Milestone and Short Paper

IHP 670 Milestone Three Guidelines and Rubric

Evaluation is the set of processes and methods that managers and stakeholders use to determine whether the program is successful. Success is determined by
multiple parameters such as financial viability of the program as well as the administrative and clinical impact of the program on the community’s or
organization’s mission. Today’s programs are also expected to proactively address healthcare disparities and inequities in all levels of communities and
demonstrate measureable reductions in inequities in diverse patient/client populations.

For this milestone, you will create an evaluation plan that will include the financial aspects of your proposed program as well as your evaluation methods. In your
submission, be sure to include the following:

 Financial Aspects
o What specific resources would you suggest for use in your program? For example, what staffing and equipment suggestions would you make?

Be sure to explain your rationale.
o What is the impact on the community’s or organization’s current budget? In other words, will the program fit into the existing budget, or will

concessions need to be made?
o What recommendations would you make for ensuring the program is financially sustainable? Are there measurable expense reductions for the

community/organization that cover the costs of the program? Does the program create new sources of revenue for the community or
organization to offset the costs of the program?

 Evaluation
o What will you measure (such as benchmarks, patient outcomes, or other measurable data) in order to evaluate the effectiveness of the program

implementation? Focus on both administrative and clinical measures. Include multiple levels of measurement, including the patients/clients
served, populations of patients/clients served, and community environmental measures.

o What tools will you use to measure the effect of your program on reducing the incidence of healthcare disparities?
o How will these evaluation tools tell you whether the program is successful?
o To what extent will the program help ensure healthcare equity across diverse populations? Be sure to justify your reasoning.

Guidelines for Submission: While your final project will be a presentation with detailed speaker notes, all of your milestones for this project will be in paper
format. For the final submission, you will convert your papers into presentation format by adding information to slides and speaker notes. Your paper for this
milestone must be submitted as a 2- to 3-page Microsoft Word document with double spacing, 12-point Times New Roman font, one-inch margins, and proper
APA formatting. Include at least three peer-reviewed, scholarly resources.

Rubric

Critical Elements Proficient (100%) Needs Improvement (70%) Not Evident (0%) Value

Financial Aspects:
Resources

Suggests specific resources to be used in
program, explaining rationale

Suggests resources to be used in
program, explaining rationale, but
response or reasoning is cursory or
illogical

Does not suggest specific resources to be
used in program

12

Financial Aspects: Budget Explains how the program will fit into
the organization’s current budget

Explains how the program will fit into
the organization’s current budget, but
response is illogical or contains
inaccuracies

Does not explain how the program will
fit into the organization’s current budget

12

Financial: Sustainable Makes recommendations for ensuring
the program will be financially
sustainable

Makes recommendations for ensuring
the program will be financially
sustainable, but recommendations are
cursory or inappropriate for the purpose

Does not make recommendations for
ensuring the program will be financially
sustainable

15

Evaluation: Measure Determines appropriate measures for
evaluating program implementation
effectiveness

Determines measures for evaluating
program implementation effectiveness,
but measures are cursory or
inappropriate for the purpose

Does not determine appropriate
measures for evaluating program
implementation effectiveness

12

Evaluation: Disparities Identifies appropriate tools for
measuring effect of program on reducing
healthcare disparities

Identifies tools for measuring effect of
program on reducing healthcare
disparities, but tools are cursory or
inappropriate for the purpose

Does not identify tools for measuring
effect of program on reducing healthcare
disparities

12

Evaluation: Successful Details how the evaluation tools will
denote program success

Details how the evaluation tools will
denote program success, but response is
cursory, vague, or illogical

Does not detail how the evaluation tools
will denote program success

15

Evaluation: Equity Assesses the extent to which the
program will help ensure healthcare
equity and justifies reasoning

Assesses the extent to which the
program will help ensure healthcare
equity and justifies reasoning, but
response or reasoning is cursory, vague,
or illogical

Does not assess the extent to which the
program will help ensure healthcare
equity and does not justify reasoning

12

Articulation of Response
(APA Style and Mechanics)

Submission has no major errors related
to citations, grammar, spelling, syntax, or
organization

Submission has major errors related to
citations, grammar, spelling, syntax, or
organization that negatively impact
readability and articulation of main ideas

Submission has critical errors related to
citations, grammar, spelling, syntax, or
organization that prevent understanding
of ideas

10

Total 100%