Healthcare Policy-Making

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Healthcare Policy-Making

Evaluate how healthcare policy-making both directly and indirectly impacts the national and global healthcare delivery systems.

2. Identify the different types of organizations, services, and personnel and their interrelationships across the health care delivery system.

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Assignment Instructions

You work for a healthcare system that includes a community hospital, a long-term care facility, a hospice center, a home health agency, and a physician clinic. For each facility create an organizational chart with the departments and a list of types of staff in each department. List staff such as RN, Radiology tech, lab tech, coder, etc. Numbers of staff and specific titles are not needed. Healthcare Policy-Making

Write a description of the interrelationships across the health care delivery system. For example, the hospital lab department may provide laboratory services for the other facilities and interact with the nurses and medical assistants at those facilities. Are there some departments or staff positions that would function better in a shared services environment, supporting all the different facilities?

Describe how healthcare policy-making impacts the healthcare delivery system. Discuss how you would evaluate the impact of new state, local, and federal policies as well as global impacts.

You will be graded with the attached grading criteria.

Healthcare Policy-Making

Health Policy Regulations

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Health Policy Regulations

Identify at least three health policy regulations that are designed to minimize healthcare risk.

Health policy regulations can be utilized as enforcement by governmental agencies to regulate and prohibit certain actives that can be considered hazardous to a person’s health. Health Policy Regulations

An example of this type of regulation is the alcohol drinking age of 21 years or older.

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1. Identify at least three health policy regulations that are designed to minimize healthcare risk.

2. Explain how the regulation(s) that you identified reduce healthcare risk. Be specific and use examples where relevant.

Directions to student: You must complete this discussion in (no less than 750 words) into three substantive paragraphs 250 words each.

Make sure you address the subject topic within the context of the COVID-19. Make sure you include at least four APA-formatted citations/references.

Health Policy Regulations

Healthcare Issues/Stressors

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Healthcare Issues/Stressors

To Prepare:
Review the national healthcare issues/stressors presented in the Resources and reflect on the national healthcare issue/stressor you selected for study.
Reflect on the feedback you received from your colleagues on your Discussion post for the national healthcare issue/stressor you selected. Healthcare Issues/Stressors
Identify and review two additional scholarly resources (not included in the Resources for this module) that focus on change strategies implemented by healthcare organizations to address your selected national healthcare issue/stressor.

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The Assignment (3-4 Pages):
Analysis of a Pertinent Healthcare Issue
Develop a 3- to 4-page paper, written to your organization’s leadership team, addressing your selected national healthcare issue/stressor and how it is impacting your work setting. Be sure to address the following: Healthcare Issues/Stressors
Describe the national healthcare issue/stressor you selected and its impact on your organization. Use organizational data to quantify the impact (if necessary, seek assistance from leadership or appropriate stakeholders in your organization).
Provide a brief summary of the two articles you reviewed from outside resources on the national healthcare issue/stressor. Explain how the healthcare issue/stressor is being addressed in other organizations.
Summarize the strategies used to address the organizational impact of national healthcare issues/stressors presented in the scholarly resources you selected. Explain how they may impact your organization both positively and negatively. Be specific and provide examples.
Looking Ahead
The paper you develop in Module 1 will be revisited and revised in Module 2. Review the Assignment instructions for Module 2 to prepare for your revised paper.

Healthcare Issues/Stressors

Needs of Vulnerable Populations

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Needs of Vulnerable Populations

Describe how healthcare and public health systems address the needs of vulnerable populations.
Explain how public and community health personnel can use health policy and law to improve the health of the population.
Discuss principles of epidemiology including statistics, risk factors, determinants of disease and public health monitoring. Needs of Vulnerable Populations

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Examine the toll that chronic and communicable diseases have on morbidity and mortality rates as well as the role for early detection and prevention.
Determine how to evaluate health system performance regarding access, quality and cost.
Evaluate public health and community responses to disaster prevention and management.

Please answer the following questions with supporting examples and full explanations.

For each of the learning objectives, provide an analysis of how the course supported each objective.
Explain how the material learned in this course, based upon the objectives, will be applicable to the professional application.

Provide evidence (citations and references) to support your statements and opinions.

All references and citations should in APA format.

Needs of Vulnerable Populations

Concepts of Safety in the Healthcare Setting

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Concepts of Safety in the Healthcare Setting

Apply concepts of safety in the healthcare setting to the use of technology.

PSLO5: Adapt communication strategies to effectively respond to complex situations.
CO 2: Apply concepts of safety in the healthcare setting to the use of technology.
CO 4: Participate in evaluation of information systems in practice settings.
Competencies: (5d, 5j, 5k, 5l, 5m, 5n)
5d) Use telecommunication technologies to assist in effective communication in a variety of healthcare settings. (4.2) Concepts of Safety in the Healthcare Setting

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5j) Examine safeguard and decision-making support tools embedded in patient care technologies and information systems to support a safe practice environment for both patients and healthcare workers.
5k) Use standardized terminology in a care environment that reflects nursing’s unique contribution to patient outcomes.
5l) Evaluate emerging patient care technologies for safe, quality care.
5m) Recognize that redesign of workflow and care processes should precede implementation of care technology to facilitate nursing practice.
5n) Analyze information systems in practice settings, using current policies and procedures.

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The Role of Supply and Demand in the Healthcare Economy

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The Role of Supply and Demand in the Healthcare Economy

During the COVID-19 pandemic, people saw major disruptions to supply lines throughout the country. Nowhere was this more evident than in the healthcare industry. Among the biggest impact was the disruption in supply lines related to personal protection equipment (PPE). And patient care needs (e.g.,) beds, ventilators, and medications). Use your text as a resource to complete the following assignment as well as one other resource from the library. Please cite your sources. The Role of Supply and Demand in the Healthcare Economy

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1. Describe the concept of supply and demand and how it related to provision of healthcare.
2.Once the concept of supply and demand has been explained as it relates to healthcare explain how the pandemic contributed to major shortages of needed supplies equipment.
3.Imagine yourself as a leader of a provider group of some type (e.g., surgery center. orthopedic group, general practitioner’s office). Indicate some of the supply shortages that your group may see in a similar scenario in the future. How can these be offset or averted?
4.Determine a Strategy that healthcare leaders can implement to avoid supply chain disruption in the future.

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Role of the US Government in the Delivery of Healthcare Services

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Role of the US Government in the Delivery of Healthcare Services

  1. Describe the role of the US government in the delivery of healthcare services. Describe the role and relationship of governments, volunteer agencies, enterprises (employers), private sectors healthcare providers, and the public in the macro-organization of the US healthcare system. Answer the following questions: Is the of healthcare services centralized or decentralized or a combination of both? Role of the US Government in the Delivery of Healthcare Services

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    Who are the key stakeholders in the delivery of healthcare services for each country? What is their role and relationship to other stakeholders in the delivery of healthcare services? Describe the role planning, administration, legislation, and regulations play in the delivery of healthcare services. Should the healthcare system be managed through regulation or competition? What has been effective and what has not as a result of government involvement in the delivery of healthcare? Explain.

Research items above in relation to the country your team has been assigned is Saudi Arabia

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Assignment: Assessing a Healthcare Program/Policy Evaluation

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Assignment: Assessing a Healthcare Program/Policy Evaluation

Program/policy evaluation is a valuable tool that can help strengthen the quality of programs/policies and improve outcomes for the populations they serve. Program/policy evaluation answers basic questions about program/policy effectiveness. It involves collecting and analyzing information about program/policy activities, characteristics, and outcomes. This information can be used to ultimately improve program services or policy initiatives. Assignment: Assessing a Healthcare Program/Policy Evaluation

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Nurses can play a very important role assessing program/policy evaluation for the same reasons that they can be so important to program/policy design. Nurses bring expertise and patient advocacy that can add significant insight and impact. In this Assignment, you will practice applying this expertise and insight by selecting an existing healthcare program or policy evaluation and reflecting on the criteria used to measure the effectiveness of the program/policy.

To Prepare:

Review the Healthcare Program/Policy Evaluation Analysis Template provided in the Resources.
Select an existing healthcare program or policy evaluation or choose one of interest to you.
Review community, state, or federal policy evaluation and reflect on the criteria used to measure the effectiveness of the program or policy described.
The Assignment: (2–3 pages)

Based on the program or policy evaluation you selected, complete the Healthcare Program/Policy Evaluation Analysis Template. Be sure to address the following: Assignment: Assessing a Healthcare Program/Policy Evaluation

Describe the healthcare program or policy outcomes.
How was the success of the program or policy measured?
How many people were reached by the program or policy selected?
How much of an impact was realized with the program or policy selected?
At what point in program implementation was the program or policy evaluation conducted?
What data was used to conduct the program or policy evaluation?
What specific information on unintended consequences was identified?
What stakeholders were identified in the evaluation of the program or policy? Who would benefit most from the results and reporting of the program or policy evaluation? Be specific and provide examples.
Did the program or policy meet the original intent and objectives? Why or why not?
Would you recommend implementing this program or policy in your place of work? Why or why not?
Identify at least two ways that you, as a nurse advocate, could become involved in evaluating a program or policy after 1 year of implementation.

Assignment: Assessing a Healthcare Program/Policy Evaluation

Challenges Accessing Quality Healthcare

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Challenges Accessing Quality Healthcare

Minority, marginalized and vulnerable populations have been known to face more challenges accessing quality healthcare. In this Assignment, you will explore how a systems approach to coordinating care can help meet the needs of these populations. Challenges Accessing Quality Healthcare

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Create a PowerPoint presentation with at least eight (8) slides of content that you can use to inform your organization about the challenges faced by underserved populations in the community. Choose a minority, marginalized, or vulnerable population. Challenges Accessing Quality Healthcare

Describe at least two challenges they face with accessing and moving through the healthcare system (uninsured, underinsured, low literacy, language barrier, etc.). Discuss how a systems approach to proper care coordination would positively impact the challenges you identified. Describe how this approach will meet the patient’s needs, priorities, and expectations. How can raising the standard of care for underserved populations affect the healthcare system as a whole?

APA format and reference lists in APA format

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Fundamental Changes in Healthcare Reform

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Fundamental Changes in Healthcare Reform

Explain fundamental changes in healthcare reform for specialty populations.

Patient-Centered Medical Homes (PCMHs) offer many benefits to patients, and are valued by providers and insurers, as well.

For this assignment, you will research and assess the past, present, and future role of PCMHs.

In an opening paragraph, define the structure and role of a PCMH.

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In a second paragraph, identify and briefly describe a PCMH in your area (city, state).

For the body of your paper, explain the impact of PCMHs on quality improvement, care delivery, access to care, etc.

In a closing paragraph, explain what the future looks like for PCMHs. Identify any trends, projections, etc. Remember to use recent scholarly research and editorial sources as applicable, to support your viewpoints.

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