Assignment Directions

While information can point to certain truths and reveal gaps in care that should be addressed, information is neutral until it is assigned a purpose. As you progress in your career, you will continually return to the Triple Aim, which ensures quality management in its clear focus to improve the patient experience, improve the health of populations, and improve the cost of care for patients. This week, you will consider the best application for information you have learned from your data analyses.

Part I: Plotting Outbreak Data

Now that you know where the outbreaks are located, your organization wants to chart out the areas that pose the highest exposure risk. Create a graph or chart using the data provided in the High Risk Areas spreadsheet to determine the areas of the country with the most risk. Note: The chart/graph should be made directly in Microsoft Excel. For additional resources, please visit the Create a Chart MC Excel page. Write a 350- to 525-word analysis of the data that answers the following questions:

• Which cities (states) are high risk and low risk?
• What areas of the country are high risk and low risk?
• What else can be deduced after evaluating the chart?

Include your chart/graph with your analysis, not separately. Label as a “Figure” according to APA guidelines.

Part II: Information Analysis

Compare the charts and graphs you created for the reports in previous assessments and determine conclusions based on the analysis of the data.

Select a health care facility or service (e.g., hospital, physician practice, long-term care facility, ambulance service, pharmacy, or skilled nursing facility).

Write a 700- to 1,050-word analysis in which you:

• Describe how your selected health care facility or service can benefit from the information you gathered and analyzed in the previous assessments.
• Examine any conflicts of interest, ethical considerations, or community health effects that may factor into the benefits identified.

• Identify any points that can be served by further research into either the facility, a service it provides, or the given data.
• Reference data, graphs, and charts to support your claims.

Cite at least 2 scholarly references to support your assignment. Feel free to use supplemental readings from peer-reviewed journals as references. Do not use “.com” commercial, “.edu” education, “.org” or “.net” proprietary sources. You may use one .gov reference, such as the CDC or NIH.

Compile Part I and Part II into a report that could be submitted to the leadership in your organization.

Format your report according to APA guidelines.

Submit your assignment.

Competency Assessment Rubric

Assignment/Performance Criteria	Mastery 100%	Meets Expectations 85%	Not Met 0%
1. Part I: Create a symbols map.(weight 20%)	The report included a detailed symbols map using Microsoft Excel and the data provided in the High Risk Areas spreadsheet to determine the areas of the country with the most risk.	The report included a satisfactorily detailed symbols map using Microsoft Excel and the data provided in the High Risk Areas spreadsheet to determine the areas of the country with the most risk.	No symbols map was included.
2. Part I: Analyze the riisk areas data.(weight 20%)	Comprehensively analyze the data of the cities (states) and areas of the country that are high/low risk and included a thorough discussion of additional information deduced after evaluating the chart	Adequately analyze the data of the cities (states) and areas of the country that are high/low risk and included an adequate discussion of additional information deduced after evaluating the chart	Did not analyze the data of the high/low risk areas
3. Part II: Describe how your selected health care facility or service can benefit from the information you gathered. (weight 50%)	Thoroughly described how the selected health care facility or service can benefit from the information gathered and analyzed in the previous assessments; it included a thorough examination of any conflicts of interest, ethical considerations, or community health effects that may factor into the benefits identified, and correctly identified and thoroughly described any points that can be served by further research into either the facility, a service it provides, or the given data	Adequately described how the selected health care facility or service can benefit from the information gathered and analyzed in the previous assessments; it included a moderate examination of any conflicts of interest, ethical considerations, or community health effects that may factor into the benefits identified, and identified and somewhat described any points that can be served by further research into either the facility, a service it provides, or the given data	Did not describe how the selected health care facility or service can benefit from the information gathered and analyzed in the previous assessments; it included an insufficient examination of any conflicts of interest, ethical considerations, or community health effects that may factor into the benefits identified, and incorrectly identified/insufficiently described points that can be served by further research into either the facility, a service it provides, or the given data
4. References (weight 5%)	Cited at least 2 visionary scholarly references to support the assignment	Cited at least two scholarly references to support the assignment	No references were included

Assignment/Performance Criteria	Mastery 100%	Meets Expectations 85%	Not Met 0%
5. Grammar and Writing Mechanics(weight 3%)	Accuracy in grammar, sentence structures, sentence boundaries, and word choice enhanced content.	Rare inaccuracies/errors in grammar, sentence structures, sentence boundaries, and word choice did not detract from the content.	Occasional or frequent inaccuracies/errors in grammar, sentence structures, sentence boundaries, and word choice detracted from the content.
6. APA guidelines (weight 2%)	Thoroughly formatted according to APA guidelines using correct APA citation of sources	Partially formatted according to APA guidelines using satisfactorily correct APA citation of sources	Minimally formatted according to APA guidelines and included incorrect APA citations of sources