Perform a needs assessment/gap analysis on Baptist Memorial Hospital – Desoto. Approach the Research Project from an operations perspective.

Operations: delivery of service/care, access, wait times, equipment usage, process improvements, resource optimization, regulatory compliance, etc.

The components for the Research Project include the following:

1. Title Page
2. Executive Summary (Needs Content Criteria)
3. Description of the organization (history, length in service/operation, how many beds? clients served? location; rural vs. urban, satellite locations, total number of staff, client usage information/demographics, etc.)
4. Needs Assessment/Gap Analysis: What is not currently being offered? Room for improvements? Service delivery deficits? Personnel issues/shortages? Justify with supporting data and statistics.
5. Propose an intervention (service or facility) based on the needs/gap analysis.
6. Justify your proposed intervention by providing an analysis from:
   1. Cultural
   2. Social
   3. Legal
   4. Economics
   5. Regulatory
   6. Reimbursement
   7. Managed care
   8. Health legislation
   9. Contracts perspectives
7. Pick a minimum of three of the elements listed above depending on the organization selected and which apply to the specific organization/situation selected.
8. Create a plan to implement your intervention. Identify the stakeholders involved, and their role (s) in implementing the intervention. Include finance and staffing elements required to implement the intervention.
9. Develop a marketing communication plan on how the stakeholders will be informed, kept up-to-date, etc. prior to the intervention, during the intervention, and post intervention.
10. Develop a plan for measurement effectiveness of the intervention. What indicators will determine if the intervention is successful?
11. Reference page.

Must be 10 to 12 double-spaced pages in length, and formatted according to APA style. Must use at least ten scholarly and /or peer-reviewed sources, published within the last 5 years.