The strategic plan for this facility includes the following:

Mission Statement:

To build a healthier and safer community by connecting underserved people with the available resources they need. This mission is achieved through a variety of efforts including providing high-quality health care in a state-of-the-art, comprehensive medical center, and the utilization of local clinics and alternative healthcare settings to reach underserved populations.

Goals: This facility thrives to achieve its mission by fulfilling the following goals:

• Engaging the underserved population through education to empower recognition of health and social challenges.
• Using resources to help the underserved overcome barriers that adversely affect their individual health and social issues.
• Focusing on efficiency and improving outcomes by emphasizing preventative interventions.

Objectives:

1. Improve access to primary care to reduce emergency care and improve outcomes by providing prevention and illness management.
2. Reduce the patient to nurse ratio to improve retention and nurse satisfaction.
3. Increase cultural outreach to underserved community residents including non-English speakers and other historically excluded communities.
4. Collaborate with other non-profit, governmental, and non-governmental agencies to address social factors contributing to poor health outcomes.

• Long-term assets (also called fixed or capital assets) are those a business can expect to use, replace and/or convert to cash beyond the normal operating cycle of at least 12 months. Often, they are used for years. Some examples of long-term assets include:
  • Fixed assets like property, plant, and equipment, which can include land, machinery, buildings, fixtures, and vehicles.
  • Long-term investments such as stocks and bonds or real estate, or investments made in other companies.

Funding

• For this scenario you are a grant manager at the George Santana Memorial Hospital (GSMH). The facility has received a $1,000,000.00 from a wealthy donor to improve the quality of healthcare provided to the underserved community in the hospital’s catchment area. The funds can only be used for capital expenses. Capital expenditures in the healthcare industry generally include buildings, medical equipment, computer technology, and office furnishings. Capital expenses are typically significant purchases that a healthcare practice makes as an investment in their future.

Scoring

• Each case will be scored based on a point system. The number of points you award depends on how much the intervention is consistent with the mission, goals, and objectives of the facility. You will use the last column to justify the score.

The following (in italics) is an example of how to complete this assignment based on the information provided. This assignment requires you to score the proposal and answer the following question based on the information provided about this scenario and the projected budget.

Question: Does this proposal describe a potential long-term asset? And Complete Table 2

Table 1 Projected Budget Early Access Maternity Care for Women At-Risk for Poor Maternal Outcomes

Capital Expenses	Projected Cost	Description
Facility Based Professional Development Classroom	$ 475,000	Construction, furniture, and equipment
Educational software	$ 300,000	Software and support
Simulation Lab	$ 200,000	Construction, hardware, and software
Community-based Workshop Sites (5)	$ 25,000	Rental space and refurbishment
Total	$ 1,000,000	All capital expenses

1. Score this proposal by completing Table 2

Table 2

Scoring Early Access Maternity Care for Women At-Risk for Poor Maternal Outcomes

Criteria	Points Awarded for Meeting Criteria				Score & Justification
	Meets All 10	Partially Meets (Strong) 5 - 9	Partially Meets (weak) 1 - 4	Does not Meet. 0	Summarize reasons for score
Complies with facility mission		8			The intervention will connect high risk patients to providers
Promotes community education	10				The intervention includes a local community education program
Promotes community & individual empowerment				0	Does not address
Directs or re-directs resources to improve efficiency or patient outcomes	10				Redirects funding for prevention
Increases access to primary and preventive care	10				Redirects funding for prevention
Improves personnel satisfaction or retention				0	Does not address
Improves access for underserved populations	10				Outreach to high-risk group and their providers
Improves or initiates collaboration among service providers			4		Some collaboration via training
TOTAL POINTS	40	8	4	0	52 Total of all columns