impact of health care systems on an organization

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HCS 531 WEEK 6 The purpose of this Learning Team project is to demonstrate an in-depth understanding of the impact of health care systems on an organization's capacity to delivery quality care. Each Learning Team should choose one significant trend and obtain faculty approval in Week Two. Complete your Evolution of Health Care Systems Presentation. Choose a non-hospital-based organization,physician practice, long-term care facility, home care agency, public health department, hospice, urgent care facility, or other. Prepare 12 to 15 MicrosoftâPowerPointâ slides with detailed speaker notes that explain the changes and the reasons for the change, including the following: • Description of the chosen organization, its location (rural or urban), and the services provided • Analysis of the interrelationships among key stakeholders, professional organizations, and health care professionals within the organization • Description of how technology has affected or could affect delivery, if applicable • Identification and discussion of the external and internal factors such as the environment, structure, finances, beliefs and values, policies affecting this organization • Description of the perceived or real impact on care delivery, including positive and negative impact • Evaluation of the impact of community health care needs on planning for the future • Why is the U.S. health care system where it is today? What has affected its evolution over time? • Discussion of the organization's future strategies to respond to this external or internal factor: Are there trends that will require the organization to respond to different factors in the future? • Recommendations for organizational improvement Click the Assignment Files tab to submit your assignment.

leadership and inquiry into current practice as it applies to the Professional Capstone and Practicum

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 Details:

Students are required to maintain weekly reflective narratives throughout the course to combine into one course-long reflective journal that integrates leadership and inquiry into current practice as it applies to the Professional Capstone and Practicum course.
In your journal, you will reflect on the personal knowledge and skills gained throughout this course. The journal should address a variable combination of the following, depending on your specific practice immersion clinical experiences:

New practice approaches
Intraprofessional collaboration
Health care delivery and clinical systems
Ethical considerations in health care
Population health concerns
The role of technology in improving health care outcomes
Health policy
Leadership and economic models
Health disparities

Students will outline what they have discovered about their professional practice, personal strengths and weaknesses that surfaced, additional resources and abilities that could be introduced to a given situation to influence optimal outcomes, and finally, how the student met the competencies aligned to this course.
While APA style is not required for the body of this assignment, solid academic writing is expected, and in-text citations and references should be presented using APA documentation guidelines, which can be found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center.
This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.
You are required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite. Please refer to the directions in the Student Success Center.

The U.S. Health Care System is frequently criticized as being expensive and lacking coverage of the total population

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SOC 313 Week 5 DQ 1 The U.S. Health Care System The U.S. Health Care System. The U.S. Health Care System is frequently criticized as being expensive and lacking coverage of the total population. On the other hand, the U.S. Health Care System is innovative and frequently used by foreign residents for treatment. Managed care was a response to the cost, quality and coverage concerns. Consider the issues of care coordination, prevention practices, formulary medication costs, delay in getting appointments or tests, denial of referrals to specialists, inadequate skill of physicians and the need for specific approval by an MCO before the most effective medication for the treatment of a condition can be obtained if the drug is not listed in the plan- formulary. Assume a position either for or against managed care. Find two articles supporting your position as it relates to the client population in this course. The post will contain: A statement identifying a support of or opposed to position Support of the position using the Text and two additional references. If you use health care systems of other countries as a comparison, please give the resource information for other students to read and compare the systems Make two suggestions that may enhance managed care for the population of clients discussed in this course. Discuss how a society- social values influence the provision of and payment for health services. Give two examples. Respond to at least two of your classmates’ postings.

maximising the health benefits and minimising harm by Billie Giles-

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Assessment Task – Environmental Health Risk Assessment and Intervention Simulation

This assessment involves students assuming the role of an Environmental Health Officer working for the City of Melbourne. Students will conduct an environmental health risk assessment involving the quantification of hazards associated with overcrowding and poorly constructed inner-city apartments. Students will provide the findings of the assessment, their recommendations for intervention, and an appropriate communication plan to alert stakeholders about their findings.

Instructions

This assessment involves students assuming the role of an Environmental Health Officer working for the City of Melbourne. Students will conduct an environmental health risk assessment involving the quantification of hazards associated with overcrowding and poorly constructed inner-city apartments. Students will provide the findings of the assessment, their recommendations for intervention, and an appropriate communication plan to alert stakeholders about their findings.

Specifically, students' written report should cover the following:

1.         Issue identification: Identify at least 2 likely health hazards associated with overcrowding and poor living conditions in Melbourne's inner-city apartments (e.g. infection risk, exposure to noise, air pollution, extreme temperatures, fire risk etc.). Describe how the hazards arise, by citing academic literature and/or reputable newspaper/media articles.

2.         Hazard and exposure assessment: Assess the likely health impacts of the identified hazards, citing academic literature and/or official statistical resources (ABS, WHO etc) as appropriate. Discuss the mechanisms through which those hazards impact health, and whether particular sub-populations are particularly exposed to the hazards (e.g. low socio-economic groups, youth, older adults, migrants etc.).

3.         Risk characterisation: Make an overall assessment of the level of health risk from environmental hazards, considering the likelihood and severity of health impacts at the population level. (For ideas, see p. 28 and pp. 33-35 of the 'Environmental Health Standing Committee 2012' reference listed below and available on LEO).

4.         Risk management plan: Outline recommendations for intervention by the City of Melbourne and/or other stakeholders (e.g. state government, building inspectors, property developers, apartment residents, landlords etc.), and how your findings and recommendations will be communicated to the public and/or stakeholders.

Students should give their report a title that reflects its content, and include an introduction which briefly describes the issue of poor living conditions in inner-city apartments, and outlines the main findings. Finish with a conclusion or summary. Students are encouraged to include images, figures and tables, where these will support the explanation and analysis.

In your report, you are welcome to cite literature from other countries/cities about high density housing, but remember to relate this information to Melbourne, as this is the focus on this assessment task.

Formatting requirements: 
o          Word document 
o          Arial, Calibri or Times New Roman font 
o          Size 12 font (headings can be larger if required) 
o          1.5 line spacing 
o          Margins of at least 2cm left and right

Follow the APA6th style for reference written.

Article – Increasing density in Australia: maximising the health benefits and minimising harm by  Billie Giles-Cort, Kate Ryan and Dr Sarah Foster.

Article: Risky business: a resource to help local governments manage environmental health risks

Discuss community needs assessment and describe how you would engage with the identified vulnerable community subgroup to explore their health issues / unmet health needs

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3804NRS: Community Nursing Practice- Community Health Service- Nursing Essay Assignment Help

Task:

TASK AIM:
The aim of this assignment is to demonstrate your knowledge and understanding of community health nursing concepts and principles, specifically community profile and needs assessment, as well as community engagement. You will also demonstrate your ability to collect and analyse community-level data and plan a community needs assessment. This written assignment will address learning outcomes 1, 2 and 3.

CONTEXT:
You are a community nurse who works in a local community health service. As part of your role, you supervise undergraduate health students on their community health placement. Most of these students have never lived or worked in the area where this service is located and know very little about this local community. You believe it would be helpful for students to have more information about the community.

You decide to write a briefing paper that describes community assessment. You plan to include a description of the community and data summarising the social determinants of health and how to engage with the community to explore health issues / unmet health needs.

Part A:
1. Choose ONE Queensland community from the list below.

• Beenleigh
• Charters Towers
• Inala
• Longreach
• Miami
• Moreton
• Roma
• Warwick

2. Research your chosen community, e.g., location, key features, population, and socio-demographics. As part of this research you should review the latest (2016) census data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) for the community, Queensland and the nation. AND then present as Two Tables for Part A, using the templates provided on Pages 5 & 6.

1. Create and populate Table 1 with 2016 ABS census data and present data for your community, Queensland and Australia. You need to present eleven characteristics in total for Table 1 (the six provided plus five others of your choice). Create and populate Table 2 by analyzing the data determined from your community data to outline three
inferences about the population characteristics (see example Tables from workshops).

Part B:
Write a 1,500-word essay in which you describe the process of community assessment and explain your assessment of the community of choice. In your essay, you must:

2. Introduce the task and include a thesis statement that argues the importance of undertaking community assessment

3. Discuss the purpose of community assessment and explain this concept (what it is, why it is undertaken, when and how it is performed), with reference to scholarly literature

4. Describe the key characteristics of your chosen community

5. Describe three social determinants of health in relation to the community data for your chosen community and identify a vulnerable community subgroup that may have health issues / unmet health needs

6. Discuss community needs assessment and describe how you would engage with the identified vulnerable community subgroup to explore their health issues / unmet health needs

7. Clearly summarise what was covered in the assignment and conclude the task without introducing any new information.

8. Reference throughout as per APA 6th edition

9. Ensure essay conforms to expected standards for academic writing and presentation

Imperfect Solutions to Increasing Access to Health Care?

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NSG4068 Trends in Healthcare Policy

Week 3 Discussion

The ACA or the AHCA: Imperfect Solutions to Increasing Access to Health Care?

The discussion assignment provides a forum for discussing relevant topics for this week on the basis of the course competencies covered.

For this assignment, make sure you post your initial response to the Discussion Area by the due date assigned.

To support your work, use your course and text readings and also use the South University Online Library. As in all assignments, cite your sources in your work and provide references for the citations in APA format.

Start reviewing and responding to the postings of your classmates as early in the week as possible. Respond to at least two of your classmates' initial postings. Participate in the discussion by asking a question, providing a statement of clarification, providing a point of view with a rationale, challenging an aspect of the discussion, or indicating a relationship between two or more lines of reasoning in the discussion. Cite sources in your responses to other classmates. Complete your participation for this assignment by the end of the week.

This week’s discussion focuses on the federal government’s role in protecting the public’s health using the ACA and current efforts to “repeal and replace” the ACA. Please note that the government’s role in protecting the public’s health did not begin with the ACA. In the late 1800s, Lilian Wald brought health care to the community. And in 1965, Congress passed bills authorizing Medicare and Medicaid. Since 1965, Congress has expanded government-sponsored health care to pregnant women and children.

Answer the following question:

Compare the current provisions in the ACA with those in the failed first version of the AHCA. Share your opinions about why the AHCA failed in the first attempt at passage.

Continue to read daily from one of the policy briefs that are included in your weekly readings list. POLITICO Pulse is a daily briefing from POLITICO, and the Kaiser Health News Morning Briefing is a daily briefing from the Kaiser Family Foundation. Both focus on health care. Either one will keep you abreast of what is happening in health care policies and politics.

In addition, subscribe to the “HealthCetera” podcast and listen to the podcast weekly. This is a production of WBAI, free speech radio of Pacifica Foundation Radio in New York City.Diana Mason and Barbara Glickstein are founders and codirectors of the Center for Health Media Policy (CHMP). Both are recognized as experts in media, nursing, health, and health policy. They have a longstanding relationship as producers and moderators of HealthCetera, a live, award-winning radio program on public radio and iTunes. They are bloggers for Disruptive Women in Health Care and for the American Journal of Nursing (AJN). The CHMP is an interdisciplinary initiative for advancing the health of the public and healthy public policies through media, research, education, and public forums. Listen to the podcast throughout the course and think on the topics that are discussed, especially as they relate to how we advocate for issues of importance in this contemporary political environment.

Organizational Systems and Quality Leadership

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Organizational Systems and Quality Leadership
Task 3, SAT1-0517/1217
Kimberly Haley-Frazier
December 3, 2019
Western Governors University
Healthcare Financing
A1. Country to Compare
Healthcare differs all around the world. The United States healthcare is much different than that of Japan. In this paper we will see the differences between the health care systems of Japan and the US.
A1. Access
Since 1961, Japan has required everyone by law to have health insurance and this is made easy by having government regulated universal coverage. Japan universal Statutory Health insurances (SHIS) offers its people freedom of choice on who their physician is, and premiums are based on income and ability to pay. In Japan, all citizens have access to healthcare at a low rate which covers all medical, dental, and prescription drugs.
The United States current legislatures are being passed to require all citizens to have health care insurance, however health insurance is offered through private parties. The United States healthcare plans are mainly offered through employers and can have strict guidelines as to who your provider is and what costs the cover. If a person chooses a healthcare provider outside of their insurance plans network a person can expect to pay up to 100% of treatment.
A2A. Coverage of Medications
Japan’s Healthcare system will cover all prescription medications that have been approved by the government and that are listed in the Japanese Pharmacopoeia .Prescription drug prices are determined by the National Health Insurance DrugDocument Preview:

Organizational Systems and Quality Leadership Task 3, SAT1-0517/1217 Kimberly Haley-Frazier December 3, 2019 Western Governors University Healthcare Financing A1. Country to Compare Healthcare differs all around the world. The United States healthcare is much different than that of Japan. In this paper we will see the differences between the health care systems of Japan and the US. A1. Access Since 1961, Japan has required everyone by law to have health insurance and this is made easy by having government regulated universal coverage. Japan universal Statutory Health insurances (SHIS) offers its people freedom of choice on who their physician is, and premiums are based on income and ability to pay. In Japan, all citizens have access to healthcare at a low rate which covers all medical, dental, and prescription drugs. The United States current legislatures are being passed to require all citizens to have health care insurance, however health insurance is offered through private parties. The United States healthcare plans are mainly offered through employers and can have strict guidelines as to who your provider is and what costs the cover. If a person chooses a healthcare provider outside of their insurance plans network a person can expect to pay up to 100% of treatment. A2A. Coverage of Medications Japan’s Healthcare system will cover all prescription medications that have been approved by the government and that are listed in the Japanese Pharmacopoeia .Prescription drug prices are determined by the National Health Insurance Drug Price Standard, which also defines the scope of medical supplies that can be prescribed by physicians within the public health insurance system and the insurance billing price for prescribed items (Can J Hosp Pharm). Prescription drug prices in the United Sates have been among the highest in the world. The high cost of prescription drugs became a major topic of discussion in the new millennium, leading up to the U.S….

Indigenous Australian clients

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This report will allow students the ability to gain insight into the needs of Indigenous Australian clients within a community. It will allow students to explore Aboriginal health services and relate this to understanding of health policy and nursing behaviours.
Please explore one of the local Aboriginal Health Service (AHS) online (you will not need to physically go to the AHS, use the following webpages to review):

http://www.thubboams.com.au/http://www.awahs.com.au/
http://www.rivmed.org/

After reviewing one of the websites please answer the following questions using material and initiatives that the AHS are currently including as programs for their clients to evidence your responses:

1. Explain the historical development of the health care facility. Link this to the historical development of AHS in Australia – (your textbook will assist in completing this question);
2. Outline the staff involved in the Centre (doctors, RN, Community health workers etc…). Explain the importance of inter professional practice in Indigenous health;
3. Clearly identify demographics for Indigenous people in the area the AMS services;
4. Review the programs offered at the AMS and explain how it represents culturally competent nursing care. Use supporting documentation to show how these initiative link with current national government strategies e.g. Close the Gap campaign;
5. Explore the communities’ history (referencing required). In your own words list at least three interesting facts about the local community (referencing not required and the use of “I” acceptable in this section);

Australian sources only please! not older than 3 years

social determinants of health

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Your first assignment will give you the opportunity to apply what you have learned regarding the social determinants of health. You are required to find a news media article that describes a current health issue (obesity, nutrition, exercise, smoking, drugs, etc…). What I want you to do is briefly summarize the media article and then analyze it within a social determinants of health perspective.

You can look for articles online or in magazines and/or newspapers. Most online news outlets have health writers who report on a number of health topics. Your challenge is to find an article that is substantial enough that you have something to analyze. I recommend looking at CBC, CNN, The Globe and Mail, Huffington Post, The Guardian, CTV, etc. You want to find an article that examines a health issue in Canada and offers some sort of solution. You can then look at the same problem through a social determinants of health “lens” and examine their proposed solution with a critical eye. You can refer to your text, notes, and supplementary reading to help you with your analysis. Your assignment will include a brief summary of your chosen article followed by your analysis.

Assignments should be between 2-3 pages in length typed, double spaced, 12 point font. Please format your papers properly using APA format. When discussing your article, you will need to use in-text citations. If you refer to material from notes or your supplementary reading or text you will need to cite them properly. Please include a reference page.

You MUST attach a copy of your article to this assignment.

This assignment is worth 10% of your final grade.

Late assignments will be penalized (see syllabus).

Explain cost-setting methods and demonstrate how cost setting affects the revenue cycle.

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Assignment 3: Case Study 9 – Dropping Small-Group Insurance Products

Read Case Study 9 from Multi-Sector Casebook in Health Administration, Leadership, and Management, and respond to the following:

Summary of the major facts – Summarize the facts in narrative or outline form. Include the most important and pertinent incidents in the situation. (Do not simply restate the entire case.

Problem(s) – The facts of the case reveal one or more problems that require attention. Indicate at least three (3) problems affecting GreenHealth and explain their importance.

Alternative Solutions and Probable Outcomes – Analyze optional courses of action. This is one of the most important parts of the analysis. Remember that a decision not to act or to do nothing is always an alternative. However, doing nothing also has repercussions – sometimes worse repercussions than any other action. Identify three alternatives you would present to the senior leadership team.

Recommended Solution – Recommend 1 solution per problem (3 recommendations total). Each recommendation should include a justification for the action, how the action would be implemented, and the probable outcome. While some of this information has been included in previous sections, it is still important to present the recommendation in its final form and to justify its selection.

Include two or more references to support your rationale.

Extra Credit (15 points): You may earn up to fifteen (15) points of extra credit for submitting a voice or video recording in which you present your Case Study. (This is in addition to submitting original deliverable requirements)

Adapted from: Kilpatrick, A. O., & Johnson, J. A. (1999). Human Resources and Organizational Behavior: Cases in Health Services Management. Chicago, IL: Health Administration Press.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

Apply the health financial planning process and it’s components in financial management activities

Examine the complexity of cost and break-even analysis in health care organizations.

Explain cost-setting methods and demonstrate how cost setting affects the revenue cycle.

Analyze the principles of financial planning, management, and budgeting in the health care organization.

Identify the various sources of revenue used in the planning and decision making of health care organizations. (private, public and third party.)

Use technology and information resources to research issues in health financial management.

Write clearly and concisely about health financial management using proper writing mechanics