Research Paper Topic, Budget Information, and Resources In Unit VIII of this course, you will complete a research paper where you create a balance sheet, income statement, and statement of cash flows for your healthcare facility. You will also make capital budgeting and investment decisions, and present long-term financial analysis for the facility. In this analysis, you will evaluate the financial implications of current and future healthcare trends and discuss the future of healthcare financial management in the United States.  In this unit, your assignment is to submit a research paper topic that gives basic background information about your healthcare facility and presents current budget information. The first part of this assignment is to decide which facility that you wish to analyze. Do not use the same facility you used in the Unit V Assignment. Create your own facility name, background, and information about what type of healthcare facility it is. Give a brief description of your facility, including information about its history, its current financial situation, and whether it is for-profit or nonprofit.  Part two of the assignment for this unit is to outline the budget information for your facility for 2018. Include the revenues, costs, and profits (or losses). With this information, present a budget and actual results for the facility with the difference in dollar-terms and percentages based on the actual numbers. Explain the relationships of these. Based on this information, calculate and interpret the revenue, cost, and profit variances for the facility. You are creating this facility, so the budget information is up to you. For instance, if you want to concentrate on turning operations around in a struggling facility, that facility might face losses in its 2018 budget. 

Scenario North American Transport (NAT) is a fast growinglong-haul trucking company that specializes in the delivery of fresh foods to many of the leading fresh-food retail chains across the United States. NAT is based out of Kansas City, Kansas and employees 75 drivers, loaders, mechanics, communications technicians, business developers andmanagers. NAT’s business plan includes 20% growth per year or 225 employees within 5 years. NAT is also planning on adding additional Fleet Resource Centersin California and Virginia. Fleet Resource Centers are NAT owned service facilities used to maintain the fleet of trucks, vans, trailers, refrigeration etc. Fleet Resource Centers also offer growth and will require resources. Business Goals for the MIS Architecture: An architecture that is flexible and scalable; Company growth is projected to be 20% per year An architecture that can rapidly deploy/employ new systems and technology; Agile system development An architecture that meets the demands of evolving business processes; Information Technology cannot “hold up” any business process, IT must be adaptable An architecture that is easily understood and easy to manage; Minimize IT department footprint. Take advantage of cloud services An architecture that is secure; Deploy state-of-the-art security software/hardware MIS Architecture Current MIS Architecture Capabilities: One 12 port 10 Mb/s switch Laptop computers used to support administrationwith various operating systems 1 shared printer MS Office 2007 Exchange Server 2007 MS SQL on a stand-alone computer ADSL broadband Internet 8 Mb/s Instructions Create an MIS Architecture Plan You will use Microsoft Word to develop a MISarchitecture plan that analyzes the current capabilities, lists available resources, aligns capabilities with business objectives in order to identify gaps and recommends IT solutions. Your plan must include a Table of Contents and Headers. Analyze and explain the current MIS architecture: Discuss bandwidth, speedof service, reliability, scalability, mobility andsecurity. Create a list that identifies and outlines existing resources being utilized in the company. Discuss the operational objectives of the company using assumptions gained from the scenario. Develop a recommendation plan for an improved MIS architecture. Your plan should examine whether or not the current architecture meets the business needs and if not, identify those gaps. Be sure to consider the businesses’ goals and objectives. Using software of your choosing (Ex. Power Pointor Visio), construct a revamped architecture diagram that meets the needs of the company. Attach your architecture diagram as an appendix.