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Healthcare Program/Policy Evaluation Analysis Template
Use this document to complete the Module 6 Assessment
Global Healthcare Comparison Matrix and Narrative Statement
Healthcare Program/Policy Evaluation
Description
How was the success of the program or policy measured?
How many people were reached by the program or policy selected? How much of an impact was realized with the program or policy selected?
What data was used to conduct the program or policy evaluation?
What specific information on unintended consequences were identified?
What stakeholders were identified in the evaluation of the program or policy? Who would benefit most from the results and reporting of the program or policy evaluation? Be specific and provide examples.
Did the program or policy meet the original intent and objectives? Why or why not?
Would you recommend implementing this program or policy in your place of work? Why or why not?
Identify at least two ways that you, as a nurse advocate, could become involved in evaluating a program or policy after one year of implementation.
General Notes/Comments
Healthcare Program/Policy
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· Review the Healthcare Program/Policy Evaluation Analysis Template provided in the Resources.
· Select an existing community, state, (Virginia )or federal policy evaluation
· Review community, state, or federal policy (USA)evaluation and reflect on the criteria used to measure the effectiveness of the program or policy described
Based on the program or policy evaluation you selected, complete the Healthcare Program/Policy Evaluation Analysis Template. Be sure to address the following:
· Describe the healthcare program or policy outcomes.
· How was the success of the program or policy measured?
· How many people were reached by the program or policy selected?
· How much of an impact was realized with the program or policy selected?
· At what point in program implementation was the program or policy evaluation conducted?
· What data was used to conduct the program or policy evaluation?
· What specific information on unintended consequences was identified?
· What stakeholders were identified in the evaluation of the program or policy? Who would benefit most from the results and reporting of the program or policy evaluation? Be specific and provide examples.
· Did the program or policy meet the original intent and objectives? Why or why not?
· Would you recommend implementing this program or policy in your place of work? Why or why not?
· Identify at least two ways that you, as a nurse advocate, could become involved in evaluating a program or policy after 1 year of implementation.
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Importance of Program Evaluation Program Transcript
FEMALE SPEAKER: In an ideal world, we’re thinking about evaluation from the very beginning, when we’re first crafting the policy, when we’re first implementing the program. I can’t begin to tell you how important that evaluation is to help people to understand what the impact either has been of a policy that was implemented or what the impact is likely to be to help inform policymakers thinking about whether or not they should support a bill or not, whether or not a piece of legislation needs to be reshaped, how a bill that’s been enacted should be implemented. The public has a right to know, what are we getting for these investments?
It’s important for people in Congress and in the Executive Branch to know, what impact is this program having? Are we achieving the goals that this policy was designed to achieve, or are we off the mark? And if we’re off the mark, where are we off the mark? And what needs to change to get this program back on track, or to have an even greater impact on the health of different patient populations? So evaluation is critically important.
FEMALE SPEAKER: If you can’t measure it, you won’t know whether it was effective or not. So there are two ways to measure it– efficiency or effectiveness. Mammograms, you were able to fund a program that provided free mammograms for women. How many were there? Did they have 550,000?
That’s one major indicator of efficiency, but it doesn’t tell you anything about whether it did any good or not. Did they detect more, or less, or the same number of problems through the mammograms? That’s the effective piece. So it’s important that you put that in at the beginning so you know how to evaluate whether the program worked or not. Because if it worked, you want to go back and repeat it. You want to expand it. You want to get more funding for it.
FEMALE SPEAKER: Evaluation reports are very important. It holds us accountable. Everybody is accountable. I’m accountable. Politicians are accountable. These services are accountable.
FEMALE SPEAKER: The reports themselves, they go usually to the group that has authorized your money or appropriated your money. You may have a couple of ways to write your report– one two legislators, one to community members who were involved in it. So what you want to do is help them understand how this program worked, how effective it was, how efficient it was. But especially focus on the effectiveness.
FEMALE SPEAKER Just don’t say, I want you to measure it. I want this fixed in six months. I want this fixed in a year. And I want it in writing.
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FEMALE SPEAKER: It’s not self-interest or self-serving. It’s all about service in the public’s interest and a very sharp, smart use of taxpayer dollars. That makes evaluation extremely important. Historically, when I was much younger in my career, I didn’t have a great appreciation for evaluation. I sure have it now. .
The Importance of Program Evaluation Additional Content Attribution
Trowell‐Harris, I. (n.d.). Various Photographs [Photograph]. Used with permission of Irene Trowell-Harris.
Wakefield, M. (n.d.). [Photograph]. Used with permission og Mary Wakefield