Introduction
The purpose of this assignment is to give you practice in making a planning proposal to develop a
project to address a health need. It will assess your ability to:
Write to a prescribed format following a proposal structure·
Identify, from an outline situation analysis, the health needs of a community·
Formulate a response which addresses those needs, and sets priorities where appropriate, uses·
given reading and your own experience, and is feasible and logical
Move from general concepts to details of costs, staff and timetable·
Give you confidence, having done it once, for future occasions.·
Background to the task
The central government of Kalitopia, in its new long term strategic statement (2025 Vision for
Health), has identified a high number of individuals suffering (or at risk from) cardiovascular
diseases in the country. Cardiovascular diseases are a group of non-communicable disorders of
the heart and blood vessels including1:
coronary heart disease (also known as ischaemic heart disease) – disease of the blood·
vessels supplying the heart muscle
cerebrovascular disease (also known as stroke) – disease of the blood vessels supplying·
the brain
The Ministry of Health is therefore requiring all districts to develop proposals for improving
cardiovascular health services as a matter of high priority. A World Bank Health Project in
cooperation with the ‘Basic Needs Foundation – Kalitopia’ has a component focusing on this, and
the District Health Planning Group for Bulobazi District has been asked to develop an outline
costed proposal to access funding from this project.
Funds have been provisionally earmarked for the project in Bulobazi subject to a satisfactory
proposal being developed to improve cardiovascular health services. These funds are:
Recurrent funding of 50,000 shillings per year in year 1, updated by 10% in year 2 and a·
further 10% in year 3;
Capital funds totaling 100,000 shillings over the three years.·
These funds are additional to the regular health budget (details in the Bulobazi District profile) and
which is not expected to increase over the three years.
The task
You are part of the District Health Planning Group within Bulobazi District. Other members of the
planning group are the District Medical Officer, the Assistant District Commissioner, and a
representative of the community. The District Health Planning Group needs to prepare the planning
proposal for improving cardiovascular health services for the whole District, to be considered at the
next meeting of the project planning team and you have been asked to prepare the first draft. The
proposal will cover a 3 year period from January 2016 to December 2018. The current date is
October 2015.
You, therefore, have to decide, within the resources allocated and based on your knowledge of the
District, what strategies should be planned for the District. This should be written as a planning
proposal, with a completed budgetStructure of the proposal
Your assignment should be written in the form of a project proposal (rather than an academic essay).
The project methodology requires you to use the following headings in submitting your proposal:
1. Situation analysis setting out key issues (no more than 500 words)
2. Statement of the objectives of the project
3. Outline of the proposal (what strategies you propose should be set up, what each strategy
should achieve; and the main activities needed for each strategy)
4. Justification of the proposal (why you have selected your particular strategies)
5. Resource implications (what staff, equipment etc. will be required in addition to the existing
budget for the District). A budget for each of the three years should be included. A blank
budget sheet is Attachment 3. It is recommended that you use this format for your proposal)
6. Implementation schedule for the proposed activities (an outline programme of who will do
what, in what order, and when). A blank Gantt chart (Attachment 4) is available to develop this
implementation schedule, but feel free to use any other format if deemed appropriate.
7. Monitoring & evaluation. Based on your objectives, how you would measure the success of
the project, including selection of criteria for the objectives and indicators for each criteria and
source of information.
The Bulobazi District profile (Attachment 1), including the schedule of unit costs, should be consulted
in preparing the proposal, but some of the information may be redundant. For any costs or
information which you need but are not given, you should make a reasonable assumption and say
clearly that you are making an assumption. Note also that information is not always totally accurate or
consistent and you may need to make judgements about this.Situation analysis. A brief situation analysis and clear outline of the specific
problem to be addressed focusing on aspects relevant to the topic (maximum
500 words).
10%
Objectives. Clear, measurable and feasible objectives related to both health
status and service delivery for the project which arrive from the situational
analysis and government policies.
5%
Outline proposal. Clear description of each strategy for what will be done to
achieve each of the objectives and activities for each of the strategies. All
strategies and activities need to feasible and realistic.
20%
Justification of outline proposal. Ability to argue a case, to apply ideas and
use relevant material from reading and experience which shows why your
strategies are the appropriate means to achieve the objectives.
15%
Resource implications. Logically derived from proposal, clearly thought
through, appropriate and properly listed by strategy and including budget with
clear distinction between recurrent and capital costs.
20%
Implementation. Logical sequence, feasible time scales, and sensible
allocation of tasks.
10%
Equity and gender. Appropriate consideration of equity and gender issues
throughout the proposal.
5%
Monitoring & evaluation. Relevant and sensible criteria, indicators and source
of information indicated.
10%
Presentation. The assignment follows the general guidance for preparing
assignments. The proposal’s format and structure is user-friendly. Any
references used are cited using the expected citation style.
5%

The paper will be about the different standards of health informatics in which the advantages and the disadvantages of following those standards should be discussed
HIM 220: Healthcare Data Systems Course Paper Guidelines
Overview

The final project for this course is the creation of a Healthcare Informatics Research Paper. The final product represents an authentic demonstration competency, as students will choose related topics to those present in today’s healthcare industry. The project is divided into three 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 Two, Three, and Seven.

Main Elements
The topic for the course paper needs to center around healthcare informatics or a subset of it, such as compliance issues, the use of databases in healthcare informatics, the job market for healthcare informatics professionals, and so on. The subject matter of your paper must be approved by the instructor. Some suggested topics include:
Choose a healthcare database environment; develop a scenario of its utilization of electronic medical records and data exchange.
Data mining in health informatics
Investigate and report on up and coming technologies that will continue to transform the healthcare industry

The subject approved by the instructor is The Standards of Health Informatics. In the paper we should be able to find the different standards of health informatics and we should also find the advantages and disadvantages of following those standards

Scholarly Paper Guidelines
The purpose of this section is to highlight the steps to take in writing a scholarly paper for your courses at the College of Online and Continuing Education at SNHU.

In the Nursing and Healthcare programs, all papers will follow APA format and style. For detailed information about APA, visit the APA site at http://www.apastyle.org. Information can also be located at the Purdue OWL website, supported by Purdue University, at http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/. Note that there are other links found in the Course Information tab for specific topics about APA.

APA Page Setup:
Pages should be set with 1-inch margins.
Font should be 12-point Times New Roman.
Lines should be doubled-spaced throughout the document, without extra spaces at the top or bottom of the page or between paragraphs or sections.
A complete document includes a title page, an abstract (if the instructor requires it), the body of the paper, a reference list, and appendices (if indicated). The paper should be 10 to 12 pages in length, not including cover page.

Basic Structure of Scholarly Writing:
Introduction
Body (development of the points)
Conclusion

Study Approach to the Assignment:
Understand what the assignment is having you do. What is the topic, question, and focus of the assignment?
Begin your research and choose your sources; take notes about the main points in the article.
Decide on your thesis statement and prepare a writing plan. The writing plan is an outline of the paper.
Outline:
Start with major themes from the literature.
Consider the point you want to make related to each theme, related to your thesis statement. Remember that you will want to include other perspectives and either support or refute the perspective when applicable.
Insert details of point development under each theme. Include a notation of the reference sources so that you can include that in the paper.
Begin writing.
Check your paper and correct any grammatical and spelling errors prior to submitting the body of your paper to TurnItIn.
Submit the body of your paper to TurnItIn at least 24 hours before the due date (you should consider submitting 72 hours before—in case TurnItIn is delayed—so that you have time to make any final revisions before submitting the paper for a grade before the deadline). Review the report when it comes back and save it to your computer. When you review the report, look at the source matching and ensure that you have paraphrased and cited the information correctly in the paper.
Submit your paper as a Word document in the appropriate section.

More Details about Parts of the Paper:
The abstract should summarize the content of the report, not be an introduction (the “tone” of the abstract should be similar to news broadcast). Include the following: a) what the paper is about, b) types of resources used to investigate your report and how they were obtained, and c) significant implications. Limit the abstract to 150 words or less.
The body of the paper begins with the introduction (page 3 of the paper if there is an abstract). Repeat the title of the paper on the first line of the page, but do not add the title “introduction.” In APA term papers, the first paragraph of the paper is understood to be the introduction.
The introduction should:
Relate the purpose of the paper (e.g., to present the issue and suggest how to resolve it?).
Define key concepts.
Indicate the significance.
State your thesis statement. The thesis statement should reflect that you have chosen a position that is stated in one sentence and that answers the assignment question. However, remember to use APA style to make your thesis statement. This means you will not use the first-person perspective (“I” statements). Also note: Often, there is no “right” or “wrong” answer to the question. The point is to take a position and then present arguments—or rationales—that support your position.
Next, there should be a development of points (arguments) that were mentioned in the introduction. The body looks at, analyzes, and evaluates the evidence (from the literature) and makes connections that present your points, step by step (a logical development of rationale), to support your thesis statement. A major part of the grade for writing assignments relates to the writing skills of presenting your argument.
There should be a clear indication of the significance of the problem to nursing practice or other discipline, supported by the literature (note that the introduction merely introduces it; the development expounds on the introduction).
Then, present the arguments about how to manage this issue or topic. Remember to present the main points of each author, analyzing and evaluating the strengths and weaknesses of each position. Consider any relationships between what the authors have said. Is there any overlap? Are there any gaps? Do the authors make valid points?
Consider what applies from the article(s) that support your persuasive argument. Use all of the literature to back up your statements; synthesizing the information from your articles (no more than 20% of the paper should be quoted material). Also, avoid using bulleted lists.
The last paragraph of the body of the paper will be the conclusion. The conclusion should assess the issue by summarizing the points made in the paper (and not introduce any “new” points) by stating any further recommendations about the topic and by ending with a repeat of your thesis statement to emphasize your position on the assignment question.

The paper will end with a reference list of each reference cited in the paper. You must follow any specific instructions made by your instructor. When you conduct your literature search, you will find many articles and must decide which articles to use. Consider the following:
Use articles that were published within the past five years.
Look for peer-reviewed articles in notable journals (For nursing: Avoid nurse-opinion articles posted on the internet from nursing websites, such as The Center for Nursing Advocacy, Nursezone.com, and others. Also, avoid hospital organization sites.) Look at the major nursing journals (do a Shapiro Library lit search instead of an internet search). You may consider using a position statement from a nursing organization as one of the resources.
Do not use Wikipedia as a reference.

Grading Rubric for Written Papers HIM 220
This rubric is adopted from the Association of American Colleges and Universities LEAP Initiative
Goal: Critical thinking is a habit of mind characterized by the comprehensive exploration of issues, ideas, artifacts, and events before accepting or formulating an opinion or conclusion. Written Assignments are used to help the student develop the knowledge and skills to articulate their thoughts in a clear, concise, evidence-based format consistent with the standards of professional practice.

Benchmark indicates the minimal level performance expected. Emerging is below expectations. Evaluators will assign a zero to any work that does not meet Emerging level performance.

Rubric

Critical Elements    Proficient
4    Accomplished
3.6    Benchmark
3    Emerging
2
Explanation of Issues
Development of a clear focused thesis statement    Issue/problem to be considered critically is stated clearly and described comprehensively, delivering all relevant information necessary for full understanding.     Issue/problem to be considered critically is stated, described, and clarified so that understanding is not seriously impeded by omissions.    Issue/problem to be considered critically is stated but description leaves some terms undefined, ambiguities unexplored, boundaries undetermined, and/or backgrounds unknown.    Issue/problem to be considered critically is stated without clarification or description.