Assignment - In a nutshell

Students should also understand the question’s action words:

Instruction	What students should do
Identify	Name the activity or risk clearly and give a relevant healthcare example.
Describe	Explain how a process or practice operates.
Discuss	Develop the explanation using examples, reasoning and evidence.
Analyse	Explain causes, consequences and how the risk could contribute to organisational failure.
Suggest prevention	Propose specific controls and explain how they address the identified causes.

Relevant topics from the BBAS4103 page

The following chapter titles appear on your course page. The applications below are suggested ways to connect those topics to this assignment. BBAS4103 course page

Course topic	How to apply it
Chapter 1: AIS Overview	Explain how an AIS supports healthcare transactions, decisions and accountability.
Chapter 2: Information and Business Operation	Discuss information shared between registration, treatment, pharmacy, billing and finance.
Chapter 3: Accounting Documentation	Use invoices, receipts, purchase orders and audit trails to explain documentation and verification.
Chapter 4: Control	Apply authorisation, segregation of duties, reconciliation and independent checks.
Chapter 5: Cycles	Show how healthcare transactions move through connected accounting processes.
Chapter 6: Revenue Cycle	Analyse patient billing, insurance claims, collection and outstanding debts.
Chapter 7: Expenditure Cycle	Analyse purchasing, supplier selection, receipt of supplies and payments.
Chapter 8: Production Cycle	Adapt costing and resource planning concepts to healthcare service delivery.
Chapter 9: GL Cycle	Discuss journal entries, account reconciliation and financial reporting.
Chapter 10: e-business	Consider online payments, patient portals and electronic transactions.
Chapter 11: Control Issues	Discuss system security, access, data integrity and recovery controls.
Chapter 12: Risk Assessment	Assess likelihood and impact, prioritise risks and evaluate responses.

Prioritise Chapters 12, 4 and 11, then use the transaction cycle chapters to provide concrete healthcare examples.

Plan Your Assgnment according to the rubric

Required component	Marks	Suggested approach
Four major accounting and financial activities	6	Explain four distinct activities with healthcare examples.
Risk management practices	10	Explain a structured process for identifying, assessing, responding to and monitoring risks.
Four possible risks	8	Analyse four distinct risks, including their causes and consequences.
Prevention measures	8	Match practical controls to each risk.
Responsible AI use and information verification	8	Acknowledge AI use, include all prompts used and verify information against credible sources.
Total	40