Initiatives in Strategic Health Care Organizations

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Assignment: Initiatives in Strategic Health Care Organizations

The old adage, “form follows function” describes considering the importance of what you are trying to accomplish before you decide how to get there. It is important to remember that you have to have the will to improve, ideas about alternatives to the status quo, and make it real—execute (Nolan, 2007).

In this Discussion, you will describe strategic health care quality initiatives in two organizations attempting to accomplish their goals and objectives in quality improvement. You will also examine the purpose of the initiatives(s) and share the issues and opportunities for improvement, as well as address any elements crucial to improving quality in your health care organization or one you are familiar with.

To prepare:

Read and review the resources in the Learning Resources section as they relate to initiatives in strategic health care organizations.

SelectONE organization from each of the TWO groups listed:

Group I:

  • Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
  • Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI)
  • Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP)

Group II:

  • ANCC Magnet Recognition Program
  • Baldrige Performance Excellence Program
  • The Leapfrog Group

The Assignment:

In a 3- to 4-page paper (excluding title page and references):

  • Describe strategic health care quality initiatives in two of the organizations. Compareand contrast the purposes of the initiatives.

Assignment: Initiatives in Strategic Health Care Organizations

The old adage, “form follows function” describes considering the importance of what you are trying to accomplish before you decide how to get there. It is important to remember that you have to have the will to improve, ideas about alternatives to the status quo, and make it real—execute (Nolan, 2007).

In this Discussion, you will describe strategic health care quality initiatives in two organizations attempting to accomplish their goals and objectives in quality improvement. You will also examine the purpose of the initiatives(s) and share the issues and opportunities for improvement, as well as address any elements crucial to improving quality in your health care organization or one you are familiar with.

To prepare:

Read and review the resources in the Learning Resources section as they relate to initiatives in strategic health care organizations.

SelectONE organization from each of the TWO groups listed:

Group I:

  • Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
  • Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI)
  • Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP)

Group II:

  • ANCC Magnet Recognition Program
  • Baldrige Performance Excellence Program
  • The Leapfrog Group

The Assignment:

In a 3- to 4-page paper (excluding title page and references):

  • Describe strategic health care quality initiatives in two of the organizations. Compareand contrast the purposes of the initiatives.
  • Analyze strategic quality issues and opportunities for improvement within the two organizations.
  • Evaluatewhich elements of the initiatives are crucial to the quality-improvement opportunities of your health care organization or an organization with which you are familiar.
  • Analyze strategic quality issues and opportunities for improvement within the two organizations.
  • Evaluatewhich elements of the initiatives are crucial to the quality-improvement opportunities of your health care organization or an organization with which you are familiar.

The most effective means of reducing healthcare costs are improving preventive care and reducing excess costs and waste

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Prompt: The most effective means of reducing healthcare costs are improving preventive care and reducing excess costs and waste. Preventable deaths are a huge burden on the U.S. economy. For example, tobacco is the “largest preventable cause of disease and premature death in the US,” yet more than 45 million Americans still use tobacco (American Cancer Society, 2016). Between 2000 and 2012, $133 billion were spent on tobacco-related health care costs, compared to $16.6 billion in France, $9.5 billion in the UK, $6.2 billion in China, and $2.8 billion in Canada (American Cancer Society, 2016). This is a significant amount of money that could be diverted to other resources. Additionally, there is an enormous amount of waste in the health care system that could be reduced. In an article posted in the Harvard Business Review, the largest categories of waste are clinical waste (14% of health care spending), administrative complexity (9%), excessive prices (5%), and fraud and abuse (7%). (Sahni, Kocher, & Cutler, 2017). Reducing this excess could reduce health care costs significantly.

References:

American Cancer Society. (2016). Tobacco: The True Cost of Smoking. Retrieved July 31, 2017, from https://www.cancer.org/research/infographics-gallery/tobacco-related-healthcare-costs.html

Sahni, N., A., Kocher, B., & Cutler, D. M. (2017, May 08). How the U.S. Can Reduce Waste in Health Care Spending by $1 Trillion. Retrieved July 30, 2017, from https://hbr.org/2015/10/how-the-u-s-can-reduce-waste-in-health-care-spending-by-1-trillion

Comment/Reply. Provide references/citations for any cited work.

What are cultural issues related to learning styles, autonomy, and educational preparation of content for this culture?

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N512 Diverse Populations and Health Care

Module 8 Assignment

Signature Assignment Title: Diverse and Culturally-Specific Approaches to Healthcare

Signature Assignment Description/Directions: Presentation

A nurse educator is preparing an orientation on culture and the workplace. There is a need to address the many cultures that seek healthcare services and how to better understand the culture. This presentation will examine the role of the nurse as a culturally diverse practitioner.

Choose a culture that you feel less knowledgeable about

Compare this culture with your own culture

Analyze the historical, socioeconomic, political, educational, and topographical aspects of this culture

What are the appropriate interdisciplinary interventions for hereditary, genetic, and endemic diseases and high-risk health behaviors within this culture?

What are the influences of their value systems on childbearing and bereavement practices

What are their sources of strength, spirituality, and magicoreligious beliefs associated with health and health care?

What are the health-care practices: acute versus preventive care; barriers to health care; the meaning of pain and the sick role; and traditional folk medicine practices?

What are cultural issues related to learning styles, autonomy, and educational preparation of content for this culture?

This PowerPoint® (Microsoft Office) or Impress® (Open Office) presentation should be a minimum of 20 slides, including a title, introduction, conclusion and reference slide, with detailed speaker notes and recorded audio comments for all content slides. Use at least four scholarly sources and make certain to review the module’s Signature Assignment Rubric before starting your presentation. This presentation is worth 400 points for quality content and presentation.

Summarize the benefits of using a decision support system as discussed in the case study. Support your response

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Your Discussion Assignment is on Decision Support, from the eyes of both a Public Health practitioner, Hilda, the public health manager, and the Decision Support Case Study – based upon the assigned readings and DVD/Media. Using APA style and in 350 words, you are to:

“Summarize the benefits of using a decision support system as discussed in the case study. Support your response”

You have to pool from the text, (chapter reading, including Case Study and Wikipedia), plus the DVD/Media for supporting your write-up.

Please read and view the following Learning Resources before you complete this week’s assignment(s).

Course DVD: Coosawatachee County Case Study: Module 5, “Personnel Management”

http://mym.cdn.laureate-media.com/2dett4d/Walden/PUBH/6227/06/mm/informaticsmodules/

Reading

Course Text: Public Health Informatics and Information Systems by Patrick W. O’Carroll, William A.Yasnoff, M. Elizabeth Ward, Laura H. Ripp, and Ernest L. Martin (Eds.)

Chapter 23, “Decision Support and Expert Systems in Public Health”This chapter discusses when a decision support or expert system can facilitate data analysis in the public health setting. Once again, the immunization registry is used to illustrate the concepts presented. Supplemental ActivityDecision Support System 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decision_support_system

Wikipedia provides an overview on decision support along with additionalDocument Preview:

Public Health. Your Discussion Assignment is on Decision Support, from the eyes of both a Public Health practitioner, Hilda, the public health manager, and the Decision Support Case Study – based upon the assigned readings and DVD/Media. Using APA style and in 350 words, you are to: “Summarize the benefits of using a decision support system as discussed in the case study. Support your response” You have to pool from the text, (chapter reading, including Case Study and Wikipedia), plus the DVD/Media for supporting your write-up. This is emphasized in Italics in the Learning Resources area of Week 10 in the Blackboard classroom and I quote: Please read and view the following Learning Resources before you complete this week’s assignment(s). Course DVD: Coosawatachee County Case Study: Module 5, “Personnel Management” HYPERLINK “http://mym.cdn.laureate-media.com/2dett4d/Walden/PUBH/6227/06/mm/informaticsmodules/” t “_blank” http://mym.cdn.laureate-media.com/2dett4d/Walden/PUBH/6227/06/mm/informaticsmodules/ Reading Course Text: Public Health Informatics and Information Systems by Patrick W. O’Carroll, William A.Yasnoff, M. Elizabeth Ward, Laura H. Ripp, and Ernest L. Martin (Eds.)Chapter 23, “Decision Support and Expert Systems in Public Health” This chapter discusses when a decision support or expert system can facilitate data analysis in the public health setting. Once again, the immunization registry is used to illustrate the concepts presented. Supplemental ActivityDecision Support System HYPERLINK “http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decision_support_system” t “_blank” http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decision_support_systemWikipedia provides an overview on decision support along with additional resources.

Identify all of the stakeholders that are involved and impacted by the organization

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You have been asked to evaluate the organization’s strategic planning approach because of changes in recent legislation (Affordable Care Act, Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH), Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), the Joint Commission, etc.). To gather data for your assignment, identify a publicly-held health care organization of your choice. You may use the Library to search for market information.Prepare a report of 5–7 pages with at least 5 academic or professional references published in the past five years that indicates the following:

  • Identify all of the stakeholders that are involved and impacted by the organization.
  • Differentiate internal from external stakeholders, and evaluate the relationship between the organizational mission and vision for each stakeholder group based on strategic planning components.
  • Evaluate at least 3 business units or stakeholder groups that should be subjected to further evaluation to support the strategic initiatives of the organization, and provide your rationale and justification.
  • Analyze the mission and vision statements of the organization from the perspective of each of the identified stakeholders.
  • Assess the organization’s approach to addressing recent health care legislation, and provide an evaluation of the strategic response that is commonly employed.

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Describe entitlement and block grant programs. How are these two programs different?

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Role of Government in Providing Health Insurance for Other Sections

The government provides health insurance to low-income individuals,  the elderly, and the disabled. These individuals cannot afford private  health insurance and would be uninsured if government insurance did not  exist. Medicaid and Medicare are entitlement programs, while SCHIP is a  block grant program.

On the basis of your knowledge on Medicaid, Medicare and SCHIP, write  a 3- to 4-page essay in a Microsoft Word document on these government  insurance programs. Your essay should include answers to the following  questions:

Compare and contrast the three major government health insurances.  Include eligibility, administrative jurisdiction, and method of  financing.

Compare the Medicaid program in the state you reside in with a  Medicaid program in another state. Should Medicaid programs be uniform  throughout the United States? Explain why or why not.

Compare the structure and eligibility rules for SCHIP in your state  and SCHIP in another state. Do you think that SCHIP should be uniform  throughout the United States? Why or why not?

Describe entitlement and block grant programs. How are these two programs different?

Should all government health insurances be entitlement programs or should they all be block grant programs? Why?View less »

Children with Special Health Care Needs

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Assignment

There are a great number of resources on the Internet that provide reliable examples of health assessments. It is recommended that you find one public site within your own State/county and you can carry this data over to the Unit 8 assignment. Go to the public link chosen and choose a health issue (i.e. Children with Special Health Care Needs). Review the data and evaluate it. Report your findings in a thorough, well-organized manner. For example, if you live in Los Angeles county, California, this link is an option for you –

http://www.publichealth.lacounty.gov/ha/HA_ALPHA_REPORTS.htm

USE HORRY COUNTY, IN MYRTLE BEACH SC, AS LOCATION FOR PAPER

Ask yourself these questions as you gather your data: ● What can you assume from this health assessment? Take into consideration the population demographics used in Unit 4. ● What information contained in the report could help you in planning interventions in community health? ● What information could be used in public policy planning? Format your paper consistent with APA 6th guidelines. Be sure to list your sources of information at theView less »Apr 23 2019 03:31 AM

The statistical data and the health compromises identified above

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Review the descriptions of the ten special populations addressed in Chapter 1 of your course textbook.  Identify the three groups you feel are most vulnerable. Explain your reasoning for selecting the groups based on: 

·         An analysis of the statistical data/trends related to the populations. How did you use data to determine the three most vulnerable populations? Explain your thought process.

·         The World Health Organization’s formal definition of “health.”  How are the physical, mental, and social aspects of health compromised in these three vulnerable populations in comparison to the others?

·         The statistical data and the health compromises identified above. Create a list of at least three health service needs for each vulnerable group you identified.

Your initial contribution should be 250 to 300 words in length. Your research and claims must be supported by your course text and at least one other scholarly source.  Use proper APA formatting for in-text citations and references as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.Guided Response: Review several of your classmates’ posts.  Provide a substantive response (a minimum of 100 words) to at least two of your peers by comparing and/or contrasting your selected three groups to theirs. What similarities or differences do you notice? How did your classmates justify their responses?

What is global climate change?

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You are the presidential adviser faced with addressing the environmental health implications of global climate change. First, define global climate change. Provide an overview of what issues you are expecting in the next 5–10 years and theirWhat is global climate change?. Summarize the ‘Paris Agreement’ of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change of 2016. Does this agreement address the main issues you presented? Please describe.

Make sure to use at least 3 varied references.

Please make sure to include clear answers to:

*What is global climate change?

*What do you think the most pressing environmental health issues from global climate change will be in the next 5-10 years?

*What are some health impacts from these issues? (You may focus on one or two)

*What are some of the environmental impacts from these issues?

*Summarize the ‘Paris Agreement’ of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change of 2016.

You are the presidential adviser faced with addressing the environmental health implications of global climate change. First, define global climate change. Provide an overview of what issues you are expecting in the next 5–10 years and their human health and environmental implications. Summarize the ‘Paris Agreement’ of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change of 2016. Does this agreement address the main issues you presented? Please describe.

Make sure to use at least 3 varied references.

Please make sure to include clear answers to:

*What is global climate change?

*What do you think the most pressing environmental health issues from global climate change will be in the next 5-10 years?

*What are some health impacts from these issues? (You may focus on one or two)

*What are some of the environmental impacts from these issues?

*Summarize the ‘Paris Agreement’ of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change of 2016.

*How does the Paris Agreement address the issues you presented?

*How does the Paris Agreement address the issues you presented?

Use the Internet to research the developments in preparedness policies for your state and at least two (2) federal public health agencies over recent years. Be prepared to discuss

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Healthcare Policy and Law class. Must be 250 words must cite work.

“Public Health Preparedness” Please respond to the following:

  • From the first e-Activity, analyze the measures your state and local community have in place to prepare hospitals for two (2) different types of threats to public health. Question whether the design of these measures allows for the sufficient protection of the population in the face of an imminent threat. Justify your response.
  • From the second e-Activity, examine two to three (2-3) changes to the preparedness policies of your chosen state and federal government agencies. Determine the significant social, political, or environmental factors that have influenced these changes. Provide support for your rationale.

E-Activity: Use the Internet to research your state’s public health and hospital preparedness policies. Be prepared to discuss.

  • Use the Internet to research the developments in preparedness policies for your state and at least two (2) federal public health agencies over recent years. Be prepared to discuss.