Proposal
A. Create a proposal by doing the following:
1. Propose one innovative, value-based healthcare change that will affect patient outcomes.
a. Select an organizational sponsor in a leadership role and meet with them to authorize your proposed change and complete the attached “Professional Verification Form.”
Note: See the “Professional Verification Form” for details on how to complete the document, and include all required sections. An organizational sponsor is an individual who fulfills a leadership role, such as a supervisor, manager, director, or clinical specialist.
b. Summarize the discussion you had with your organizational sponsor, including feedback received from the sponsor.
c. Explain any changes you had to make to your proposal based on the sponsor’s feedback, or explain why no changes were needed based on your sponsor’s feedback.
2. Provide organizational, local, or national data that support the need for the proposed change.
3. Describe two barriers that may hinder making the proposed change.
4. Discuss a potential negative outcome if your proposed change is not implemented.
a. Discuss a potential action that you can take if there is a lack of support for your proposed change.
5. Discuss two ways this proposed change could enhance value-based care.
6. Describe the key stakeholders by title that are essential to the success of this proposal, including their role in the proposed change.
a. Describe how you would plan to collaborate with your key stakeholders.
Implementation Strategy
B. Create an implementation strategy by doing the following:
1. Identify the key resources needed to implement your proposed change.
2. Identify the costs associated with implementing your proposed change.
3. Discuss two benefits of implementing your proposed change.
4. Provide a timeline for your implementation strategy that includes the following phases:
• planning
• milestones
• implementation
• evaluation
5. Explain how you would use data to support your implementation strategy.
6. Analyze the potential outcomes of your proposed change by doing the following:
a. Discuss a potential financial benefit of the outcome of your proposed change.
b. Discuss two potential ethical implications of the proposed change.
7. Discuss how you could integrate technology into your implementation strategy, including a relevant example of how the technology would be used.
8. Describe how you would measure your proposed change’s success.
Reflection
C. Write a reflection statement by doing the following:
1. Describe how you were a change agent in creating this proposed change and implementation plan, including a relevant example.
2. Examine your influence over the proposed change by doing the following:
a. Describe the knowledge and skills you obtained and used, including a relevant example.
b. Analyze how you could expand the proposal beyond the organization or environment in which you envisioned your proposed change would take place.
D. Incorporate the following components into your task:
• citations that include the author(s) and date of publication—for example: (author, date)
• references that include all four components, in the order of author, date, title, and location
E. Demonstrate professional communication in the content and presentation of your submission.