Project Overview

Health statistics is important as it provides indicators that help us learn about the conditions of life and health in a country. Health statistics is used to understand both individual health and also the health of an entire nation. Additionally, health statistics helps us to understand the effect of health on individuals and their environment. As we monitor the health of population(s), we enhance our understanding of strategies to promote its health. The development and analysis of health statistics provides needed information about health care services at the local, state, national and even international level.

Course Project – Hospital Overview

You are the HIM director for a Research Hospital, Be Well Healthcare. The hospital has just acquired a local hospital to expand their healthcare service options in your area and have asked you to sit on the committee that will be collecting statistical information to present to management team, so they can learn about the new facility.

For this project, you will select a local hospital in your area, which will be the hospital that was just acquired as part of the case study. You will research and present a formal report to the committee. You will develop sections of the report throughout the course and submit a final compilation of all the sections for the last project deliverable.

Identify a hospital in your area to research that interests you. Collect and analyze information about the hospital from its website, annual report, and other sources that you find. Write a 1-2 page paper that provides an overview of the facility. Include important information about its size, service deliveries, location, patient demographics, specialties, financial information and other information you find that is important or distinguishes the hospital.

Make sure that you properly cite references in an APA format. It is also important that you save any sources that you use for your paper as you will be creating an annotated bibliography as a future deliverable.

Due Date

Your final project is due in Module 10. There are individual assignments along the way. The module they are due is noted in the time line below.

Time Line

Requirements

Your final paper must be 5-7 pages in length (approximately 1400-1600 words). It should demonstrate a strong thesis statement supported by research from at least 5 different sources. Include both in text citations and a references page in APA format. You can find more information on APA format in the Online Library, which is accessible through theResources tab.

Evaluation

Each assignment leading up to the final assignment is evaluated and graded independently. Your faculty member will provide specific grading criteria for each step of the project prior to its due date.

For Further Questions

If you have further questions throughout this project, please ask your faculty member. Post ideas and questions for your classmates in the General Course Questions forum in the Getting Started folder of this course.

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