Rural Community Health Assessment

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Rural Community Health Assessment

For this assignment, you will assume your health care organization provides charitable care for a rural community, which is at a significant distance from the main health care facility. You will look at your current health care plan and the information below regarding this rural community, and describe the types of changes or addendums would need to be made to your health care plan to meet the needs of this rural community. In addition, you will describe any missing demographics or information that would be helpful to know as you prepare for this charitable care health mission. You will be required to support the changes you make with evidence-based resources.

Details of the rural community are as follows:

  • Description – Town: Landville.
  • Population: 1034.
  • Median household income: 34, 020 dollars.
  • Poverty level: 30 percent live in poverty.
  • English speaking: 87 percent.
  • Spanish speaking: 8 percent.
  • Ages:
  • Under 18: 20 percent.
  • Over 65: 19 percent.

For this assignment, be sure to:

  • Describe any real or potential patient barriers to health and wellness.
  • Describe any missing information or gap in information to make an informed health assessment.
  • What is missing? Why would this missing information help inform the health assessment?
  • Identify communication strategies needed to promote effective teamwork and effective interdisciplinary collaboration that will address patient needs.
  • Identify possible addendums or changes with current health action plan from the Unit 7 assignment that would have to be considered with this new community.
  • Make sure to incorporate cultural considerations into chosen outreach, clinical, and communication techniquest and strategies.

Submission Requirements

Your paper should meet the following requirements:

  • APA formatting: Resources and citations are formatted according to current APA style, no older than 5 years.
  • Font and font size: Times New Roman, 12 point.
  • Length: 3typed, double-spaced pages

Cost and Quality in U.S. Health Care

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 Cost and Quality in U.S. Health Care

Within the Discussion Board area, write 500–700 words that respond to the following questions with your thoughts, ideas, and comments. This will be the foundation for future discussions by your classmates. Be substantive and clear, and use examples to reinforce your ideas.

From 1998–2003, the following important reports were published:

The Urgent Need to Improve Healthcare Quality by M. R. Chassin and R. W. Galvin.

To Err Is Human: Building a Safer Health System by L. T. Kohn, J. M. Corrigan, and M. S. Donaldson.

Crossing the Quality Chasm: A New Health System for the 21st Century by the Committee on Quality Health Care in America

National Healthcare Quality Report by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

Complete the following for this assignment:

  1. Choose 1 of those reports, and describe its impact on the quality of health care in the United States.
  2. How could you use the concepts of the report that you chose to assess and subsequently improve the quality of health care in your health care organization?

Note: Use APA style to cite at least 2 scholarly sources from the last 5 years in addition to the chosen report.. 500-700 words APA Format…

THE MAIN SURVEILLANCE METHODS USED IN PUBLIC HEALTH THAT COULD ALSO BE USED TO DETECT A BIOTERRORISM THREAT.

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Bioterrorism Threats

Select a potential bioterrorism threat from the following:

Anthrax
Food supply contamination
Water system contamination
Air borne contamination

Using the South University Online Library or the Internet, research on your selected potential bioterrorism threat. Based on your research, create a 3- to 4-page Microsoft Word report that covers the following aspects in detail:

The main surveillance methods used in public health that could also be used to detect a bioterrorism threat.
The basic functions of all levels of government―federal, state, and local―when responding to a possible bioterrorism threat.
The existing surveillance systems and their adequacy to meet emergency preparedness needs.

Support your responses with examples.

Cite any sources in APA format.

ANALYZE THE WAYS IN WHICH THE EASTERN AND WESTERN MEDICAL SYSTEMS INTERSECT AND THE FUTURE OF CHINESE MEDICINE WITH REGARDS TO INTEGRATIVE HEALTH

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Chinese Medicine and Therapeutic Modalities

Write a three- to five-page paper (excluding title and reference pages) in APA format which addresses an ailment or illness that you, a friend, or a family member has had. Your paper must contain the following:

  1. Pick an ailment that you, a friend, or family member, have suffered from. If you are not able to identify an ailment within those parameters, create a fictitious case.
  2. Describe how this person was treated (or would have been treated if this is a hypothetical case) by Western medicine.
  3. Describe how this person could also be treated with Chinese medicine. Use the Ashford University Library to locate a scholarly research study related to how Chinese medicine may help a person with this ailment. If it pertains to this situation, you may use the article from this week’s discussion.
  4. Do you feel that an integrated approach can be applied to this case? Explain your answer.
  5. What are the benefits of using both Western medicine and Chinese medicine in the treatment of this individual? Are there any potential disadvantages to using both?
  6. Analyze the ways in which the eastern and western medical systems intersect and the future of Chinese medicine with regards to integrative health. You may also incorporate Ayurvedic medicine in this assignment.

DISCUSS OTHER USES OF TECHNOLOGY THAT COULD POTENTIALLY IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE

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Medicine Through Videoconferencing

Read the Real World Case 3: Brain Saving Technologies, Inc. and the T-Health Institute: Medicine through Videoconferencing (pp. 236-237).

In a three- to five-page paper (not including the title page or reference page), respond to the following:

  1. From the perspective of the patient, explain how you would feel about being diagnosed by a doctor who could be hundreds or thousands of miles from you. Describe any expectations or concerns you would have about that kind of experience.
  2. Discuss other professions, aside from health care and education that could benefit from the application of some of the technologies discussed in this case. Explain how they would derive business value from these projects. Develop two proposals in different professional settings.
  3. The deployment of IT in health professions is still very much in its infancy. Discuss other uses of technology that could potentially improve the quality of health care. Compose a list of at least three alternatives.

DETERMINE THE DIRECT IMPACT OF MARKETING FOR THE HEALTH CARE

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 Marketing and the Health Care System

Select a health care provided with which you are familiar and write a four to six (4-6) page paper in which you:

  1. Determine the direct impact of marketing for the health care provider you selected.
  2. Outline a strategy for the health care provider you selected to determine the utilization of its products or services.
  3. Outline a marketing strategy for the health care provider you selected.
  4. Recommend at least three (3) separate ways the health care provider you selected could shape the buying decisions of its customers.
  5. Provide at least three (3) qualified sources, e.g., peer-reviewed journals, professional organization Website, or health care provider Websites.

Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

  • Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
  • Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

  • Describe the health care system and the role of marketing.
  • Analyze the competitive environment of a health services organization and identify a course of action that will allow for strategic marketing success.
  • Use technology and information resources to research issues in health services marketing.
  • Write clearly and concisely about health services marketing using proper writing mechanics.

Grading for this assignment will be based on answer quality, logic/organization of the paper, and language and writing skills.

DISCUSS SUBSTANTIVE WAYS IN WHICH A HEALTHY POPULATION STRENGTHENS THE ECONOMY OF THE COUNTRY

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Use the Internet to research one (1) developing nation of your choice. Your research should include an examination of lending institutions, health care, and human capital

Write a three (3) page research paper in which you: 1.Explore whether or not funding from international lending institutions like the World Bank and the IMF are helping or hindering the social, economic, or political development of the country that you have selected. Support your response with examples. 2.Discuss, with examples, at least four (4) substantive ways in which a healthy population strengthens the economy of the country that you have selected. 3.Ascertain the degree to which the leadership of your chosen country has used foreign aid to improve its health care system. Support your response with concrete examples. 4.Use at least five (5) quality academic resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia, blogs, and other nonacademic websites do not qualify as academic resources. Approval of resources is at the instructor’s discretion. Resources must also be within the last seven (7) years.

DISCUSS THE ACTIVITIES THAT EACH ORGANIZATION PRACTICES TO DECREASE THE BARRIERS TO HEALTHCARE ACCESS FOR WOMEN AND/OR MINORITIES.

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Healthcare for Women

In a 4- to 5-page Microsoft Word document, express your views on the following:

  • Describe at least three (community, state, or national) organizations that are committed to improving access to healthcare for women and minorities. Also, identify the primary stakeholders of each organization as well as their target audiences.
  • Describe the mission statement of each organization and discuss the activities that each organization practices to decrease the barriers to healthcare access for women and/or minorities.
  • Are these strategies effective? Why or why not? If you were to design an intervention to address barriers to healthcare access who would your target audience be and why? What strategies would your intervention include?

Support your responses with examples.

Cite any sources in APA format.

Q2

Special Topics in Public Health Part

From the assigned readings this week, review the following Web resource:

World Health Organization (WHO). (2012). Social determinants of health. Retrieved from http://www.who.int/social_determinants/en/

Respond to the following:

Evaluate the social determinants that may impact current public health issues within the U.S.

Select a current public health issue in the U.S. and describe the social determinant that impacts the issue.

Describe existing practices that are in place to improve economic or social determinants. What additional measures can you recommend?

In your opinion, analyze whether more can be done to address the issue. Include an analysis of whether policy creates interference.

DESCRIBE THE IMPACT OF EBOLA VIRUS ON HUMAN HEALTH.

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Human Disease
The microorganism that you will research and write about for your Unit 7 Assignment is:
EBOLA VIRUS  –

Epidemiologists study the occurrence and transmission of human diseases on a global scale. This is no easy task since pathogens, or disease-causing organisms, are everywhere. It is virtually impossible to avoid coming into contact with a potentially pathogenic microorganism in the modern world.
In this Assignment, you will practice some epidemiology. You will apply what you have learned about the structure and function of microorganisms as you explore a pathogenic microbe and its impact on human health.
To complete the Assignment, choose one of the microbes assigned by your instructor. Include the following topics within your Discussion:
Provide background about the disease-causing microbe. Is it a virus, bacterium, etc.? What are the symptoms of the disease?
Describe the portal of entry and exit of the microbe. How does it enter the human body? How is the microbe spread through a population?
Discuss the pathogenesis of the disease (how the microbe actually causes the symptoms). Does it produce a toxin, or have other pathogenic properties?
Describe the impact of this microbe on human health. Why would this disease be of concern to epidemiologists? What is the prevalence of the disease in the human population?
Describe any treatments available for the disease. Include vaccinations and chemotherapeutic treatment options.
Basic Writing Expectations
1000-1200 words
At least 5 academic sources. These can include references provided within the project directions and the textbook. The Kaplan Library is also a great source for academic references. Do not use sources such as Wikipedia or Ask.com. References should be credible and academic in nature.

DETERMINE A SIGNIFICANT CHALLENGE THAT HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATIONS WILL FACE WHEN CREATING AN INTEROPERABLE SYSTEM.

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Elaborate on the trend of interoperability of health care management information systems. Determine a significant challenge that health care organizations will face when creating an interoperable system. Justify your response.

Suggest a significant benefit of interoperability that is the result of the SAPHIRE project. Provide support for your rationale.

“Solutions to HMIS Issues”  Please respond to the following:

Determine the most significant requirement of an effective solution to interoperability. Provide a rationale for your determination.

Suggest a significant challenge of applying WSIHS to health care management information systems (HMIS), and indicate how the challenge may be mitigated.

Q2

The health care field is comprised of a diverse group of individuals performing a variety of essential jobs. In order for patients to receive optimal care, all of these players need to work together to form a cohesive team. As you prepare to enter into the health care world as an allied health professional, now is the time to start thinking about your role. For this week’s discussion board, answer the following questions:
What is your anticipated job upon graduation/certificate completion? Where do you foresee yourself doing this job (i.e. hospital, clinic, nursing home, a specialty such as pediatrics or ophthalmology, etc.)
List and explain three ethical issues or professional challenges that you might face in your capacity as an allied health professional.
What resources would you use within the organization of your employment to help you solve these issues?