Carefully read through all components (listed below) required for completion of the Research Project. In selecting your project topic, ensure that you will be able to ascertain the appropriate data/information needed to complete the project in terms of the deliverables.

Select a health care organization (local or national, large or small, public or private) and perform a needs assessment/gap analysis. You may utilize your own organization if you are employed in a health care related company. You may approach the Research Project from a (1) Human Resources, (2) Operations, or (3) Facilities perspective. You may select an organization in your own community.

1. Human Resources: staffing, training, recruitment, retention, job function redesign, etc.
2. Operations: delivery of service/care, access, wait times, equipment usage, process improvements, resource optimization, regulatory compliance, etc.
3. Facilities: space planning, construction, redesign, relocation.

The components for the Research Project include the following:

1. Title
2. Executive Summary (Needs Content Criteria)
3. Description of the organization (history, length in service/operation, how many beds? clients served? location; rural vs. urban, satellite locations, total number of staff, client usage information/demographics, etc.)
4. Needs Assessment/Gap Analysis: What is not currently being offered? Room for improvements? Service delivery deficits? Personnel issues/shortages? Justify with supporting data and statistics.
5. Propose an intervention (service or facility) based on the needs/gap analysis.
6. Justify your proposed intervention by providing an analysis from:Cultural
7. Social
8. Legal
9. Economics
10. Regulatory
11. Reimbursement
12. Managed care
13. Health legislation
14. Contracts perspectives
15. Pick a minimum of three of the elements listed above depending on the organization selected and which apply to the specific organization/situation selected.
16. A plan to implement your intervention. Identify the stakeholders involved, and their role (s) in implementing the intervention. Include finance and staffing elements required to implement the intervention.
17. Develop a marketing communication plan on how the stakeholders will be informed, kept up-to-date, etc. prior to the intervention, during the intervention, and post intervention.
18. Develop a plan for measurement effectiveness of the intervention. What indicators will determine if the intervention is successful?
19. References

Writing the Research Project

The Research Project:

10 to 12 in length, APA.

1. Title of paper
3. Course name and number
6. Must begin with an introductory paragraph that has a succinct thesis statement.
7. Must address the topic of the paper with critical thought.
8. Must end with a conclusion that reaffirms your thesis.
9. Must use at least ten scholarly and /or peer-reviewed sources, published within the last 5 years.