Healthcare Policy Analysis Paper: [Major Assessment 2]

Healthcare Policy Analysis Paper

In previous Discussions and Assignments, you have examined various aspects of the policy process: exploring the unintended consequences of policies, agenda setting, and analyzing policy recommendations. In this Assignment, you will have the opportunity to further develop your analysis skills by working through the policy analysis process. To be an effective agent for social change, you must be able to logically and critically analyze policy from multiple perspectives and contexts and then present your insights in a succinct and professional manner. This exercise will afford such an experience.

For this Assignment, you will examine a particular policy of interest to you (perhaps the one you selected for this week’s Discussion), and apply a policy analysis framework to understand the impact associated with the implementation of the policy. You will then develop a policy analysis paper, which is due the end of Week 11. This paper will also serve as your Major Assessment for this course.

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To prepare:

Select a health care policy and a policy analysis framework to utilize for this Assignment. You may use the policy and framework you identified in this week’s Discussion or change your selection.

To complete:

Write an 8- to 10-page analysis paper (including references) in which you succinctly address the following:

Part 1: Define the policy issue.

•   How is the issue affecting the policy arena?
• What are the current politics of the issue?
•  At what level in the policy making process is the issue?

Part 2: Apply a policy analysis framework to explore the issue using the following contexts:

•  Social
• Ethical
• Legal
• Historical
• Financial/economic
• Theoretical underpinnings of the policy

• Include in this section:

o    Who are the stakeholders of interest?

o    Is there a nursing policy/position statement on this health care issue? If so, who developed it?

Part 3: Policy options/solutions

• What are the policy options/solutions for addressing the issue? Include at least three levels of options/solutions: no change; partial change; radical change or maximum change.
• What are the theoretical underpinnings of the policy options/solutions?
• What are the health advocacy aspects and leadership requirements of each option?
• How does each option/solution provide an opportunity or need for inter-professional collaboration?
• What are the pros and cons of each suggested change? Include the cost benefits, effectiveness, and efficiency of each option along with the utility and feasibility of each option.

Part 4: Building Consensus

• Outline a plan for building consensus around your recommended option/solution for solving the policy issue.

Part 5: References

• Limit your references so this section is no more than 2 pages.

Your written assignments must follow APA guidelines. Be sure to support your work with specific citations from appropriate Learning Resources and additional scholarly sources as appropriate. Refer to the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association to ensure that your in- text citations and reference list are correct.

Use this policy to develop the paper:  Reporting errors

Howard, J., Levy, F., Mareiniss, D. P., Craven, C. K., McCarthy, M., Epstein-Peterson, Z. D., & et al. (2010). New legal protections for reporting patient errors under the Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act: A review of the medical literature and analysis. Journal of Patient Safety, 6(3), 147-152.

Healthcare Policy Analysis Paper

HLT 600 GC Week 4 Health Care Policy Analysis Latest

You are a health care policy analyst for the local health department. You have been tasked with identifying a policy relevant to health care (e.g., obesity, smoking, asthma, etc.) from your state health department. Once identified, you are to conduct a critical analysis of the policy using the six steps of policy analysis:

• 1) Verify, define, and detail the problem.
• 2) Establish evaluation criteria.
• 3) Identify alternative policies.
• 4) Evaluate alternative policies.
• 5) Display and distinguish among alternative policies.
• 6) Monitor the implemented policy.

Present the analysis in a PowerPoint presentation (12-15 slides); make sure to include speaker notes.

While APA format is not required for the body of this assignment, solid academic writing is expected and in-text citations and references should be presented using APA documentation guidelines, which can be found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center.

This assignment uses a grading rubric. Instructors will be using the rubric to grade the assignment; therefore, students should review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the assignment criteria and expectations for successful completion of the assignment.