Assessment 4: Leadership in the U.S. Health Care System

Write a paper (5-7 pages) that analyzes a selected market force’s effect on the U.S. health system and HIM. Include a description of how two selected leadership and management theories would help in improving or resolving a market force issue.

Introduction

A well functioning health care system with all segments working in harmony depends on all of the following: trained and motivated health care workers, a well-maintained infrastructure, a reliable supply of medicines and technologies, adequate funding, strong health places, and evidence-based policies (World Health Organization, n.d.). We know that the challenges facing the U.S. health care system are many. Health care services are costly and complex. Legislative, financial, and other market forces exert constant pressure on the system to change, adapt, and improve.

The U.S. health care system, one of the top five largest industries in the country, and HIM need individuals who are able to embrace and adapt to organizational change and new innovations. Theoretical frameworks help to provide lenses through which to view, make meaning of, and adapt to change. Developing a personal leadership and management philosophy is an important step for individuals who work in the vast, complex, and ever-evolving U.S. health care system. In addition, knowing how to be a good leader and a good manager, whether for others, or just for yourself, is key to making improvements in the health information management field that benefits everyone.

For this assessment, you will examine how you can apply leadership and management theories to address a market force or issue that affects HIM.

Reference

World Health Organization. (n.d.). Health systems: Key expected results. Retrieved from http://www.who.int/healthsystems/about/progress-ch…

Demonstration of Proficiency

By successfully completing this assessment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the course competencies through the following assessment scoring guide criteria:

• Competency 2: Identify market forces that affect health care systems.
  • Analyze a selected market force’s historical context and its effect on the U.S. health care system and HIM.
• Competency 3: Interpret theories of leadership and management for health systems and health information management.
  • Summarize a minimum of two leadership and management theories applicable to the U.S. health care system and HIM.
  • Apply a minimum of two leadership and management theories, or blend of theories, to a current market force issue affecting the U.S health care system and HIM.
• Competency 4: Communicate in a professional manner.
  • Create an analysis paper that is clear, well organized, professional, and generally free of errors in grammar, punctuation, and spelling.
  • Include a minimum of five references to current, scholarly and authoritative sources that adhere to APA style and formatting guidelines.

Preparation

This fourth assessment requires you to:

• Select and analyze a market force affecting the U.S. health care system and HIM.
• Select and summarize a minimum of two leadership and management theories applicable to the U.S. health care system and HIM that offer approaches to respond to your selected market force.
• Apply the two leadership and management theories you selected to improve or resolve the market force issue.

For help in selecting a market force, do the following:

• Visit the AHIMA Website.
  • AHIMA. (2017). Retrieved from http://www.ahima.org/.
• Browse the items under HIM Topics (for example, coding, privacy & security, data analytics, et cetera).
• Choose a market force or issue that interests you.

Use the Capella library and other credible sources to search for literature about the market force and how it affects health care and HIM. You may also want to conduct independent research into leadership and management theories used in the U.S. health care system and HIM. Consult the Health Care Administration Undergraduate Research Guide for help on how to begin your research and identify credible sources.

Instructions

For this assessment, you will analyze in a five- to seven-page paper a market force of your choice that affects the U.S. health care system and HIM. You will also summarize a minimum of two leadership and management theories that pertain to the the U.S. health system and HIM. You will then apply those theories to your selected market force to determine how they might help to improve or resolve the market force issue. Be sure to use correct health care and HIM terminology in your analysis paper.

Include the following headings in your paper and answer the questions under each heading:

Market Force Affecting the U.S. Health Care System and HIM (2 pages)

• Why did you select this particular market force? Be sure to provide a detailed description of the market force in your answer.
• What is the historical context surrounding this market force?
• How does this market force affect the U.S. health care system and HIM?

Leadership and Management Theories to Address Market Force (2 pages)

• What are the basic tenets of these management and leadership theories you selected?
• Why did you select these particular leadership and management theories?
• What intrigues you about them?

Application of Leadership and Management Theories to Address Market Force (3 pages)

• How would these leadership and management theories (or a blend of them) approach the market force issue?
• How could these leadership and management theories (or a blend of them) help to improve or resolve the market force issue?

Note: Feel free to tailor the headings in your analysis paper to your selected market force and leadership and management theories.

Additional Requirements

• Length: 5 to 7 double-spaced, pages.
• Font: Times New Roman, 12 point.
• Citations and References: Include a minimum of five references to current scholarly, or authoritative sources to support your statements and rationale. Be sure to follow APA formatting and style guidelines for citations and references.
• Writing: Create an analysis paper that is clear, well organized, professional, and generally free of errors in grammar, punctuation, and spelling.

• Resources: Management and Leadership Theories

• Jha, R. K., Sahay, B. S., & Charan, P. (2016). Healthcare operations management: A structured literature review. Decision, 43(3), 259–279.
• Kitana, A. (2016). Overview of the managerial thoughts and theories from the history: Classical management theory to modern management theory. Indian Journal of Management Science, 6(1), 6–21.
• Mathews, P. (2015). Deconstructing management fad adoption: Towards a conceptual model. International Journal of Organizational Analysis, 23(2), 302–319.
• AHIMA. (2017). Retrieved from http://www.ahima.org
• Leadership and Management | Transcript.
  • This is a series of Capella-created short, audio segments on various leadership and management topics. All segments are less than two-minutes long. You will hear Dr. Harry Carter, adjunct faculty at Capella University, address topics such as: What Is Leadership?, Leadership vs. Management, and Can Managers Be Leaders?
• Leadership Theories | Transcript.
  • In this interactive, Capella-created media piece you will have an opportunity to test your knowledge of leadership theories by answering a series of 12 questions.