Organizational Change Plan – Part I: HCS 587 WEEK 4

Resource: Organizational Change Plan Grading Criteria

Develop Part I of a comprehensive plan to implement an organization change.

Choose an issue from your workplace and create a plan for a proposed change to resolve the issue.

Note. If you do not have a current workplace, or your workplace is not appropriate for this project, work with your instructor to identify an organization you may use for a change plan.

Your change proposal must be something you might actually implement in your workplace. Issues might be related to any of the following:

• Health care services
• Long-term care
• Health care products
• Information technology in health care
• Billing in health care
• Electronic medical records (EMR) implementation
• Access to care
• Outcome, process, or structure of care
• Patient, family, or community experience of care
• Create or revise an educational course or program
• Any other appropriate faculty approved area

Part I of your Organizational Change Plan – Part I focuses on assessment of the change issue and planning for the proposed change.

Prepare a 1,050- to 1,400-word plan with the following:

• Examine the need in the organization for your proposed change.
• Examine organizational and individual barriers to your proposed change.
• Identify factors that might influence your proposed change.
• Summarize factors influencing organizational readiness for your proposed change.
• Identify the theoretical model that relates to your proposed change.
• Identify internal and external resources available to support your change initiative.

Use the University Library to conduct a search for current peer-reviewed literature that provides data to support your change application.

Format your Organizational Change Plan – Part I according to APA guidelines.

Click the Assignment Files tab to submit your Organizational Change Plan – Part I assignment.

SUMMARY/ABSTRACT

Healthcare organizational change plan is an important document that offers a roadmap for a healthcare facility to implement a necessary change. In an environment where patients emphasize on quality services, the Mayo Clinic needs to consider changing the manner in which it applies information technology. The hospital is faced with an urgent need to execute the change as it has fallen behind other care providers in this respect. However, given the age of most of the personnel at the hospital, instituting such a change will be difficult. There are certain factors that will influence the proposed change while the readiness of an organization for the change will be analyzed. A pertinent theoretical model will also be necessary to ensure that the proposed change succeeds. Nevertheless, the success or failure of the proposed change will also depend on internal and external resources.