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MBA621 Healthcare Systems - Kaplan Business School

Report and Critical Analysis

Your Task
Develop a 2000 word report outlining findings and recommendations for further action, built upon an ongoing analysis of the health service you examined in Assessment 2.

Assessment Description
The purpose of this individual assessment is to foster students' capacity to utilise a systems-thinking approach to further develop an understanding of the Australian health care system, and its ability to provide care and prevent illness. Students will utilise data to predict the role and influence of preventative strategies and technology on the demand for healthcare in the future, focussing on vulnerable populations. They will debate the ethical issues that can arise in the management of health care systems and actively consider ways for systems and management challenges may be resolved. In addition, they will create an inventory of resource requirements that are applicable to a variety of healthcare settings, with a focus on vulnerable populations.

Assessment Instructions
This assessment requires students to build on the analysis undertaken in Assessment 2, where a specialist health service's preparedness to meet the needs of the Australia's ageing population was considered.
The analysis, to date, has used a systems thinking approach and has been based on the WHO six building blocks of a health system framework.

1) Service Delivery.
2) Health Workforce.
3) Information.
4) Medical Products, Vaccines and Technologies.
5) Financing.
6) Leadership and Governance (Stewardship).

In this assessment students should provide a concise overview of the service and the main findings from Assessment 2. Then, through their research and analysis (systems thinking), focus on identifying how quality services and responsiveness to the needs of an ageing Australian population are maintained and enhanced by the service and its service providers.To achieve the assessment requirements, the report should be constructed accordingly:
1) Executive summary.
2) Concise overview of the service and the main findings from Assessment 2.
3) Examination of how quality service provision is maintained and enhanced by the service.
4) Examination of responsiveness to the needs of an ageing Australian population and how it may be enhanced by the service.
5) Examination of ethical issues and considerations related to service delivery decisions and vulnerable populations.
6) Recommendations for future action.
7) References - A minimum of 15 references, at least 8 of these should be academic journals. Harvard referencing method applies.
In order to explore the full breadth of maintaining and enhancing quality service provision, students should consider the interconnectedness between the health service and the wider system of the National Safety and Quality Health Service (NSQHS) Standards, the National Registration and Accreditation Scheme (NRAS) for health practitioners maintained by the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Authority (AHPRA) and other professionals who self-regulate under the banner of the National Alliance of Self Regulating Health Professions (NASRHP)..
To provide a context for discussion, students should utilise appropriate standards to assist them to provide substantial examples of how quality services and responsiveness to the needs of an ageing Australian population are maintained and enhanced by the service and its service providers. For example (this is not an exhaustive list):
• NSQHS: Clinical Governance Standard, Action 1.8, 1.9, 1.10, 1.15.
• NSQHS: Partnering with Consumers Standard, Action 2.3, 2.4, 2.5, 2.6.
• AHPRA: Continuing Professional Development.
• AHPRA: Recency of Practice.
• SA Health: Allied Health Clinical Governance Framework.