HCS 455 Reflective Essay
Reflective Essay
Carrie "Shellie" Cobbs
Health Care Policy: The Past and the Future
HCS 455
Mark Haddock
August 03, 2014
Reflective Essay
Implementing a policy is similar to implementing a new policy in a business or office setting. Improvements and implementing policy change move through a similar staged process model. The model is the plan, do, study, act (PDSA). As stated by the Health Knowledge website, PDSA “was designed to provide a framework to develop, test and implement changes which lead to an improved service. By ensuring that we have a clear understanding of what we want to achieve and how we will measure the success of the change” ("Implementation," 2011, p. 1).
The steps for implementing a policy.
Plan
Planning involves detailed research about what the policy is to accomplish and achieve. This happens on both the legislative side by creating a law that has beneficial …show more content…
One key point is addressing the behaviors of the people who are likely to hold back or move away from the new policy and address them directly. There are always transformation, transition, and development stages to work through as part of the ‘Do’ stage.
Study
In the study phase the results of the ‘Do’ stage will be analyzed and measured for surprises, failures, successes, and consequences. In the study phase it is good to review the results and compare them to the predicted outcomes and establish modifications that will make the policy better from what was learned.
Act
In the ‘Act” stage you will take the information and data collected from the first three stages and make the appropriate changes. The policy may just need to be adapted with slight modifications. The policy may need to be adopted and changes made within the organization. The policy may need to be abandoned, completely changes and the PDSA cycle started again. Role of major stakeholders in the
Carrie "Shellie" Cobbs
Health Care Policy: The Past and the Future
HCS 455
Mark Haddock
August 03, 2014
Reflective Essay
Implementing a policy is similar to implementing a new policy in a business or office setting. Improvements and implementing policy change move through a similar staged process model. The model is the plan, do, study, act (PDSA). As stated by the Health Knowledge website, PDSA “was designed to provide a framework to develop, test and implement changes which lead to an improved service. By ensuring that we have a clear understanding of what we want to achieve and how we will measure the success of the change” ("Implementation," 2011, p. 1).
The steps for implementing a policy.
Plan
Planning involves detailed research about what the policy is to accomplish and achieve. This happens on both the legislative side by creating a law that has beneficial …show more content…
One key point is addressing the behaviors of the people who are likely to hold back or move away from the new policy and address them directly. There are always transformation, transition, and development stages to work through as part of the ‘Do’ stage.
Study
In the study phase the results of the ‘Do’ stage will be analyzed and measured for surprises, failures, successes, and consequences. In the study phase it is good to review the results and compare them to the predicted outcomes and establish modifications that will make the policy better from what was learned.
Act
In the ‘Act” stage you will take the information and data collected from the first three stages and make the appropriate changes. The policy may just need to be adapted with slight modifications. The policy may need to be adopted and changes made within the organization. The policy may need to be abandoned, completely changes and the PDSA cycle started again. Role of major stakeholders in the