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Developing an Implementation Plan

Developing an Implementation Plan

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Develop a 6–7-page implementation plan for the initiative you proposed in Assessment 1. Include a budget for material, staffing, and capital costs over the first five years of the initiative, as well as projected earnings. In addition, include a timeline, an organizational impact analysis, and an explanation of the effects of environmental changes on the initiative.

Note: Each assessment in this course builds upon the work you have completed in previous assessments. Therefore, you must complete the assessments in the order in which they are presented.

Assessment Instructions

Develop a thorough implementation plan for the economic initiative you proposed in Assessment 1. Your plan must include a budget for material, staffing, and capital costs over the first five years of the initiative, as well as projected earnings. In addition, include:

  • A plan and timeline for rolling out the initiative.Developing an Implementation Plan
  • An analysis of how the initiative may impact other aspects of the organization or care setting.
  • An explanation how the initiative can remain viable in the face of environmental changes.
  • Sufficient relevant and credible supporting evidence.

REQUIREMENTS

The requirements for your implementation plan, outlined below, correspond to the scoring guide criteria, so be sure to address each main point. Read the performance-level descriptions for each criterion to see how your work will be assessed. In addition, be sure to note the requirements for document format and length and for supporting evidence.

  • Create a budget for expected costs and earnings over the first five years of your proposed initiative.
    • What are the expected material, staffing, and capital costs of your proposed initiative over its first five years?
    • What are the projected earnings for your organization or care setting over the first five years of your economic initiative?
    • How does this budget take into account the findings and feedback you received on your business case?
    • What assumptions are you basing your budget on?
  • Create an implementation plan for your proposed initiative that enables achievement of quality or service improvements in an ethical and culturally equitable way.Developing an Implementation Plan
    • Did you create a timeline for the rollout?
    • How will you work with relevant stakeholders to ensure that your economic initiative is implemented successfully and sustained?
    • How will you ensure that the rollout is conducted in an ethical and culturally equitable manner?
    • How will you ensure that the desired quality or service improvements your economic initiative will achieve are on track during and after implementation?
  • Analyze the impact of your proposed initiative, once implemented, on other aspects of your organization or care setting and ways in which negative impacts could be mitigated.
    • What other aspects of your organization or care setting may be positively or negatively impacted by the implementation of your proposed initiative?
    • How will these other aspects of your organization or care setting be affected? (For example, increased workload on a testing department, borrowing of staff hours from another part of the care setting, or better communication with the community.)
    • How could you mitigate at least some of the negative effects on other aspects of your organization or care setting?
  • Explain your strategies for ensuring that your proposed initiative can remain a viable asset to the organization or care setting in the face of dynamic environmental forces.Developing an Implementation Plan
    • What are the environmental risks to your economic initiative?
    • How could your initiative, or aspects of it, still be a viable benefit to your organization or care setting if the environment shifts in unpredictable ways?
    • What strategies would you propose implementing to keep all, or a portion of, your initiative a viable net benefit to your organization or care setting?
  • Justify the relevance and significance of the quantitative and qualitative economic, financial, and scholarly evidence you used throughout your plan to support your recommendations.
    • How is the evidence relevant to your organization or care setting?
    • How is the evidence relevant to your proposed economic initiative?
    • How does the evidence illustrate a solution that has been successful in the past?
    • How does the evidence illustrate that a recommendation is the best course of action for your situation and organization or care setting?
  • Write concisely and directly, using active voice.
    • Proofread your document before you submit it to minimize errors that could distract readers and make it more difficult for them to focus on the substance of your implementation plan.
  • Adhere to the rules of grammar, usage, and mechanics.

Example Assessment: You may use the following to give you an idea of what a Proficient or higher rating on the scoring guide would look like:

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS

Your assessment should also meet the following requirements:Developing an Implementation Plan

  • Format: Format your implementation plan using current APA style.
    • A title page and references page. An abstract is not required.
    • A running head on all pages.
    • Appropriate section headings.Developing an Implementation Plan
  • Length: Your implementation plan should be 6–7 pages in length, not including the title page and references page.
  • Supporting evidence: Cite 3–5 authoritative and scholarly resources to support your implementation plan. Be sure that your sources include specific economic data.

Resources

BUDGET DEVELOPMENT

The following articles may be helpful in helping you to create a budget.Developing an Implementation Plan

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STRATEGY DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION

The following example implementation plan illustrates a strategy to expedite the care of a subset of the population.

COST EFFECTIVENESS

The following article provides insight into the concept of valued-based purchasing concept in health care, why it is important, and what type of strategies can be effective for meeting the challenges of this current environment.

The following two articles illustrate analyses, in different settings, of what is cost effective and what is not. The theme of social and fiscal responsibility is paramount in these examples.

ECONOMIC EVALUATION

The following article provides a systematic review of nursing-related studies and examines the methodological criteria for economic evaluations.

The following web page provides a step-by-step guide to conducting economic reviews of interventions.

 

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Running head: IMPLEMENTATION PLAN Implementation Plan for a New Initiative Learner’s Name Capella University Economics and Decision Making in Health Care Developing an Implementation Plan December, 2018 Copyright ©2018 Capella University. Copy and distribution of this document are prohibited. 1 IMPLEMENTATION PLAN FOR A NEW ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY 2 Implementation Plan for a New Economic Opportunity The economic initiative proposed to the senior management of Whilborne Medical Center (WMC) is setting up an urgent care center (UCC) on WMC’s premises. A UCC is a health care facility that offers immediate care for injuries and illnesses that are not lifethreatening (Yee, Lechner, & Boukus, 2013). The UCC at WMC will aim to deliver safe, timely, patient-centered, efficient, and effective health care to the community as well as attempt to address health inequalities in the community. An economic and environmental analysis was conducted to determine the feasibility of setting up the UCC, and a business plan was presented to the senior management of WMC. The management believes that this initiative has the potential to benefit the organization in the short and long term. With this in view, an implementation plan for setting up the UCC has been prepared. The implementation plan includes a 5-year budget for the UCC, a timeline for rolling out the UCC, an analysis of how the UCC might impact WMC, and an explanation of how WMC should deal with dynamic environmental forces. Budget for the Proposed Urgent Care Center A budget has been prepared to show the projected revenue and the expenses that the UCC expects to incur over a 5-year period following the completion of its construction. The budget has been created based on the assumption that construction of the UCC will be completed by the end of 2018. Therefore, the budget plan contains revenue and expenditure details for the first 5 years of operation, from 2019 to 2023. Revenue per annum over a 5-year period has been calculated by multiplying the expected patient volume by average consultation charges. It is estimated that around 357 patients will visit Copyright ©2018 Capella University. Copy and distribution of this document are prohibited.Developing an Implementation Plan
IMPLEMENTATION PLAN FOR A NEW ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY 3 the UCC per week and around $156 will be charged per patient per visit (AMN Healthcare, 2015; Yakobi, 2017). Thus, the revenue generated during the first year of operation is expected to be around $2,730,000. The UCC’s revenue is expected to increase by 5.3% annually (“Urgent Care Center Market,” 2018). Operating expenses for the UCC will comprise staff salaries, basic utilities, insurance, and other operating expenses (such as administrative and marketing costs). Staff salaries for the first three years include the salaries of a full-time physician ($232,000), a nurse practitioner ($112,000), a medical assistant ($35,000), and a medical receptionist ($32,000) (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2017).Developing an Implementation Plan
However, in years four and five, new staff will be recruited to manage the increased number of patients. The new staff will comprise a full-time nurse practitioner and a full-time physician, whose salaries will be calculated taking into consideration the 2.7% per annum estimated actual growth rate of employees’ salaries (Economic Policy Institute, 2018). Expenditure on basic utilities is assumed to increase by 5% each year. Insurance expenses are assumed to increase in the fourth and fifth years of operation owing to recruitment of two staff members. Other operating expenses are assumed to be 12% of annual revenue based on trends observed in WMC’s financial statements. The total expected capital cost for the project is $350,000. One half of this cost will be funded through WMC’s reserves, and a bank loan will be arranged to fund the other half. Therefore, WMC will need to take a loan of $175,000 to fund this economic initiative. Assuming that the loan tenure is 5 years and the interest rate is 7% per annum, the loan repayment is expected to be $41,580 per annum. As per the budget, the UCC will earn a cash surplus during the first 5 years. The cash surplus generated in the fourth and fifth years of operation may be lower than the third year owing to recruitment of staff members in these years. The total cash surplus in the first 5 years is Copyright ©2018 Capella University. Copy and distribution of this document are prohibited. Comment [A1]: Great job thinking ahead! IMPLEMENTATION PLAN FOR A NEW ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY 4 estimated at $7,783,369.30 (see Appendix for more information on the 5-year budget for the proposed economic initiative). Rolling out the Economic Initiative The first step in the implementation plan is to set a timeline to roll out the UCC to the public. It is assumed that it will take around 2 months for WMC senior management to approve the project and for a bank to approve the loan. Considering that construction of the UCC will take around 7 months, the process is scheduled to begin in June 2018 and is expected to be completed by December 2018. After discussing with WMC’s senior management, the plan is to have the UCC fully operational from the first month of 2019. Active engagement and participation by stakeholders can ensure better clinical outcomes and patient experience in an urgent care setting. The board of directors of WMC and the senior management, the physicians, the nurses, and other staff members of WMC are some of the relevant internal stakeholders of this economic initiative. For successful implementation of the plan, it is crucial to collaborate with all internal stakeholders to obtain their inputs during the initial stages of implementation and decision-making. Meetings will be held with the stakeholders on a regular basis to discuss the progress of the UCC and devise ways to improve its health care services. WMC has always strived to focus on the six areas of health care quality stated by the Institute of Medicine (IOM), namely timeliness, safety, patient-centeredness, efficiency, equity, and effectiveness (Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, 2015).Developing an Implementation Plan
It will be communicated to all internal stakeholders that the UCC will also focus on these six areas and that setting up the UCC will take WMC a step forward toward accomplishing its vision of serving the community. Copyright ©2018 Capella University. Copy and distribution of this document are prohibited.
IMPLEMENTATION PLAN FOR A NEW ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY 5 In order to make this initiative sustainable, the staff working at the UCC will be encouraged to keep WMC’s vision in mind while trying to meet their short- and long-term goals. Patients are the key external stakeholders in the health care business. If patients receive quick and timely care from excellent service providers, they will be encouraged to visit again and refer new patients to the UCC. Being compassionate with patients, dealing with them in an ethical and culturally sensitive manner, and communicating medical information effectively will encourage patient loyalty while also ensuring that they adhere to their treatment plan (“Helping patients make informed decisions,” 2014). The resultant increase in patient flow and goodwill will help the UCC become a successful and sustainable venture. To ensure that the rollout of the center is done in an ethical and culturally sensitive manner, the UCC will follow the principles of the American Academy of Urgent Care Medicine, which includes not discriminating against patients on the basis of gender, age, color, religion, culture, disability, or other characteristics (Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, 2015). The UCC will have a diverse workforce that can identify and relate to cultural differences; familiarize themselves with health care delivery relevant to patients’ unique socioeconomic, linguistic, and cultural requirements; and provide unbiased care. Hence, by delivering ethically and culturally sensitive health care services, physicians will enhance patient experience and medical outcomes (Cigna, n.d.). With all the stakeholders engaged in the process and focused on achieving the center’s vision, the rollout of the UCC will be a success and it will help WMC to sustain itself within the health care business
. However, the implementation plan has some areas of uncertainty. The successful rollout of the UCC is highly dependent on the timely disbursement of the loan required for the construction of the UCC. If the loan does not get disbursed on time, then the Copyright ©2018 Capella University. Copy and distribution of this document are prohibited. IMPLEMENTATION PLAN FOR A NEW ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY 6 rollout will have to be set for a different timeline when the loan amount becomes available, and this will delay the implementation plan. Also, it is uncertain whether the actual number of patient visits at the UCC will match the estimated patient volume. This is because people in the community may not be aware of the benefits of availing care at the UCC due to lack of sufficient information, misinformation, or misunderstanding. The center will then have to bear the operating losses arising from low patient turnout. Further, an aging population suggests that the number of people who will need health care is set to increase in the coming years (Yakobi, 2017).
This will overburden all health care practitioners at WMC. WMC must thus be ready to facilitate a larger number of patients than it may have anticipated. This negative impact can be mitigated by expanding WMC over the next few years by using the revenue generated by the UCC. WMC’s capacity and workforce could be expanded through the construction of additional departments or centers, addition of facilities and equipment, and hiring of new staff. Strategies to Deal With Dynamic Environmental Forces Various environmental forces, such as the presence of a retail health clinic in the center’s vicinity and the possibility of new UCCs being set up in the vicinity, could affect the urgent care services offered at WMC. The retail health clinic and the UCC have some common key characteristics such as easy accessibility, extended hours, convenience, and health care at affordable costs (Chang et al., 2015). This makes both clinics viable options for patients. However, UCCs are particularly beneficial to patients who wish to avail immediate health care services from physicians for conditions that are not life-threatening. UCCs, often staffed with emergency medicine physicians and equipped with more testing facilities than a retail clinic, are capable of providing care with high acuity (Chang et al., 2015). Therefore, by virtue of the Copyright ©2018 Capella University. Copy and distribution of this document are prohibited. IMPLEMENTATION PLAN FOR A NEW ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY 7 convenient and quality health care it provides, the UCC is an economically viable asset for WMC. Another factor that could affect the UCC at WMC is possible competition from upcoming UCCs and primary health clinics in the vicinity. Patients will choose the UCC over other clinics in the neighborhood once they have complete trust in it. Staff at the UCC will send out frequent health reminders to regular patients to ensure that the patients do not miss their regular checkups. This will help the patients to not miss their regular checkups. Also, the staff will analyze patients’ views on health care and customize care to improve patient outcomes and experience. This will not only help increase patient visits but also improve patients’ level of trust in the UCC (“Helping patients make informed decisions,” 2014). With all these measures in place, the UCC will be able to beat the competition from upcoming UCCs, making it a viable asset to WMC in the face of unpredictable environmental situations. Conclusion The budget for the UCC shows that it will be economically viable for WMC. With the active commitment and cooperation of all the key stakeholders at WMC and the strategies planned to face dynamic environmental forces, the team endeavors to implement the initiative successfully. It is believed that the UCC will serve not only as an additional revenue stream but also as a viable asset that provides quality community health care services. Copyright ©2018 Capella University. Copy and distribution of this document are prohibited. IMPLEMENTATION PLAN FOR A NEW ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY
8 References Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. (2015). The six domains of health care quality. Retrieved from https://ahrq.gov/professionals/quality-patientsafety/talkingquality/create/sixdomains.html AMN Healthcare. (2015). Convenient care: Growth and staffing trends in urgent care and retail medicine. Retrieved from https:// amnhealthcare.com/uploadedFiles/MainSite/Content/Healthcare_Industry_Insights/Indust ry_Research/AMN%2015%20W001_Convenient%20Care%20Whitepaper(1).pdf Chang, J. E., Brundage, S. C., & Chokshi, D. A. (2015). Convenient ambulatory care—promise, pitfalls, and policy. The New England Journal of Medicine, 373(4), 382–388. Retrieved from http://library.capella.edu/login?qurl=https%3A%2F%2Fsearch.proquest.com%2Fdocvie w%2F1698429950%3Fac Cigna. (n.d.). Cultural competency in health care: Delivering quality care to an increasingly diverse population. Retrieved from https://cigna.com/assets/docs/about-cigna/thn-whitepapers/cultural-competency-in-health-care-final.pdf Economic Policy Institute. (2018, April 6). Nominal wage tracker. Retrieved from https://epi.org/nominal-wage-tracker/ Helping patients make informed decisions. (2014, April). Retrieved from https://cmpaacpm.ca/en/advice-publications/browse-articles/2014/helping-patients-make-informeddecisions Copyright ©2018 Capella University. Copy and distribution of this document are prohibited. Developing an Implementation PlanIMPLEMENTATION PLAN FOR A NEW ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY 9 Qin, H., Prybutok, G. L., Prybutok, V. R., & Wang, B. (2015). Quantitative comparisons of urgent care service providers. International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance, 28(6), 574–594. Retrieved from http://library.capella.edu/login?qurl=https%3A%2F%2Fsearch.proquest.com%2Fdocvie w%2F1694933787%3Facco Urgent Care Center Market by Service (Acute Illness Treatment, Trauma/Injury Treatment, Physical Examination, Immunization & Vaccination), Ownership (Corporate Owned, Physician Owned, Hospital Owned), and Region – Global Forecast to 2023. (2018, March). Retrieved from https://marketsandmarkets.com/Market-Reports/urgent-carecenter-market-197843477.html U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. (2017). Occupational employment statistics. Retrieved from https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/naics4_621400.htm Yakobi, R. (2017). Impact of urgent care centers on emergency department visits. Health Care Current Reviews, 5(3). http://dx.doi.org/10.4172/2375-4273.1000204 Yee, T., Lechner, A. E., & Boukus, E. R. (2013). The surge in urgent care centers: Emergency department alternative or costly convenience? Research Briefs. Retrieved from https://researchgate.net/profile/Tracy_Yee/publication/257202014_The_surge_in_urgent _care_centers_emergency_department_alternative_or_costly_convenience/links/5750682 008aed9fa2bd2d531 Copyright ©2018 Capella University. Copy and distribution of this document are prohibited. Comment [A2]: ‘www.’ has to be included in the link for it to work. IMPLEMENTATION PLAN FOR A NEW ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY 10 Appendix 5-Year Budget for Proposed Economic Initiative FY 2019 Year 1 ($) Opening Cash Balance Fund Received Loan Operating Receipts Patient Service Receipts (UCC) Total Receipts 0.00 FY 2020 Year 2 ($) FY 2021 Year 3 ($) FY 2022 Year 4 ($) FY 2023 Year 5 ($) Total ($) 1,465,820.00 3,024,260.00 4,680,446.00 6,312,389.73 0.00 2,730,000.00 2,866,500.00 3,009,825.00 3,160,316.25 3,318,332.06 15,084,973.31 2,730,000.00 2,866,500.00 3,009,825.00 3,160,316.25 3,318,332.06 15,084,973.31 175,000.00 175,000.00 Operating Payments Staff Salaries Basic Utilities Insurance Other Operating Payments Total Operating Payments 825,000.00 55,000.00 15,000.00 327,600.00 849,750.00 57,750.00 15,000.00 343,980.00 875,242.50 60,637.50 15,000.00 361,179.00 1,023,885.20 63,669.38 20,000.00 379,237.95 1,315,719.80 66,852.84 25,000.00 398,199.85 4,889,597.50 303,909.72 90,000.00 1,810,196.80 1,222,600.00 1,266,480.00 1,312,059.00 1,486,792.52 1,805,772.49 7,093,704.01 Operating Surplus/Deficit 1,507,400.00 1,600,020.00 1,697,766.00 1,673,523.73 1,512,559.57 7,991,269.30 (41,580.00) (41,580.00) (41,580.00) (41,580.00) (41,580.00) (207,900.00) (41,580.00) (41,580.00) (41,580.00) (41,580.00) (41,580.00) (207,900.00) Nonoperating Payments Annual Loan Repayment Total Nonoperating Expenses Investments Construction, Furniture, and Equipment Cash Surplus/Deficit Closing Cash Balance (350,000.00) 1,465,820.00 1,465,820.00 1,558,440.00 3,024,260.00 1,656,186.00 4,680,446.00 1,631,943.73 6,312,389.73 1,470,979.57 7,783,369.30 Copyright ©2018 Capella University. Copy and distribution of this document are prohibited. 7,783,369.30 7,783,369.30 …