Assignment Instructions
MANAGING QUALITY ACROSS VARIOUS HEALTH CARE SETTINGS
For this assignment, imagine you have accepted an administrator position at a physicians practice. One of your first tasks is to gather your team to introduce yourself and discuss operational priorities for the practice at a lunch-and-learn.

Instructions
Using course resources along with a minimum of three peer-reviewed articles based on your own research, complete the linked assignment template to address the following:

Describe where the physician practice and the hospital fall on the continuum of patient care.
Analyze how providers at each location try to return their patients to their highest level of functioning.
Explain how a physician practice communicates with the hospital to foster high-quality, efficient, and effective patient care.
Analyze three peer-reviewed articles that each discuss one of the topics above.
Description or summary presents the what of the article, but analysis will pursue the question of so what?
Why do these ideas matter and/or how are these ideas connected?
What are the potential gaps or questions that remain?
Please use the Week 3 Assignment Template [DOCX] to organize your paper with the following headings:

Title Page.
Agenda.
Introduction.
Professional introduction (1 paragraph).
You have license to be creative as you imagine the background you would bring to a position like this one.
Agenda (bullet points).
Preview the main goals of the lunch-and-learn.
Refer to some of the scholarly sources you will summarize.
Continuum of Care.
Describe where the physician practice and the hospital fall on the continuum of patient care.
Analyze a peer-reviewed article that discusses where the physician practice and the hospital fall on the continuum of patient care.
Care Quality.
Describe how a physicians practice maximizes patient care quality to return them to the highest level of function, addressing quality standards such as:
Maximizing value-based reimbursement.
Positive patient experience.
Maintaining operational efficiency.
Analyze a peer-reviewed article that discusses how a physicians practice maximizes patient care quality to return them to the highest level of function.
Operational Approach.
Describe how the physicians practice and the hospital system communicate to foster high-quality, efficient, and effective care.
Analyze a peer-reviewed article that discusses how a physicians practice and the hospital system communicate to foster high-quality, efficient, and effective care.
Conclusion.
Recap the main themes of your lunch-and-learn session.
Draw conclusions based on information contained in at least two of the articles you summarized.
Offer specific examples to demonstrate application of these ideas in everyday practice.
References.
Additional Requirements
Length: Your paper must be a minimum of 3–5 double-spaced pages, not including the title page and References section.
Font: Times New Roman, 12 point.
References: Cite at least three peer-reviewed scholarly journal articles or reliable primary sources from government or professional organization publications.
Style: Format your paper according to APA style. Refer to Evidence and APA for guidance.
Competency 2: Explain health care management approaches in diverse health care settings.
Provide an introduction that identifies the main topics and relevant professional background, and a conclusion that reiterates the key operational indicators included in the session.
Describe the main topics of the lunch-and-learn session, including continuum of care, care quality, and operational approach.
Summarize peer-reviewed articles that separately discuss the continuum of patient care, care quality, and operational approach.
Competency 4: Communicate in a manner that is scholarly, professional, and respectful of the diversity, dignity, and integrity of others.
Write with minimal grammar, usage, spelling, and mechanical errors.
Apply proper APA formatting and citation style as required