Topic: Identifying the Business Need: Application
Objectives:
1. Develop a problem statement for an identified challenge or opportunity.
Resources
Review Chapters 3 and 6 in Project Management in Nursing Informatics.
Review “CDC Unified Process Practices Guide: Business Needs Statement Practices
Guide,” from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2008).
https://www2.cdc.gov/cdcup/library/practices_guides/CDC_UP_Business_Needs_State
ment_Practices_Guide.pdf
Review “Write Your Business Opportunity Statement,” by Goldberg, located on the
IBM website.
https://www.ibm.com/garage/method/practices/discover/business-opportunity-statement
Review “A Simple Problem Formulation Framework to Create the Right Solution to the
Right Problem,” by Sauve-Ciencewicki, Davis, McDonald, Ramanarayanan, Raybould,
Wolf, and Valenti, from Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology (2019).
https://www-sciencedirectcom.lopes.idm.oclc.org/science/article/pii/S0273230018303076
Use the link provided to access the CDC website. Once there, access the “Business
Needs Statement” from the list of templates.
https://www2a.cdc.gov/cdcup/library/templates/default.htm
Review “How to Write a Business Problem Statement With Examples,” located on
The Business Analyst’s Toolkit website.
Review “SMART Goals: A How to Guide,” located on the University of California
website.
https://www.ucop.edu/local-human-resources/_files/performanceappraisal/How%20to%20write%20SMART%20Goals%20v2.pdf
Review “What Critical Ethical Values Guide Strategic Planning Processes in Health
Care Organizations?” by Kucmanic and Sheon, from AMA Journal of Ethics (2017).
https://journalofethics.ama-assn.org/article/what-critical-ethical-values-guide-strategicplanning-processes-health-care-organizations/2017-11
Discussion 1
Outline your problem statement and explain any areas of concerns for which you would like
feedback. In your response to peers, provide suggestions for those seeking feedback.
Discussion 2
Discuss how you can incorporate the skills for investigating a challenge or new opportunity in
your current role.
Assignments
This is my PROJECT for this class. It is going to be done in stages, so we are going to build on it
as we progress in the class. Ensure that the criteria you develop in each assignment are relevant
to the problem and proposed informatics solution, apply pertinent knowledge of the systems
development life cycle (SDLC), and are appropriate for the organization.
Things to Note before starting on Assignment
My Practicum Site is: Ardent Management Consulting, Inc. (Head Office in VA
not the Ardent Healthcare you wrote about the last time please)
Ardent Management Consulting, Inc. provides IT services and IT consultancy
services. The Company offers program and project management, business process
engineering, information technology solutions implementation, data management,
Cybersecurity and information System security and information systems integration
services.
WEBSITE: www.ardentmc.com
My topic for the project: Based on the background of Arden MC, you can suggest about
3 topics that you and I can choose from. So, please send me 3 topics you feel comfortable
to work with for us to decide on one before you start working on this weeks assignment,
please. Whatever topic we choose is what we will work on for the whole class for the
project.
Assignment 1
Business Need and Development of Problem Statement
*** Here is a link to assist with discovery of your issue or gap design.
https://www.editage.com/insights/dont-know-where-to-start-6-tips-on-identifying-research-gaps
*** Example of a problem Statement: GCUs Informatics curriculum lacks a course on the
use of Artificial Intelligence, Natural Language Processing and Machine Learning in clinical
decision-making which puts students at a disadvantage when it comes to real world innovation.
For this assignment, you will identify a business need and develop the problem statement for
your practicum project. You will use this problem statement for all subsequent assignments.
Investigate an organizational gap or issue at your practicum site (Ardent Management
Consulting Inc.) and identify a problem or new opportunity that can be addressed through an
informatics solution. Based on your findings, write a 750- to 1,000-word paper that defines the
problem or opportunity and explains how it can be addressed through an informatics solution.
Ensure the problem or opportunity is accurately identified and the proposed solution is
appropriate for the organization in meeting a business need.
Include the following:
1. Discuss the issue or gap identified during your investigation and explain what business
need is not being met.
2. Create a problem statement that can be used to provide a snapshot of the issue or gap
and the proposed solution.
3. Describe the departments directly affected and discuss the impact the issue or gap has
on them.
4. Discuss any additional consequences of the issue or gap for organizational
performance, other stakeholders, budget, etc.
5. Propose a clinical, technological, or process-related solution that can be implemented to
address the identified issue or gap. Explain how the proposed solution addresses the
issue or gap for the departments and how it fulfills the specified business need.
6. Evaluate the advantages and limitations of using information science and technology to
solve the problem.
7. Describe how the proposed informatics solution supports the organizations objectives
and overall strategy and operations.
You are required to cite a minimum of four scholarly sources to complete this
assignment. Sources must be published within the past 5 years and appropriate for the
assignment criteria and health care and health informatics content.
Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide (Refer to the
sample/example given).
**I have attached written paper requirements for this class and a sample paper for review*
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STUDENTS THAT DO NOT MEET THESES REQUIREMENTS, APA FORMATTING
AND RUBRIC GRADING REQUIREMENTS CANNOT PASS THE CLASS!!!
Attention:
Your written assignments have been graded. At this stage APA formatting of papers should not
be a concern, rather it should be second nature. However, I continue to grade papers with very
obvious APA mistakes. Did you review the announcements and see the sample APA paper? If
you follow this template, you will have no problem with the written assignments.
1. You must have a purpose statement in the first paragraph
2. You need to provide peer reviewed journal sources for support (located in the
library) Providing the minimal number of sources will only get the minimal points.
3. There must be a conclusion with a heading
4. Your paper should have headings throughout the paper matching the questions in
the assignment
Ensuring these items are in the paper will guarantee you have addressed the rubric
requirements and your paper will be successful.
APA Resources Used Examples
Most of the inconsistencies occur because the referenced material is usually just internet sources.
In professionally written papers your resources should be textbooks or peer-reviewed journals.
That being said here are 2 formatted examples that if used as illustrated will always be accepted.
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If you use a peer reviewed journal here is the format. Remember the title is in lower case
and the Journal Title and volume are italicized. Subsequent lines are indented.
References
Lechler, T. G. & Cohen, M. (2009). Exploring the role of steering committees in realizing
value
from project management. Project Management Journal, 40(1), 42-54. Retrieved by….
2
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If a textbook is utilized here, is the correct format. The title of the textbook is first word
capitalized and the proceeding words are lower case all italic. Again, all subsequent lines
are indented.
References
Dennis, A., Wixom, B. H., & Roth, R. M. (2009). System analysis and design (4th ed.)
Hoboken,
NJ: John Wiley & Sons, In
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If you use an online page there should be an author of the page, date, and then the title of
the page source followed by Retrieved by… The title is again italics and lower case. If
you have an author, the authors name should be first.
References
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2003). International classification of
diseases.
Retrieved from….
**** There are other tricky nuances; however, if you followed these formats, you will not go
wrong. Also, all lines should remain double-spaced.
**** A sample paper is attached for review ****
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RUBRIC GRADING – Written Paper Assignment Grading
Below is a copy of the grading rubric guidelines. I would like to focus the attention on the
supporting details statements. In the paper grading process satisfactory represents that you
have not provided any scholarly peer reviewed sources for support of your paper. Good
represents you have provided support; however, it is the minimum amount suggested and they
are peer reviewed. An excellent paper provides more than the minimum number of scholarly
resources. Your paper is highly affected by the resources or lack of resources that you
provided. This is regardless of word count and content, because a scholarly paper cannot be
considered credible without justifiable resources.
I hope this helps clarify with the grading process.
3: Satisfactory
A description of the identified problem is included but lacks supporting details.
4: Good
A description of the identified problem is complete and includes supporting details.
5: Excellent
A description of the identified problem in the EHR is extremely thorough and includes
substantial supporting details.
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Typing Template for APA Papers: A Sample of Proper Formatting for APA Style
Student A. Sample
College Name, Grand Canyon University
Course Number: Course Title
Instructors Name
Assignment Due Date
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Typing Template for APA Papers: A Sample of Proper Formatting for APA Style
This is an electronic template for papers written according to the style of the American
Psychological Association (APA, 2020) as outlined in the seventh edition of the Publication
Manual of the American Psychological Association. The purpose of the template is to help
students set the margins and spacing. Margins are set at 1 inch for top, bottom, left, and right.
The text is left-justified only; that means the left margin is straight, but the right margin is
ragged. Each paragraph is indented 0.5 inch. It is best to use the tab key to indent or set a firstline indent in the paragraph settings. The line spacing is double throughout the paper, even on the
reference page. One space is used after punctuation at the end of sentences. The font style used
in this template is Times New Roman and the font size is 12 points. This font and size is required
for GCU papers.
The Section Heading
The heading above would be used if you want to have your paper divided into sections
based on content. This is a Level 1 heading, and it is centered and bolded, and the initial word
and each word of four or more letters is capitalized. The heading should be a short descriptor of
the section. Note that not all papers will have headings or subheadings in them. Papers for
beginning undergraduate courses (100 or 200 level) will generally not need headings beyond
Level 1. The paper title serves as the heading for the first paragraph of the paper, so
Introduction is not used as a heading.
Subsection Heading
The subheading above would be used if there are several sections within the topic labeled
in a first level heading. This is a Level 2 heading, and it is flush left and bolded, and the initial
word and each word of four or more letters is capitalized.
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Subsection Heading
APA dictates that you should avoid having only one subsection heading and subsection
within a section. In other words, use at least two subheadings under a main heading, or do not
use any at all. Headings are used in order, so a paper must use Level 1 before using Level 2. Do
not adjust spacing to change where on the page a heading falls, even if it would be the last line
on a page.
The Title Page
When you are ready to write, and after having read these instructions completely, you can
delete these directions and start typing. The formatting should stay the same. You will also need
to change the items on the title page. Fill in your own title, name, course, college, instructor, and
date. List the college to which the course belongs, such as College of Theology, College of
Business, or College of Humanities and Social Sciences. GCU uses three letters and numbers
with a hyphen for course numbers, such as CWV-101 or UNV-104. The date should be written
as Month Day, Year. Spell out the month name.
Formatting References and Citations
APA Style includes rules for citing resources. The Publication Manual (APA, 2020) also
discusses the desired tone of writing, grammar, punctuation, formatting for numbers, and a
variety of other important topics. Although APA Style rules are used in this template, the
purpose of the template is only to demonstrate spacing and the general parts of the paper. GCU
has prepared an APA Style Guide available in the Student Success Center and on the GCU
Librarys Citing Sources in APA guide (https://libguides.gcu.edu/APA) for help in correctly
formatting according to APA Style.
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The reference list should appear at the end of a paper. It provides the information
necessary for a reader to locate and retrieve any source you cite in the body of the paper. Each
source you cite in the paper must appear in your reference list; likewise, each entry in the
reference list must be cited in your text. A sample reference page is included below. This page
includes examples of how to format different reference types. The first reference is to a webpage
without a clear date, which is common with organizational websites (American Nurses
Association, n.d.). Next is the Publication Manual referred to throughout this template (APA,
2020). Notice that the manual reference includes the DOI number, even though this is a print
book, as the DOI was listed on book, and does not include a publisher name since the publisher
is also the author. A journal article reference will also often include a DOI, and as this article has
four authors, only the first would appear in the in-text citation (Copeland et al., 2013).
Government publications like the Treatment Improvement Protocol series documents from the
Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (2014) are another common source found online. A book
without a DOI is the last example (Holland & Forrest, 2017).
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References
American Nurses Association. (n.d.). Scope of practice. https://www.nursingworld.org/practicepolicy/scope-of-practice/
American Psychological Association. (2020). Publication manual of the American Psychological
Association (7th ed.). https://doi.org/10.1037/0000165-000
Center for Substance Abuse Treatment. (2014). Improving cultural competence (HHS
Publication No. 14-4849). U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Substance
Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK248428/
Copeland, T., Henderson, B., Mayer, B., & Nicholson, S. (2013). Three different paths for
tabletop gaming in school libraries. Library Trends, 61(4), 825835.
https://doi.org/10.1353/lib.2013.0018
Holland, R. A., & Forrest, B. K. (2017). Good arguments: Making your case in writing and
public speaking. Baker Academic.
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