HCM 491 Milestone One Guidelines and Rubric
Begin working on your capstone project. In a post to the course discussion topic, provide the agency or institution profile and background (i.e., type of
organization, historical information, information about growth, current or past initiatives, etc.). Identify the need or opportunity within the organization and
describe its impact on the organization, its purpose and target population, and its impacts on the greater healthcare environment, if any. How do you plan on
addressing this need or opportunity? What is your initiative? Describe the policy or guideline you identified on the Health.gov website and how this information
will impact your project.
In response to your peers, comment on their process for addressing the need or opportunity. Provide recommendations for implementation. Reference at least
one article or the required readings to support your comments.
Specifically the following critical elements must be addressed:
I. Profile: Provide the agency or institution profile and background (i.e., type of organization, historical information, information about growth, current or
past initiatives, etc.).
II. Healthcare Need: Identify the need or opportunity within the organization and describe its impact for the organization, its purpose and target
population, and impacts to the greater healthcare environment, if any. How do you plan on addressing this need or opportunity? What is your initiative?
Guidelines for Submission: Your submission is submitted to the discussion topic and should be one to two PowerPoint slides with any references cited in APA
format.
Critical Elements Proficient (100%) Not Proficient (0%) Value
Profile Provides the agency or institution profile and background Does not provide the agency or institution profile and
background
30
Healthcare Need Identifies the need or opportunity within the organization
and describes its impact on the organization
Does not identify the need or opportunity within the
organization and describe its impact on the organization
30
Recommendations Provides recommendations for implementation on peer’s
process for addressing the need or opportunity
Does not provide recommendations for implementation
on peer’s process for addressing the need or
opportunity
30
Articulation of Response Submission is mostly free of errors of organization and
grammar; errors are marginal and rarely interrupt the flow
Submission contains errors of organization and grammar
making the submission difficult to understand
10
Earned Total 100%
