Begin this assignment by selecting a topic and a corresponding impacted population for your final project. Select your topic from the list provided in the Milestone One Guidelines and Rubric document. Next, explain why the chosen topic is a gap in healthcare and analyze the specific population impacted by the issue.
Overview
The focus of this module was on quality care. For your final project, you will research a gap in access to quality, equity, or efficiency of healthcare, (including existing initiatives in place to address the gap and economic and regulatory factors that are currently in place to address the gap). To begin this project, you must first conduct some background research into the gap and the impacted population.
Prompt
After reviewing the Final Project Guidelines and Rubric document, select a healthcare delivery process gap and population affected from the list below. This will be the base of your final project, the healthcare delivery systems research paper.
Option One: A gap in quality related to care coordination for individuals with chronic illnesses
Option Two: A gap in equity related to mental health access for veterans
Option Three: A gap in efficiency related to rising cost of pharmaceuticals for the aging population
What to Submit
Your paper must be submitted as a 2- to 3-page Microsoft Word document with double spacing, 12-point Times New Roman font, one-inch margins, and at least three sources cited in APA format.