Please use the highlighted subject matter in the attached Capstone Topic Approval Form for subject matter framework.
The project proposal includes the summary, analysis, and proposed solution for the healthcare management or administration opportunity or area of need you identified in Task 1.
In this task, you will further describe your chosen real-world healthcare management or administration opportunity or area of need from Task 1. You will provide credible research regarding this opportunity or area of need. You will evaluate the key factors surrounding it to propose a workable, innovative solution. Your project proposal should be detailed enough to demonstrate that the success of the proposed solution is plausible from both a strategic and a financial perspective.
Note: You must complete and pass Task 1, Project Approval, prior to submitting this task.
REQUIREMENTS
Your submission must be your original work. No more than a combined total of 30% of the submission and no more than a 10% match to any one individual source can be directly quoted or closely paraphrased from sources, even if cited correctly. The similarity report that is provided when you submit your task can be used as a guide.
You must use the rubric to direct the creation of your submission because it provides detailed criteria that will be used to evaluate your work. Each requirement below may be evaluated by more than one rubric aspect. The rubric aspect titles may contain hyperlinks to relevant portions of the course.
Tasks may not be submitted as cloud links, such as links to Google Docs, Google Slides, OneDrive, etc., unless specified in the task requirements. All other submissions must be file types that are uploaded and submitted as attachments (e.g., .docx, .pdf, .ppt).
A. Write an executive summary of the approved capstone project from Task 1, including the following elements:
• the healthcare management or administration opportunity or area of need
• any relevant background information
• a brief description of the proposed solution
• the feasibility of your solution
B. Explain the healthcare management or administration opportunity or area of need by doing the following:
1. Discuss the importance and relevance of the opportunity or area of need to the project.
2. Describe the factor(s) and underlying cause(s) that may contribute to the existence of the opportunity or area of need.
3. Explain how the opportunity or area of need affects the organization’s ability to provide services.
C. Conduct a strategic analysis for the healthcare management or administration opportunity or area of need, including the following:
• two internal strengths and two internal weaknesses of the organization in healthcare management
• two external opportunities and two external threats to the organization in the healthcare industry
• two regulatory or legal aspects related to the identified opportunity or area of need
D. Propose a solution to the healthcare management or administration opportunity or area of need by doing the following:
1. Describe the proposed solution. Include two specific details as supporting evidence.
2. Justify how the solution addresses the opportunity or area of need. Include two specific details as supporting evidence.
3. Analyze how the solution optimizes one of the following business operations:
• boosting organizational performance
• strengthening stakeholder relationships
• streamlining processes and systems
• promoting patient-centric approaches
E. Acknowledge sources, using in-text citations and references, for content that is quoted, paraphrased, or summarized.
F. Demonstrate professional communication in the content and presentation of your submission.
