Health Literacy and Patient Safety

To prepare for this assignment view the following brief video from the American Medical Association titled, “Health Literacy and Patient Safety: Help Patients Understand.” The video can be accessed through the following link:

https://youtu.be/cGtTZ_vxjyA

Part I: Pamphlet Develop a pamphlet to inform parents and caregivers about environmental factors that can affect the health of infants. Use the “Pamphlet Template” document to help you create your pamphlet. Include the following: Select an environmental factor that poses a threat to the health or safety of infants. Explain how the environmental factor you selected can potentially affect the health or safety of infants. Offer recommendations on accident prevention and safety promotion as they relate to the selected environmental factor and the health or safety of infants. Offer examples, interventions, and suggestions from evidence-based research. A minimum of three scholarly resources are required. Provide readers with two community resources, a national resource, and a Web-based resource. Include a brief description and contact information for each resource. In developing your pamphlet, take into consideration the healthcare literacy level of your target audience. Health Literacy and Patient Safety

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Part II: Pamphlet Sharing Experience Share the pamphlet you have developed with a parent of an infant child. The parent may be a person from your neighborhood, a parent of an infant from a child-care center in your community, or a parent from another organization, such as a church group with which you have an affiliation. Provide a written summary of the teaching/learning interaction. Include in your summary: Demographical information of the parent and child (age, gender, ethnicity, educational level). Description of parent response to teaching. Assessment of parent understanding. Your impressions of the experience; what went well, what can be improved. Submit Part I and Part II of the Accident Prevention and Safety Promotion for Parents and Caregivers of Infants assignment by the end of Topic 1.

While APA format 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 Health Literacy and Patient Safety assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion. Health Literacy and Patient Safety

Obesity in the African American community

Need a 5 page paper on the following : Title Page, Abstract, Introduction to the problem and its significance ( in terms of history, geography, and population characteristics), Description of health indicators & disparities (health issues, morbidity and mortality rate, pattern to care, access to care, mental health issues in comparison to other groups), Description of health beliefs, health behaviors and contributing factors ( preventative and protective health behaviors, sick role behaviors, illness behaviors, societal health behaviors with supporting evidence, barriers to health and healthcare: socio-economic, language, political, religious and other factors that contribute to the health disparity),

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Recommendations for improving health care and reducing disparities in the selected group, Conclusion 5 pages DOES NOT include title, abstract or reference; APA format; ALL references (at least 6) must be scholarly. If utilizing websites, must be “.org, .edu, .gov” ONLY. All information needs to be clearly identified with valid supporting evidence.

Emerging Ethical Issues Presentation

Your team has been assigned to give a presentation to your organization’s board of ethics. The team will discuss an ethical issue that faces your organization and its social responsibility toward the issue.

Prepare a 10- to 12-slide Microsoft® PowerPoint® presentation that discusses the ethical issue. Include the following:

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Describe an ethical issue, such as in vitro fertilization, surrogate motherhood, sterilization, abortion, genetic counseling, euthanasia, or medical marijuana. What is the historical and current impact of the issue? What is the team’s position on this issue? Do you support it? Oppose it? Explain why.

Include at least 3 sources in your emerging ethical issues presentation.

Using Technology to Prevent Medical Malpractices

• Use Internet and / or Strayer Learning Resource Center to research articles (no older than five [5] years) on using technology to prevent medical malpractices. Next, discuss the overall manner in which using technology can help prevent malpractices. Speculate on the most damaging consequences of a malpractice case on a physician practice. Support your rationale.

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•Imagine that you are the manager of a multi-specialty medical practice that is opening a new office and that you are involved in planning the layout and design of the new office. Determine three (3) functional areas that you think should be given priority with regard to the amount of space needed for efficient operations and patient flow in the new office. Justify your response.

Medical Practice Operations

Imagine that a group of physicians who are planning to open a single-specialty group practice has hired you as a consultant. Your job is to advise the physicians in creating a business plan that includes management strategies that will help ensure their success. The physicians have stipulated that the plan must promote medical excellence and limit their exposure to risks associated with the practice of medicine and the operational functions of the practice. In addition, they are aware that a public health emergency or natural disaster could have had a significant impact on their practice, and want to include a strategy for emergency preparedness as part of their plan so that they will be able to manage their patients and help serve the community as needed. Medical Practice Operations

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Write a four to six (4-6) page paper in which you:

1.Compare and contrast the two (2) main levels (i.e., internal comparison and external comparison) of financial benchmarking. Next, analyze the strategic purpose of each level of benchmarking and specify the overall importance of benchmarking as a financial planning tool for a medical practice. 2.Recommend a Health Information Technology (HIT) system that includes an Electronic Health Record (EHR) for the new practice to implement. Support your recommendation by determining three (3) main benefits of having this type of system for the practice. 3.According to the text (page 368), some of the main areas of risk exposure for a group practice include: property (general liability and safety), technology, and financial practices. Determine one (1) specific hazard associated with one (1) of these risk categories and propose a strategy to mitigate the impact this risk could have on the practice. Support your analysis with a real-life example. 4.Determine the main functions of the practice that will need to remain operational before, during, and / or after a natural disaster or public health emergency. Next, suggest a strategy that the practice should take to maintain communication with employees and patients, secure patient and financial records, and ensure that resources will available to care for patients during a disaster or emergency. Provide a rationale for your response. 5.Use at least three (3) quality academic resources. Note: Wikipedia does not qualify as an academic resource. 6.Format your assignment according to the following formatting requirements: Medical Practice Operations

a.Typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides. b.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 is not included in the required page length. c.Include a reference page. Citations and references must follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length. The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

•Evaluate the role of physicians as practice administrators and determine the administrative challenges facing today’s practice managers. •Examine ways in which health service administrators can help physicians prepare for disasters and facilitate recovery. •Apply benchmarking techniques for financial and operational efficiency. •Examine the legal and risk management issues affecting today’s physician practices. •Use technology and information resources to research issues in physician’s practice management. •Write clearly and concisely about physician’s practice management using proper writing mechanics. Click here to view the grading rubric for this assignment.

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