You have worked for ABC Hospital for several years. Recently, you were promoted to be the Director of Community Care and Outreach. In this role, you are responsible for increasing the hospital’s presence in the community, reaching new patients, and ensuring patients receive effective and coordinated care.
You are aware of ABC Hospital’s current issue with charity care: there is no defined policy for who can write off an account, and no defined standards for what qualifies a patient to receive charity care. The billing department has reported multiple complaints due to the lack of a policy, and frustrations from both providers and patients. Your presentation will address how to appropriately utilize the charity care resource of financing.
Assume fictional information to develop your content. Address the following points in your presentation:
Why ABC Hospital needs and uses charity care
Patient demographics and percent of hospital patient population receiving charity care in the last fiscal year (fictional data).
Define the issues that have contributed to poor management of the charity care provision.
Propose a new way to move forward, providing effective care to patients, utilizing charity care properly. What is different about this approach, then what was happening previously?
Using bullet points, clearly define a minimum of three benefits of your plan for moving forward. These benefits should be focused on the financial health of ABC hospital, while balancing the needs of your patient population. These points will be the cornerstone for future development of a policy on charity care.
APA style should be followed throughout. A title and reference slide are required. Please include a minimum of 4 scholarly sources with in-text citations included on the actual slides as well.
Category: Healthcare
Hi, I want the research paper to compare and contrast. The Affordable Care Care with the Health Care Freedom Act. Please start off the paper explaining what the Affordable Care Act is, the overall approach, Women’s health, Financing, state role and two more from the link. I will attach a pdf document of the directions
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The purpose of this assignment is to a. Identify and evaluate issues affecting and concerning health informatic in anesthesia practice in the current clinical setting, b. Provide empirical evidence to support issue affecting anesthesia and c. Present Ideas in a clear, succinct and scholarly manner.
The student is to write a 8 page paper exclude title and reference page on health informatics. This topic must be focus on a healthcare informatics concern affecting nurse anesthesia in your current setting. Paper are to be double spaced, use times toman 12 point font and AMA format
Format
Title page
Header for content
The paper narrative for discussion related to the impact of health care informatics for anesthesia practice
Conclusion
References
Content header
1. standards and regulations
2. Legal and ethical issue
3. Patient safety
4. Security and privacy
5 workflow processes and benefits and implications
Overview
Using relevant and trustworthy sources is a key element of conducting research in any field. Primary and secondary sources provide information necessary for historians to develop theories or interpretations about the past. In this activity, you will explore the existing literature relevant to your research question and identify one primary and one secondary source that will help you answer your research question.
Please remember to review and keep all instructor feedback. Each module activity will prepare you for an aspect of your final project, and you will have a future opportunity to improve your work.
Prompt
Use the provided Module Two Activity Template: Primary and Secondary Sources Word Document to complete this activity. You will first discuss the differences between primary and secondary sources and articulate why using both are essential to historical research. You will then identify sources relevant to the research question you wrote in the previous module. Finally, you will identify a current event related to the subject of your historical research question.
Specifically, you must address the following rubric criteria:
Distinguish between primary and secondary sources.
What are the differences between them?
Explain why it is important to consult a variety of sources when conducting historical research.
Why should you avoid relying only on one type of source? What are the benefits of using a diversity of sources?
Identify one primary source that would help investigate your research question.
Using the HIS 100 Library Guide in the Shapiro Library, skim through the suggested resources or find your own from the Shapiro Library. Ensure they are credible and relevant to your research question.
Identify one secondary source that would help investigate your research question.
Using the HIS 100 Library Guide in the Shapiro Library, skim through the suggested resources or find your own from the Shapiro Library. Ensure they are credible and relevant to your research question.
Choose a current event related to the subject of your research question and explain how they are connected.
Read what you wrote in the previous module’s activity about how your historical topic is relevant to modern society. Using your response and what you have learned thus far about your topic, identify a specific current event that you feel is relevant to your research question. Then explain how the current event is connected to your research question. Keep in mind that the link between your topic and your current event will become clearer as you continue to research.
What to Submit
Submit the Module Two Activity Template: Primary and Secondary Sources. While references are not required, any sources used should be cited according to APA style if you reference them in your responses. Consult the Shapiro Library APA Style Guide for more information on citations.
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My question from my prior activity assignment: ·
Write a clear, relevant, and focused research
question about your finalized topic.
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How did the Tulsa Massacre of 1921 impact the
socio-economic and political landscape of African American communities in
Tulsa, Oklahoma, and the United States as a whole?
You must come up with any health issue that is related to gender or sex, and must come up with
ONE unique idea that is not awareness to address this issue.
You must write your paper using the following format:
1. Introducing your health issue
Here you must describe the health issue, with epidemiology and justifications for
Why it’s an important topic.
2. What you propose to do
Assuming you have no financial limitations, what do you propose to do to solve
this problem?
How does your proposed initiative compare to already existing programs?
3. How do you propose to do what you propose?
Who will you help? population/ geographical region/ sex/ age etc.?
What will you provide?
What will be the expected result?
4. What obstacle/s do you anticipate?
Why are these obstacles present?
What do you propose to do to counteract these obstacles?
You will be assessed on the following criteria:
Creativity: I want you to think outside the box, and consider longevity and sustainability.
Clarity: Part of your grade will be on how effectively you communicate your points. Avoid long
winded explanations, keeps your points succinct.
Structure & flow: your essay should have an easy flow, meaning it should be easy to follow
and understand. Linking points and paragraphs are suggested.
Evidence: All points that are made should be backed up by evidence. The more evidence you
use the more trustworthy your arguments are. Try and rely on statistics and evidence from
journal articles and UN papers. You are expected to have a minimum of 5 relevant references. It
is not enough to give statistics or mention papers, you MUST explain the significance of your
evidence and how it helps your points.
Create a new policy for the medical center based on evidence using the attached Hospital Policy template.
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Introduction
Quality improvement begins with the end in mind. Up until now, you have researched the practice problem and developed a focused, evidence-based intervention to address a patient safety problem. The next step would be to implement the practice change and evaluate the change to determine the effect it had on the population. Now, developing a policy will help sustain the change.
Along the way, you will learn that as a leader in a health care organization, you will not only facilitate the steps of evidence-based practice, but you will apply evidence-based leadership strategies to serve as a role model for decision making in your organization. Your skills and ability to promote and encourage evidence-based behavior and decision making among staff, providers, and other leaders will be invaluable to creating and sustaining an evidence-based organization and a culture of evidence. Your own leadership style will influence how you support and model evidence-based processes at your organization.
The purpose of this assessment is to complete the stages in the EBP process, translating the research into practice. You will be developing a policy or procedure to address a patient safety issue in a healthcare setting. Incorporate information from prior assessment where appropriate.
Scenario
As the Director of Clinical Operations and Nursing Excellence, it is your responsibility to ensure that the best practices and protocols are implemented and sustained at the medical center. The next step is to translate the evidence into practice. Policy development is an important final step. Without a formal policy or guideline, it is likely the change will not become permanent. Policies and procedures standardize care which in turn, improves patient safety.
Instructions
Create a new policy for the medical center based on evidence, using the Hospital Policy Template [DOCX] Download Hospital Policy Template [DOCX].
Review the template before you begin filling in each section, and gather any materials or documentation you will need.
In the Subject/Title of Policy section of the Hospital Policy Template [DOCX] Download Hospital Policy Template [DOCX], type the name of the policy.
In the Purpose section, explain the purpose of the policy in 1-2 short paragraphs. Include the following:
Summarize the patient safety issue.
Explain the gap or a problem in a health care or public health situation that caused the issue.
Use supporting evidence from the literature to show how it determined the need.
Explain how the evidence was gathered.
Include your revised PICO(T) question.
Explain why it was necessary to take action with the development of this policy.
In the Population Affected by the Policy section, identify and describe the populations affected by the change and how the scope of the problem was determined.
Scope is the extent of the problem, or how wide-sweeping the issue is for the target population and the community.
Describe the target population to be addressed by an intervention in enough detail that it is clear what population is included or excluded.
In the Definitions section, create definitions that explain the industry specific terms used throughout the document needed for the understanding of the policy.
Explain the terms in a manner that is descriptive to non-industry personnel.
In the Policy Statement section, create a policy statement in a 3-5 sentence paragraph that includes the following:
State the organization’s declaration of the plans giving a timeframe and scope of the policy implementation.
Explain the organization’s intentions or goal regarding the patient safety issue.
Clearly describe the policy plans, explaining that this is a quality improvement project based on evidence-based practices to address a specific patient safety issue.
In the Procedure section, elaborate on the step-by-step procedure that was outlined in the policy statement above in enough detail that one could replicate the process based on your description alone.
Information needs to be clear and easy to read. Avoid using wordy paragraphs.
Describe all the processes involved. This section could be in a numbered list or a detailed flowchart. Include the following:
All participants with their specific responsibilities listed.
Step-by-step description of the logistical flow of how the policy is to be implemented.
Instructions for completing each step.
Any supplies that may be needed.
If a protocol or guideline already exists for your patient safety issue, use additional guidelines and literature to revise and create a procedure using your own words.
In the Resources section, include a complete reference list of all sources used in the development of the protocol as part of the policy template. Use APA format for the citations.
Additional Resources
Use the Hospital Policy Template [DOCX] Download Hospital Policy Template [DOCX]provided.
No smaller than 11 point font, Times New Roman.
Single spaced format within the template.
Minimum of 12 resources.
APA formatting for citations and reference list.
Competencies Measured
By successfully completing this assessment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following course competencies and scoring guide criteria:
Competency 1: Apply the steps of the evidence based practice process to a health care challenge.
Explain the population affected by the need and the scope of the problem.
Elaborate on the plan that was outlined in the policy statement to include all participants and their responsibilities, logistical flow of procedures, and step-by-step instructions.
Competency 4: Describe the theory and conceptual framework that informs an investigation and/or methodology.
Explain the purpose of the policy in an introduction paragraph including a summary of the patient safety issue, supporting evidence, the revised PICOT question, and why it was necessary to take action.
Create a definition section that explains all industry specific roles, terms, and abbreviations used throughout the document.
Competency 5: Interpret the results and practical significance of health care data analyses in the evidence based practice process.
Create a policy statement including the organization’s declaration of the plans and intentions or goal regarding the patient safety issue.
Competency 6: Produce original written work, in compliance with the Capella Writing Standards, which is a creative synthesis of information from credible sources.
Support main points, assertions, arguments, conclusions, or recommendations with relevant and credible evidence.
Apply APA style and formatting to scholarly writing.
Assignment Details
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Unit 3 – Discussion Board (75 points)
Due: Thu, May 16 |Printer Friendly Version
Description
Primary Response is due by Thursday (11:59:59pm Central), Peer Responses are due by Saturday (11:59:59pm Central).
Primary Task Response: Within the Discussion Board area, write 400-600 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.
Management decision making often involves first determining what information is relevant to the decision-making process. Understanding cost behavior and relevance allows managers to streamline the decision-making process. Profitability depends on the accurate interpretation of the revenues and costs associated with each decision. Determining the difference between relevant and irrelevant costs makes the decision process more efficient and accurate.
Evaluate relevant versus irrelevant information, and provide an example of each irrelevant cost discussed in your text.
Propose a scenario when differentiating between relevant and irrelevant costs is essential to the decision-making process.
Justify the reason that an opportunity cost would or would not be relevant to decision making. Use specific business examples.
Responses to Other Students: Respond to at least 2 of your fellow classmates with at least a 200-word reply about their Primary Task Response regarding items you found to be compelling and enlightening. To help you with your discussion, please consider the following questions:
What did you learn from your classmate’s posting? What additional questions do you have after reading the posting?
What clarification do you need regarding the posting?
What differences or similarities do you see between your posting and other classmates’ postings?
For assistance with your assignment, please use your textbook and all course resources.
Discussion Board Rubric
Expectation Points Possible Points Earned Comments
Application of Learning Material Content: Post demonstrates understanding of Learning Material content.
25
Application of Course Knowledge: Post contributes unique perspectives or insights gleaned from text/learning resources, or specified by assignment.
25
DB Responses: Responds substantively to two posts. Responses encourage interaction in the Discussion Board and classroom community.
10
Organization: Post presents information logically and is clearly relevant to discussion topic.
8
Professional Language: Posts contain accurate grammar, spelling, and/or punctuation with few or no errors. Any resources should be cited in APA format or style specified in the assignment.
7
Total Points
75
Total Points Earned
View a downloadable version of the Discussion Board Grading Rubric.
Discuss ways to enhance a successful patient interview process.
• Discussion Topic: What are the 4 Cs of communication?
Please elaborate on how can the Family Nurse Practitioner meet the 4 Cs of communication based on culturally competent care.
Izabella is a health care historian. She has been hired by the Philadelphia Medical Society to research and develop a storyboard of hospital care quality from the first hospital to today’s hospitals. The storyboard will cover the evolution of the hospital environment, staff education, level of care, and how hospital services were paid for.
Izabella’s storyboard begins with the fact that hospitals had humble beginnings in the United States. The first hospital in America was founded in Philadelphia in 1751! Its mission was “to care for the sick-poor and insane who were wandering the streets” of Philadelphia (Penn Medicine, n.d., para. 1). Having a historical perspective on health care changes and trends is critical to understanding how to improve health care today and in the future. What kind of medical care might a patient have received in the first 18th-century hospital?
As a health care administrator, you will often do research on a topic to provide background information for decision making, committee work, or creating policies. It is often best practice to use a comparison table to lay out and visualize your research notations.
Reference
Penn Medicine. (n.d.). History of Pennsylvania Hospital. http://www.uphs.upenn.edu/paharc/features/creation.html
Scenario
Imagine you are a patient with a serious illness in a hospital in the 1800s, in the 1960s, and today. Think about the room configurations, the skills of the nurses and other staff, the level and type of care, and how you would pay for the care, both now and in the previous centuries.
Instructions
Write a 2–3 page paper about the similarities and differences in hospital care from the different time periods (1800s, 1960s, and today), as well as the conclusions you drew from your analysis. Include a research table in the appendix of your paper.
Complete the following:
The textbook is suggested as the most efficient resource for this assessment, or use at least two other resources from those provided for this assessment. You may also use resources you find on your own from the History of Health Care Research tab in the Health Care Administration Undergraduate Library Research Guide to research how the hospital industry has evolved in terms of hospital environment, medical staff education, level of care in hospitals, and payment systems.
You will need to reference a total of three scholarly sources in your paper.
Be sure to cite these references within the body of your paper correctly using APA-style citations.
Complete the Comparative Analysis Table: Hospital Care Evolution, located in the appendix of the Comparative Analysis Template [DOCX].
Provide two descriptive changes for each time period under each of the headings.
Add bullet points to each cell in the table to document the descriptive changes that you have found for each topic.
Document the source where you found the information for each cell in the table, using APA-style citations.
Write an introduction to the paper using the Comparative Analysis Template [DOCX].
Include a brief explanation of the purpose of the paper and main ideas.
Reference significant trends that you noticed as appropriate.
Refer to the Writing Support page on Campus for resources to help you as you write and revise your paper.
Write the body of the paper.
Write the Hospital Care Evolution section in the assessment template, using the information from the Comparative Analysis Table you completed.
Describe your findings about each topic in the different time periods under each subtopic heading.
Explain the trends in hospital environment, medical staff education, level of care in hospitals, and the payment systems in a short paragraph (3–4 sentences) for each topic, using the subheadings provided in the assessment template.
Cite all references used within the body of your paper using APA-style citations.
Write the Comparative Analysis section (1–2 paragraphs) in the assessment template.
Write a brief summary of your comparisons and analysis about the significance of the key changes from the different time periods.
Draw conclusions about how the hospital industry has evolved from the 1800s to the 1960s to today and about the significance of the key milestones from the different time periods.
Give specific examples of the impact on the quality of patient care during these time frames.
Write a conclusion paragraph where you summarize the main ideas included in the paper.
Explain why it is important to study the history of hospital care for your profession.
Additional Requirements
Your paper should be 2–3 pages, in addition to the title page, appendix, and reference page.
Double space your paper, and use Times New Roman, 12-point font, as indicated in the assessment template.
Use a minimum of three resources; you may include the textbook.
Complete all parts of the assessment template, using the headings provided in the template.
Support all points with credible evidence, in the form of APA citations. Refer to Evidence and APA in the Capella Writing Center for help with using APA style.
Include a references page in APA format with appropriate citations.
Complete the Comparative Analysis Table: Hospital Care Evolution table in the appendix of the assessment template.
Competencies Measured
By successfully completing this assessment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following course competencies and scoring guide criteria:
Competency 1: Analyze trends in the U.S. health care system from a historical perspective.
Compare and contrast the hospital environments of the 1800s, 1960s, and today.
Compare and contrast the level of care provided in hospitals of the 1800s, 1960s, and today.
Compare and contrast the payment systems in the hospitals of the 1800s, 1960s, and today.
Draw conclusions about how the hospital industry has evolved from the 1800s, to the 1960s, to today.
Competency 3: Analyze the development of medical education in the United States.
Compare and contrast the staff education level in hospitals of the 1800s, 1960s, and today.
Competency 4: Communicate in a manner that is scholarly, professional, and respectful of the diversity, dignity, and integrity of others.
Appropriately addresses all components of the assessment prompt, using the assessment description to structure text.
Apply APA formatting to in-text citations and references.
Topic: How can society better address the stigma surrounding mental health and improve access to mental health services?