Instructions
For this week’s assignment, you are tasked with researching predictive analytics and its application to the healthcare delivery system.
Example Topics: (Note: you may choose another topic not listed)
Financial forecasting
Improving patient engagement
Enhancing cybersecurity
Preventing readmissions
Managing population health
Staffing needs
Early detection of drug interactions
Likelihood of patients returning after a surgery
Number of patients that do not show for appointments.
Patient responses to various treatments
In your paper,
Explain why predictive analytics could be applied to your chosen topic and what could be accomplished.
Describe what comes next and provide a detailed action plan with the methodology used, such as data mining, statistics, or artificial intelligence.
Define any ethical and legal consequences regarding the use of data mining, statistics, or artificial intelligence.
Describe four possible benefits of applying predictive analysis to your chosen topic. Examples might be cost reduction, improved positive patient outcomes, and acquiring new patients.
Analyze two pros and two cons associated with the application of predictive analytics in the healthcare delivery system.
Explain how predictive analytics provides applicable data during a healthcare organization’s strategic planning process.
The Applications of Predictive Analytics within Strategic Planning Processes paper
must be four to five double-spaced pages in length (not including title and references pages) and formatted according to APA StyleLinks to an external site. as outlined in the Writing Center’s APA Formatting for Microsoft WordLinks to an external site. resource.
must include a separate title page with the following in title case:
title of paper in bold font
Space should appear between the title and the rest of the information on the title page.
student’s name
name of institution (The University of Arizona Global Campus)
course name and number
instructor’s name
due date
must utilize academic voice. Review the Academic VoiceLinks to an external site. resource for additional guidance.
must include an introduction and conclusion paragraph.
Your introduction paragraph needs to end with a clear thesis statement that indicates the purpose of your paper.
For assistance on writing Introductions & ConclusionsLinks to an external site. and Writing a Thesis StatementLinks to an external site., refer to the Writing Center resources.
must use at least three scholarly or peer-reviewed sources published in the past 5 years in addition to the course text.