospital room for the next patient.

· Create a simple flow analysis map detailing the process using Microsoft Word using one of the methods below:

· Select SmartArt from the Insert menu and select a diagram that matches the flowchart structure you would like to use.

· Select Shapes from theInsert menu and select the shape that matches the flowchart piece you would like to use. Continue inserting shapes and connect them using the arrow shapes.

· Reflect on the ease or difficulty of obtaining the necessary information to create your flow analysis map.

· Identify “white space” as defined in the article, “Hospital Operating System: Unleashing Throughput Potential” found in the Learning Resources for this week.

· Determine strategies for improving the process flow.

· Reflect on the role of the process flow analysis in financial decision making and how it can have positive impacts on the process. Attach your Flow Analysis Map to your Discussion post.

 

Describe the process you analyzed and how you went about gathering the necessary information to create your flow analysis map. Identify specific areas of white space that need to be addressed and propose strategies for improving the process. Analyze how process flow analysis can be a useful tool in financial decision making and the ramifications of not using it. Be sure and include your flow analysis map when you turn in your paper.

Reminder:  This Discussion assignment serves as your Portfolio Assignment for this course. Be sure to save this Discussion Assignment on both your hard drive and on an external drive.

By Day 3

Describe the process you analyzed and how you went about gathering the necessary information to create your flow analysis map. Identify specific areas of white space and propose strategies for improving the process. Analyze how process flow analysis can be a useful tool in financial decision making and the ramifications of not using it. Be sure and include your flow analysis map as part of your post.

By Day 6

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In this final essay, you are given an opportunity to apply what youve learned thus far about beliefs, perspectives, and deductive reasoning. Please read the Topic to get an understanding of the Traditional & Popular Beliefs about Interracial Relationships that you will be comparing & contrasting.
I. Topic
In David Muras Reflections of My Daughter, he discusses the appearance of self-hate represented in his choice of marrying a white woman. When recalling a poem he wrote entitled The Color of Desire he said, at one point, the poem asks this question: Father, mother, / I married a woman not of my color. / What is it I want to escape?
Traditional Belief Men of color who marry outside of their race want to escape from their culture, values and/or themselves.
Popular Culture Belief Men of color who marry outside of their race dont want to escape from their culture, values and/or themselves, instead they are driven by love.
II. Prompt
You are being asked to write a comparative essay that will investigate the Traditional and Popular Cultural Belief from the topic above for the people of color that you decide to explore. You can change the gender & ethnicity of the subjects, e.g. you can choose to explore how these beliefs apply to Asian women. You are to research both the Traditional and Popular Cultural Beliefs and based on the facts you discover from that research develop your perspective.
I want you to adopt an active perspective about the idea of escape vs. love driving people of color into interracial relationships. This is to say, when writing your paper,
   
please share with me how your new perspective will impact your life. Will it affect how you watch movies? Will it affect who you date? Will it affect how you raise your children? Your thesis should be a question that guides you towards your perspective.
Your thesis will dictate how you organize your paper. A good essay will reflect substantial research and a strong roadmap also known as an outline. These three basic building blocks, i.e. thesis, research and roadmap are the key to developing an essay that effectively communicates your perspective.
III. Key Terms
Compare & Contrast This is a comparative Essay! Be sure to compare and contrast the Traditional Belief to the Popular Cultural Belief within your paper.
Theme/Topic Clearly share your understanding of both the Traditional and Popular Cultural Beliefs for your chosen topic in your introductory paragraph, i.e. show that you comprehend the theme(s) presented in the topic that you choose.
Thesis – You are tasked with proposing a thesis that guides you to develop a perspective on the belief presented in your topic. Your thesis should also be included in your introductory paragraph. And this thesis should guide you towards both your perspective and the way that you envision applying your perspective, e.g. if you are considering interracial dating, then developing a perspective could guide you in your decision.
Roadmap – Your introductory paragraph should present the roadmap that you will follow to transition the belief presented in your paper into your perspective on the topic.
Research – When developing your perspective, please remember to apply deductive reasoning through research and examination of the facts, rather than inductive reasoning.
Active Perspective – In the end, the outcome of your research and examination of both the Traditional Belief and the Popular Culture Belief will lead you to a perspective that you can apply to your life in some way.
Conclusion – Ultimately, you must articulate your newly developed perspective. While researching for this paper, you may find that your perspective is in sync with the Traditional Belief or perhaps your perspective is more in agreement with the Popular Cultural Belief. It is entirely possible to have developed an alternative perspective on your topic. Either way remember that you must articulate what you plan on doing with your new perspective, i.e. how will it impact your life.
LOGISTICS
Grading: This essay is 30% of your final grade and is broken down as follows:
Following directions (5 points) Thesis (3 points)
Support (3 points)
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Organization (3 points)
Response to Prompt (16 points) See Sections II & III
Directions for Paper
1. Your paper should be no less than 4 full pages and no more than 6 pages 2. 12-point font
3. Times New Roman font
4. Double spaced
5. Standard margins
6. Include page numbers
7. Include a cover sheet (see attached sample provided), which is not to be included
in your page count.
8. Include a bibliography (see attached sample provided), which is not to be
included in your page count.
9. Endnotes (sample provided at the end of these instructions)
10. Please choose a specific citing style, i.e. MLA, Chicago Manual Style, etc.
11. 4 Scholarly sources (two of which must be from outside of the assigned books,
movies and professors insight from the course; one must come from this class the only movies that can be referenced are from in-class). Please remember that wikipedia is NOT a scholarly source (see syllabus). Also, do NOT use Blogs or video sources including Youtube. Scholarly sources are in-class material or outside material that has been edited or peer-reviewed. If you are unsure, please check-in with Professor Cleveland.
See the document Samples for examples of cover sheet and citations. Papers are due on Sunday, December 8th, 2019 before 11:59am.
NO LATE PAPERS WILL BE ACCEPTED. NO EXCEPTIONS.
***Please post through the Final Essay Assignment Turn-It-In item in the Course Material Section on-line. When you upload your essay, you will receive a receipt. If you dont receive that receipt, then you HAVE NOT submitted your essay successfully. NOTE: Please submit a Windows document with your name in the file title, e.g. Final Essay_Your Name.doc or .docx