Purpose

This assignment is intended to help you learn to do the following:

• Evaluate the structural design of healthcare organizations. (III.A.2.i)
• Analyze operational assessment and improvement strategies in a healthcare organization. (III.A.2.ii)
• Critique quality assessment for patient care improvement in a healthcare organization. (III.A.2.iii)
• Summarize the impact and influence of management and leadership in a healthcare organization. (III.A.5.i)

Overview

This assignment represents Part 1 of a two-part project that you will complete for your ePortfolio. As you work on this assignment, you will be developing the following Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Management Education (CAHME) competencies:

III.A.2 Healthcare System and Healthcare Management

1. Structural Design of Healthcare Organizations
2. Operations Assessment & Improvement
3. Quality Assessment for Patient Care Improvement

III.A.5 Management & Leadership

1. Impact & Influence

Action Items

1. Complete Exercise 6: Organizational Self-Assessment (p. 295) in your textbook.
2. Prepare your assignment for submission:
   • Follow all applicable APA Guidelines Links to an external site.regarding in-text citations, list of cited references, and document formatting for this paper. Failure to properly cite and reference sources constitutes plagiarism.
   • Write 3-4 pages answer. The title page and reference list are not included in the page count for this paper.
   • Proofread your assignment carefully. Improper English grammar, sentence structure, punctuation, or spelling will result in significant point deductions.
3. Submit your assignment. Your work will automatically be checked by Turnitin.