In the past decade, the importance of electronic systems to our daily work, the establishment of quality performance measures, and the effects of corporate culture on the workforce have become integral considerations for all organizations that seek to improve their performance.
Based on your readings and assignments throughout the course, prepare a performance improvement plan for the public health organization of your choice. Include the following points:
•Provide details about using informatics, technology, and performance data to drive continuous improvement and rapid replication of best practices.
•Describe applicable performance measures for monitoring progress toward meeting targets, goals, and objectives, as well as strategies for implementing performance measures.
•Analyze the organization’s culture as well as its capacity and readiness for the performance improvement process.
•Explain the best practices you recommend replicating, citing your sources of information.
Ensure you include a title page, abstract, introduction section, main discussion, and conclusion.
Your final product should be an 8–12-page paper in Word format, utilizing a minimum of 8 scholarly sources. Apply APA standards to citation of sources.
IMPORTANT READINGS FOR THIS WORK.
•From , “The Improvement Guide”: A Practical Approach to Enhancing Organizational Performance (2nd ed.), read the following chapter:
◦Developing Improvement Capability
•From the Internet, read: ◦Coye, M. J., Foege, W. H., & Roper, W. L. (1994). Leadership in public health. Milbank Memorial Fund. Retrieved from
http://www.milbank.org/uploads/documents/mrlead.html
◦Milbank Memorial Fund. (1998). Partners in community health: Working together for a healthy New York. Retrieved from
http://www.milbank.org/reports/nypartners/tableofcontents.html