Risk screening & prevention program for falls in Patients Dementia Proposal

Think about what role YOU can play in improving patient outcomes, health care organization

and delivery, or another cause related to health care.Ideally, it will be a cause about which

you are passionate and enthusiastic to solve – whether due to personal or family experience

or due to strong interest in solving the problem.You will be designing a project and seeking

funding for a hypothetical project to help with your cause in a competition.The Award

Grantor will base the award decisions on whether the project meets the four criteria used for

granting a Certificate of Need by the Tennessee Health Services and Development Agency

(note: your project will not be one of the items requiring a CON in Tennessee, but we are

going to adopt the criteria for our competition).Pick the cause for which you want to advocate and answer the following in your memo:

A. What is your cause?

B. Which organization will you (hypothetically) represent to partner with you on your

project(or are you going to set up your own organization or do this individually)?

C. Will you meet the four criteria for a Certificate of Need:What sources will you search

to find more information about the need for you project? What is the feasibility of your

project in terms of collecting, storing and using necessary data? Is your project

financially feasible?How much of the grant money will you be seeking? How you will

measure the quality and impact of your project?

D. Consider the legal and ethical issues with data collection, data security, privacy, and

patient consent.How and on what platform are you going to find and collect data to

advocate for your project? Will you need patient or other consents? How will you

protect your data from cyberattacks?

E. Who can you contact to find out more about your cause?Initiate contact with this

person or organization and set up a meeting