Medical Director Involvement
Management Action Plan (MAP)
Please include documentation of all six steps in your submission of the MAP assignment. You should begin
working on the MAP at the beginning of this course. It is due in Unit VIII.
I. Clarify the Problem or Opportunity for Improvement (OFI)
Clearly describe the problem or Opportunity for Improvement (OFI) that you have selected for your MAP. Why is it
important to resolve this problem right now? What are the consequences of not resolving this problem right now?
II. Clarify your Measureable Goal
Clearly describe the desired outcome from your MAP implementation? What are you trying to accomplish? How
will successful MAP implementation be measured and assessed? What realistic constraints do you have as you
begin creation of your plan? Consider limits on time, money, and other resources that are specific to your MAP.
III. Prepare a List of Possible Actions
Consider possible root causes of the OFI. Why do you believe the problem exists? Brainstorm and present a list
of all possible actions that you may need to take in order to achieve your MAP goal. At this stage, focus on
generating as many different options and ideas as possible. It is likely that not all of your ideas will make it into
you final MAP. Write down your ideas just as they come to your mind, trying not to judge or analyze them at this
stage.
In your brainstorming, be sure to consider ideas* involving:
Leadership
Governance
Clinical Performance
Physicians
Nurses
Clinical Support Services
Knowledge Management
Human Resources
Financial Management
Internal Consulting
Marketing
*It is understood that some of these areas may not apply to your particular MAP, but all areas should at least be
considered in this process.
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IV. Organize your Key Action Steps into a Management Action Plan
Decide on the sequencing of your Key Action Steps. For each Key Action Step, what other steps must be
completed before that specific action can be taken? Rearrange your Key Action Steps into a sequence of ordered
activity. Then look at your plan once again. Are there any ways to simplify the plan further before presenting it?
V. Accountability
For each Key Action Step, assign a responsible party or group within your organization (by position, department,
or team name, not by individual name), and assign a suspense date by which the Key Action Step must be
completed. Then, based upon all of your Key Action Steps and their suspense dates, provide a realistic
completion date for the entire MAP.
VI. Measurement and Monitoring
Now, explain in detail how you will measure the success of your MAP following implementation and how you will
monitor ongoing performance to prevent regression and loss of the positive change that has taken place.
PLEASE refer to the follwing website for more information on the Action Plan:
http://ctb.ku.edu/en/table-of-contents/structure/strategic-planning/develop-action-plans/main
..Also, plesae take a look at these two files attached in this email):
BASICALLY, take an area you’d like to improve, let’s say nurses better clinical performance in a hospital, think of the sub-areas that would fall into that. What do you want to improve specifically as far as their performance? Who will carry these your proposed changes? By when, you will try to achieve those things? What resources would you need? Then, write all that in a template form, I gave you examples:
Action (Priorty/Interventions) Action Strategy Who Will Perform? By When? ETC.
I hope this helps 🙂
Kings-Mountain-Hospital-Action-Plan-2012.pdf
06_Hospital-Action-Plan.pdf
Choose one of the following topics, it is your choice
Suggested HEALTH CARE topics include the following:
Nursing Recruitment and Retention in Health Care
Continuing Education Challenges
Patient Care Technology
Staff Safety on Duty
Patient Safety in Hospitals
Stakeholder Relationships
Community Education Programs
Disaster Preparedness
Medical Director Involvement
Quality Improvement Program for Health Care
Patient Satisfaction
Rural Health Issues
Funding for Hospital Programs
Neonatal/Pediatric Services
