Assignment title: Information
Topic:
LEADING HEALTH IMPROVEMENT
No# of Pages: 6 pages (1,500 words)
Subject Area:
Public Health
Paper Style:
Harvard
No# of Sources Required: 10
Language:
English (U.K)
Details:
Please the Shared activities should be done separately follow with its references. The
individual assignment should be done separately as well with its own references to
follow.Please do not put the references for two assignment together.
Readings
Required
Goodwin, N., G. Reinhold, & V. Iles, (2006) Managing Health Services, Understanding
Public Health Series, Maidenhead: Open University Press Section 4
Chapters 12, 13 and 14
Mark as complete
Hunter, D. J., (ed.) (2007) Managing for Health, Oxford: Routledge
Chapter 7: 'Developing Management Leadership for Health' (pp. 148-173)
Mark as complete
Optional
Norman, K (2012) Leading service improvement in changing times. British Journal Of
Community Nursing 2012 Apr; Vol. 17 (4), pp. 162-7.
Patel, E et al (2012) Leading change in health-care quality with the Institute for
Healthcare Improvement Open School British Journal of Hospital Medicine (17508460),
2012 Jul; 73 (7): 397-400.
Robbins J; Garman AN; Song PH; McAlearney AS (2012) How high-performance work
systems drive health care value: an examination of leading process improvement
strategies. Quality Management In Health Care 2012 Jul-Sep; Vol. 21 (3), pp. 188-202.
Shared Activity
Required
Leading Health Improvement
As the need for public health systems grows and changes throughout the world, an
imperative need exists to improve those systems. Because of this, health care services
must undergo evaluation in order to find gaps and opportunities for enhancement.
What makes for an effective evaluation of health care services? A measurement of its
performance and impact in meeting the needs of patients can give some information.
Population needs vary from region to region, so it is prudent to compare different
evaluation approaches in order to establish appropriate measurements for your own
health care organisation. In this Shared Activity, you will compare two methods for
health care evaluation and then share your thoughts on new potential approaches
derived from your comparison.
To complete this Shared Activity:
Create a discussion post in which you address the following:
Analyse two existing approaches to performance and impact evaluation measures for
health care services from the same region.
Describe how each approach measures public health care impact.
Compare the approaches in terms of their advantages and disadvantages.
Based on your comparison, recommend a method for evaluating health care services in
your own region. Justify why this method will be effective compared to the two
approaches you described.
Review your fellow colleagues' postings and post a response to at least two of your
colleagues' comments. Your response post should address the following:
Recommend a different evaluation method for your colleagues' approaches.
Support any claims you make.
Individual Assignment