Assignment: Productivity Metrics
Note: For the Weeks 5 and 6 Assignments you will use Case 3:
Physician Care Services, Inc., from the Middleboro Casebook.
In the Middleboro Physician Care Services, Inc. case, you
are asked to examine the operations of an ambulatory, non-emergent care clinic
which treats private and occupational health patients and provides services
which do not include continuing or specialized medical care. Physician Care
Services, Inc. is currently facing a number of challenges and opportunities
which will impact their profitability.
To prepare for this Assignment:
Read Case 3: Physician Care Services, Inc., including Tables
3.2 and 3.3. Review the issues that surround provider productivity, to evaluate
whether the organization can be successful in the new era of health care
reform.
The Assignment:
In 2–3 pages, describe the metric(s) you will use to
evaluate the organization’s productivity. Explain how you will use the metric
in evaluating productivity, and how the data will help measure the potential of
the organization’s success in the new era of health care reform.
Note: You will use the metric in the Week 6 Assignment.
By Day 7
Submit your Assignment.
Submission and Grading Information
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do the following:
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“WK5Assgn+last name+first initial.(extension)” as the name.
Click the Week 5 Assignment Rubric to review the Grading
Criteria for the Assignment.
Click the Week 5 Assignment link. You will also be able to
“View Rubric” for grading criteria from this area.
Next, from the Attach File area, click on the Browse My
Computer button. Find the document you saved as “WK5Assgn+last name+first
initial.(extension)” and click Open.
If applicable: From the Plagiarism Tools area, click the
checkbox for I agree to submit my paper(s) to the Global Reference Database.
Click on the Submit button to complete your submission.
