Health Policy Paper

Each student will select a policy in healthcare that was implemented as a result of regulatory or legislative requirement(s). The student will write a five to eight page paper (excluding title page and references) describing and analyzing the policy using the following criteria:

 I. Content 110 points    Factors/Rational that led to development of policy (contextual dimension) 30 points    Benefits to healthcare 20 points    Cost(s) related to the policy (fiscal, time factors, manpower) 20 points    Impact on client (stakeholder) satisfaction 20 points    Impact on clinical outcomes 20 points II. Presentation of paper 25 points     APA Format 10 points     Grammar, spelling, and writing guidelines followed 10 points     Policy attached as Appendix 5 points Total 135 points

 Please review syllabus that is attached to this message for further details about the health policy paper (page 4).