HCM 440. Integrated Review on the Rising Costs of Prescription Drugs

HCM 440 Final Project Guidelines and Rubric
Overview
Healthcare administrators, managers, and executives are responsible for planning, directing, and coordinating health services at various levels for thepopulations they serve. Interpreting research is integral to the role of a healthcare professional, especially when conducting a needs assessment for programplanning.
In this course, you will choose a clinical area of interest related to healthcare administration and create an annotated bibliography. For your final assessment,you will compose an integrated review. In this review, you will discuss the criteria necessary for inclusion or exclusion in the research study, critique the quality
of each study, and present a synthesis of the results.
This integrated review will address the following course outcomes:
1. Critique ethical issues in healthcare research for their influence on compliance with rules and regulations
2. Evaluate basic research strategies applicable to healthcare settings for informing research proposals
3. Assess the appropriateness of utilizing secondary databases in healthcare research as an alternative to conducting original research
4. Justify the selection of specific data analysis methodology in published healthcare research for informing healthcare research methodology
5. Select healthcare administration issues to research in validating the need for program evaluationPromptUsing the six peer-reviewed literature articles from your annotated bibliography, compose an integrated review that focuses on a clinical issue of interest.Ensure that the topic of this integrated review is viewed from the perspective of a healthcare professional who is looking to validate the need for programevaluation at your hospital, even if your annotated bibliography was not this focused.Specifically, your integrated review should focus on the following critical elements:I. AbstractCraft a well-drafted abstract. Be sure to adhere to the guidelines from the latest edition of the American Psychological Association’s style guide. Considerthe appropriate length for your audience.II. Introductiona) State the purpose, aims, or objectives of the integrated review. What do you wish to achieve through the drafting of this review? Be explicit inyour answer.b) Introduce the topic of interest. Why is this topic the focus of the review?c) What is the research question you are going to focus on? If you were to prepare a research proposal, what would your hypothesis be? Why?d) What variables are of interest to you? How will these variables help you throughout this integrated review? Be sure to label the types ofvariables each of these are.e) Discuss the background and significance of the problem to healthcare administration. III. Literature Searcha) What keywords and combinations were used in the initial search? Which were the most effective? Explain why these keywords andcombinations provided the most useful results.b) Which databases were searched? Why were these the chosen databases? Assess the characteristics that make these databases the mostreliable.c) Evaluate the inclusion and exclusion criteria for the sample. How did you decide to narrow the search and focus the review? How was the finalsample determined? Be sure to include your process.IV. Methodology Analysisa) What methodology was used in this research? Was it effective for the research question and hypothesis? Why or why not? Consider includingimprovements for the methodology.b) What statistical data analyses were employed in these articles? Were they appropriate for the research question and methodology? Why orwhy not?c) Evaluate the literature for any gaps that exist. Why do you think these gaps exist? Consider factors such as the location of the research, time theresearch was conducted, and so on.d) Evaluate the literature for inconsistencies that exist across the studies. Why do you think these inconsistencies exist? Consider factors such asthe location of the research, time the research was conducted, and so on.V. Synthesis and Interpretationa) Create an evidence table of your results. Be sure to include the following criteria for each study:1. Report citation2. Design3. Method4. Sample5. Data collection6. Data analysis7. Validity and reliabilityb) Compare and contrast the study findings. Be sure to include pertinent conclusions and statistical findings only.c) Evaluate the research strategies used in the articles, as applicable to healthcare programs. Was the research design appropriate for the studyconducted? Was the statistical analysis employed the best choice for the research questions posed?d) What ethical issues are pertinent specifically to healthcare research? How can these issues influence the research strategies chosen toinvestigate clinical topics? Evaluate these research articles and consider how ethical concerns may have limited these clinical investigations.e) What patterns and trends exist in the research? What generalizations can you draw from the research?f) If secondary data was utilized, was the source biased or objective? Why? If original research was conducted, do you think the researchers werebiased or objective? Why? Be sure to support your answer.g) Synthesize the main findings of the research articles. What were the hypotheses of the research studies? Did the research add any new scholarlyinformation to the existing body of knowledge?h) Assess whether utilizing secondary data as an alternative to the researchers’ original research would have been a feasible option. If it had beenan option, what resource(s) would be the most appropriate to use? What would be some of the strengths and limitations of using secondarydata?i) Assess the literature for any ethical concerns that may be present. Consider things such as conflicts of interest between the researcher and thestudy sponsors, or the lack of an IRB approval for the study.VI. Conclusiona) What are the studies’ strengths? Are there patterns in the articles that you chose regarding their strengths?b) What are the studies’ limitations? Are there patterns in the articles that you chose regarding their limitations?c) Were the findings and conclusions reliable and valid? Why or why not? Logically support your answers.d) What are the implications of this research? How will it influence your topic in the overall large picture of healthcare research?MilestonesAnnotated BibliographyThis milestone is due in Module Four. Submit a summary and analysis of six research articles relevant to the research problem that you have chosen. Thismilestone is graded with the Annotated Bibliography Rubric.Integrated ReviewThe final project is due in Module Eight. Using the six peer-reviewed literature articles from your annotated bibliography, compose an integrated review thatfocuses on a clinical issue of interest. Ensure that the topic of this integrated review is viewed from the perspective of a healthcare professional who is looking tovalidate the need for program evaluation at your hospital. Remember to use APA format. This final project is graded with the Final Project Rubric. 
Within the rubric it states to use the 6 scholarly articles included within my annotated bibliography, I have also included that however I only have 3 scholarly articles. I will need 3 additional scholarly articles.
Here are some additional instructions:
Use Headers and sub-headers in your paper to keep you on track
Abstract should be on a single page
Please ensure you have your problem and scope with references to support
Your research question and variables labeled as independent and dependent
Provide examples of your methods, data collection, and statistical tests
Address or identify any ethical issues
Use the rubric to help identify the remaining sections...
Use APA format, double space your content and references, also citations must be present
Use hanging indent for your reference list, all references in your list must be cited in your paper,
Please ensure you have a data table even when using qualitative study.
I would like to add that my average grade in this class has been about a B. Don't stress on this being perfect! Having a flawless paper wouldn't be consistent with my work. Thank you!