Health policy development and enactment is continuously in a state of flux; current health policies should be evaluated based on outcomes that meet or exceed benchmarks regarding positive health care outcomes for patients. In the United States, local, state, and federal governments often enact public health policies. Policy development is a complicated process with multiple actors, data analytics, political values, and current best practices that support evidence-based outcomes. Furthermore, health equity centers on patients' ability to obtain quality healthcare services. It is important for the actors involved in health policy formation to focus on policy implementation; yet equally important is to realize that enactment of the health policy is not the end of the process.

This week, you are the CEO for Shady Valley Long-Term Care Center. The skilled nursing facility is a 100-bed comprehensive facility that offers long-term care, skilled care, in-house physical therapy, palliative care, and hospice services. The long-term care facility is committed to offering state of the art healthcare services with a focus on diversity, equity, and quality of care for its patients and families. You and your team will be working with multiple long-term care individuals to include both administrative and clinical managers. You are tasked with developing and presenting a PowerPoint presentation to the board of trustees. The topic of this slide presentation will focus on one health policy change of your choice within the long-term care industry. Examples center on legal issues, patient confidentiality, hospice-right to die, cost and billing, DEI, and quality care issues.

Be sure to address the following requirements in your PowerPoint presentation:

• Describe the team members initiating the health policy analysis process, the specific chosen health policy issue, and what needs to be changed in relation to positive health care outcomes for patients.
• Explain the specific tool or method(s) you will use to evaluate past outcomes and projected outcomes for the proposed policy change.
• Describe the actors, ethical decision makers and their alignment within society to improve diversity, equity, and inclusion regarding the suggested policy change.
• Discuss the importance of evidence-based outcomes in relation to labor and employment laws associated with the proposed health policy change.
• Evaluate the role of leadership within the formation and implementation of the suggested health policy change.
• Discuss the possible effects of the newly suggested health policy change regarding compensation and anatomy of healthcare professionals. Examples include the need for additional liability insurance, licenses, overtime compensation, and training required to implement the suggested health policy change.
• Define the stakeholders involved in or affected by the newly proposed health policy change. Who will be informed, who will participate, who will be a champion of the policy, who can be an enabler, and who might be a blocker and needs to be co-opted?
• Create a PowerPoint with 10-12 slides, without including the title page or reference page slides. The presentation must include detailed speakers notes concerning each bullet point on the slide.

The Health Policy Analysis, Implementation, Strategy, Planning, and Organizational Change presentation

• must include 10 to 12 double-spaced slides (not including title and references slides) and formatted according to APA StyleLinks to an external site., as outlined in the Writing Center’s How to Make a PowerPoint PresentationLinks to an external site. resource.
• must include a separate title slide with the following in title case:
  • Title of project in bold font
    • Space should appear between the title and the rest of the information on the title page.
  • Student’s name
  • Name of institution (The University of Arizona Global Campus)
  • Course name and number
  • Instructor’s name
  • Due date
• must include introduction and conclusion slides.
  • For assistance on writing Introductions & ConclusionsLinks to an external site., refer to the Writing Center resources.
• must include a separate references slide that is formatted according to APA StyleLinks to an external site., as outlined in the Writing Center resources. Refer to the following tutorials in the Writing Center for specifications:
  • APA: Formatting Your References ListLinks to an external site.
  • APA: Citing Within Your PaperLinks to an external site.