Final Project

Introduction
Happyville Hospital and Sunnyville Hospital are located across the street from each other, and the respective hospital boards have voted to merge the facilities into the Limestone Health Care System. You have been promoted to department manager of the combined Health Information Management (HIM) Department. Your first task is to assess the current staffing levels and propose a new organizational structure. Your recommendation must be developed based upon the data and in a format appropriate for presentation to hospital administration. Based upon the following information, assess the current productivity reports of both HIM departments and prepare a department budget. Consider this a professional business document. Review the Writing Center’s resource Writing in Business (Links to an external site.) for more information.
For your final project,
Summarize the following information, in two to three sentences, in the form of an executive summary:
the central point of the analysis
the purpose of the analysis
the recommended actions
the benefits or consequences of the recommendations
Consider that the reader of the executive summary needs to know all the important information in the main document.
Be sure to format this portion of this paper according to the Writing Center’s Writing an Executive Summary. (Links to an external site.)
This section should be completed last but come first in your paper.
Assess the current staffing levels.
Propose a new organizational structure.
Your recommendation must be developed based upon the data and in a format appropriate for presentation to hospital administration.
Propose salary and benefits budget for the new department based upon your organizational chart using the Merging Facilities Final Project Budget and Staffing Tables  Download Merging Facilities Final Project Budget and Staffing Tablesworksheet (tab 1).
Analyze the current productivity of both HIM departments, in a minimum of 3 pages, using the Merging Facilities Final Project Budget and Staffing Tables worksheet (tab 2).
Illustrate a full-time equivalent (FTE) comparison on one graphic chart.
Compare each department’s productivity standards compared to actual averages on one chart.
Compare the productivity between both departments on one chart.
Include in each graphic chart, at a minimum:
Title
Legend
X and Y axis labels
Appropriate graph selection
Be sure to format the charts in APA Style, according to the Writing Center’s resource Tables, Images & Appendices (Links to an external site.).
Important Note: Productivity standards are based upon total volume and not by type of health record on the Department Budget tab 2.
Prepare a department budget using the Merging Facilities Final Project Budget and Staffing Tables worksheet (tab 2).
Identify a minimum of three areas of concern or risks (current or future) that need to be addressed now before they become problematic.
Develop an action plan for each area of concern.
Accessibility Resources
If you require the use of a screen reader or keyboard to use Excel, you can review the following resources:
Use a Screen Reader to Create a Chart and Select a Chart in Excel (Links to an external site.)
Use a Screen Reader to Add a Title, Data Labels, and a Legend to a Chart in Excel (Links to an external site.)
Create a Chart From Start to Finish (Links to an external site.)
There are several other tutorials linked on this webpage that provide information on how to create charts.