Drawing on The Commonwealth Funds Country Profiles and the Kurani & Wagner analysis for the Kaiser Family Foundation. Summarize the healthcare system in each country as well as some health measure statistics/outcomes you found most compelling in them.
Your initial post should be at least 250 words and must substantively integrate the assigned readings
Be sure to use and cite as much supporting detail as necessary from the required learning materials in answering the following inter-related questions.
Briefly, which two countries healthcare systems did you choose to investigate and why?
Drawing on The Commonwealth Funds Country Profiles and the Kurani & Wagner analysis for the Kaiser Family Foundation. Summarize the healthcare system in each country as well as some health measure statistics/outcomes you found most compelling in them.
What might account for any differences you found in your selected countries (and implicitly back to the US as well)?
Finally, how has your review of these other countries affected your own views of the US healthcare system? For example, is there any structure, practice or outcome that the US would benefit from adopting?
Conerly, T.R., Holmes, K., & Tamang, A.L. (2021). Chapter 19: Health and MedicineLinks to an external site.. In, Introduction to sociology 3e (pp. 559-577). OpenStax.
Kurani, N., & Wagner, E. (2021, September 30). How does the quality of the US health system compare to other countries?Links to an external site. Kaiser Family Foundation.
The Commonwealth Fund. (nd). Country Profiles International Health Care System ProfilesLinks to an external site.. Washington, DC: The Commonwealth Fund.
PBS. (2008, April). Sick Around the World: 5 Capitalist Democracies and How They Do It.Links to an external site. PBS.
PBS NewsHour (2021, April 1) Critical Care: America vs. The World – A PBS NEWSHOUR SpecialLinks to an external site.. PBS. (56 mins; first 30:31 mins required, rest optional).
Explain the process of evidence-based analysis. Highlight the major players and their roles in EBM policy
Evidence-based medicine (EBM), previously translational medicine, can be defined as improving care based on empirical research and/or hands-on practice. The EBMs approach is based on either direct patient care (bottom-up) or an experiment translated into guidelines (top-down). EBM is used in either in conjunction or as quality assessment tool(s) for continuous quality improvement (CQI). The healthcare leader must utilize the evidence to promote healthcare quality.
Explain the process of evidence-based analysis.
Highlight the major players and their roles in EBM policy (i.e., government, providers, patients, etc.).
Explain the EBM Levels of Evidence as defined in your course text.
Review the case Constraints of the ACA on Evidence-Based Medicine.
Provide a written analysis of the case Constraints of the ACA on Evidence-Based Medicine in Chapter 9 of your textbook. (Utilize the Levels of Evidence and Grades of Recommendations as defined by the University of Minnesota) Clearinghouse.
Summarize the policy of EBM in your conclusion.
Identify company actions or red flags that might indicate violations of the Act.
Review the scenario and complete the activity below.
In an interview published by The New York Times in February 1976, former Lockheed President A. Carl Kotchian defended the payment of bribes by the company as follows:
Some call it gratuities. Some call them questionable payments. Some call it extortion. Some call it grease. Some call it bribery. I look at these payments as necessary to sell a product. I never felt I was doing anything wrong.
More than 30 years later, Reinhard Siekaczek, an accountant employed by Siemens who oversaw an annual budget for questionable payments in excess of $50 million, stated:
I never thought I would go to jail for my company.
We thought we had to do it. Otherwise, we would ruin the company.
People will only say about Siemens that they were unlucky and that they broke the Eleventh Commandment. The Eleventh Commandment is, Dont get caught.
You have been hired to assist ABC Multinational Company to help educate employees on ethical practices and corporate culture. More specifically, related to the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, your role is to prevent situations described in the above scenario.
Create either a handout, job-aid, poster, or flier to educate employees on the Foreign Corrupt Practice Act. Complete the following for your educational tool:
Explain what the employees should know regarding the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.
Provide examples of Foreign Corrupt Practices Act violations.
Identify company actions or red flags that might indicate violations of the Act.
List any consequences of the violations.
Recommend actions to report possible violations.
Describe protections for whistleblowers. Why are they important? How do the protections impact the Act?
What members of the interdisciplinary team need to be included for holistic patient-centered care?
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Week 6 Discussion: Neurological Alterations (USLOs 1, 2, 3, 4)
You are caring for a 68-year-old Akio Kim in the emergency department for rule-out Cerebrovascular Accident (CVA). Mr. Kim’s daughter reported that he woke up that morning with left-sided weakness and slurred speech.
Based on this information, your prior knowledge of this client (refer to medical card from the Collins-Kim family tree interactive), and your knowledge of the pathophysiology of Cerebrovascular Accident (CVA), respond to the following prompts:
1. Thoroughly explain the pathophysiology of Cerebrovascular Accident (CVA). Use a
scholarly or
authoritative source to support your answer.
2. Examine each of the following three factors related to this disease process.
Support all three with a scholarly source.
1. cultural
2. financial
3. environmental implications
3. Identify 3-5 priority nursing interventions for the client while in the emergency department.
4. Describe labs and diagnostic testing you would want to include in clients plan of care and why. What are critical indicators?
Support with a scholarly source.
5. What members of the interdisciplinary team need to be included for holistic patient-centered care?
Provide a rationale and support with a scholarly source.
Write a sentence or two summarizing your purpose for pursuing higher education and your proposed graduation date.
Overview
Establishing a personal mission statement and setting goals are important steps in achieving success. Learning how to identify and align goals with your personal and professional values will establish standards to work toward. In this assignment, youll draft a personal mission statement and identify short-term goals to use throughout your educational career.
Prompt
Draft your academic personal mission statement and short-term goals in the provided Module Four Activity Template Word Document. An exemplar PDF for this activity has been provided for your reference as well. This personal mission statement and these goals should reflect your most important values, motivational needs, ideal career situation, what you value about that career, and why youre pursuing that particular career path.
Specifically, you must address the following rubric criteria:
Draft your academic personal mission statement. Consider the following as you create these goals:
Write a sentence or two summarizing your purpose for pursuing higher education and your proposed graduation date.
Write a sentence or two summarizing the type of professional you wish to become in your career.
Write a sentence or two summarizing how you hope to enhance your community or profession with your degree.
Draft three SMART academic goals relating to your academic personal mission statement. These goals should be achievable in the next six months (short-term). Consider the following as you create your goals:
How will each goal help you achieve your mission?
How will you know youve been successful in meeting each goal?
When do you intend to complete each goal?
Case study: Your local health system is planning to launch its new population health management (PHM) program for the community and population it serves. You are the Chief Population Officer for this system, and you were tasked by your system CEO to develop key performance indicators for this program.Describe your local healthcare profile (population number, socioeconomic determinants, health and medical resources available, in the community, competitive market, etc.).
CompetencyExamine disease management models and their effect on the health of populations and health economics.
Student Success CriteriaView the grading rubric for this deliverable by selecting the This item is graded with a rubric link, which is located in the Details & Information pane.
ScenarioYour local health system is planning to launch its new population health management (PHM) program for the community and population it serves. You are the Chief Population Officer for this system, and you were tasked by your system CEO to develop key performance indicators for this program.
One of the key components of this program is to identify and establish key performance indicators in healthy populations. Establishing key performance indicators allows decision makers to design meaningful and efficient PHM programs that address population health needs. Check out this web site to read more about key performance indicators for population health programs. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4438103/
InstructionsFor this assessment, create a PowerPoint presentation, with detailed speaker notes in each content discussion slide. You should assess your local population healthcare needs and develop key performance indicators that measure these needs. Use your local or state health department, U.S. Census, and other relevant websites to learn more about unique characteristics of your local community healthcare needs.
1. Describe your local healthcare profile (population number, socioeconomic determinants, health and medical resources available, in the community, competitive market, etc.).
2. Assess your local population healthcare needs, programs, and resources needed to address these needs. You should conduct a high-level Community Needs Assessment to ensure that healthcare resources are maximized for population health improvement. A Community Needs Assessment describes the health and welfare of the priority population, identifies the major health risk factors, the top health problems, and helps to identify the next steps to address these factors. Please have a look at the uploaded file.
Describe the three criteria for evaluating effective team/group work and use the criteria to analyze the effectiveness of the team.
Describe the three criteria for evaluating effective team/group work (as stated in the textbook) and use the criteria to analyze the effectiveness of the team.
Review each of the five stages of group formation. Determine what stage(s) are evident in the case and provide a justification of your response.
Apply Schein’s three behavioral profiles to specific members of the team. Identify how the profiles are demonstrated in the case.
Evaluate whether the communication among the participants in the case was effective or not. Justify your answer by considering any existing barriers to communication.
Review the two main types of conflicts described in the textbook. Explain how each type of conflict is evident in the case.
Propose how Denson should resolve the conflict in this case using one direct conflict management approach. Justify your response as to why this is the most realistic direct conflict management approach given the existing dynamics between and among team members.
Identify one specific leadership activity and one specific maintenance activity that should be encouraged. Identify the most significant disruptive behavior that should be discouraged.
Identify a significant motivational problem experienced by each individual: Jing, Mahonney, and Tanney. Describe how Denson should motivate each person. Be sure to provide a specific motivational suggestion for each person based on their motivational needs. Ensure that you have at least one suggestion from each of the motivational theory/techniques: content theories, process theories, and reinforcement strategies.
Describe the timeline that you will use to track the status of each of your three goals that you have identified. What are the specific dates or time periods you will use as a checkpoint for each of your goals?
For this assignment, you will use the SMART Goals Worksheet (linked in the Resources) to create three personal or professional SMART goals.
Complete three worksheets (one for each goal), ensuring that each goal is specific, measurable, attainable, relevant, and time-bound.
Specific – Describe the three goals in the first box of the template ensuring that they are specific.
What exactly should you be doing to help you achieve the goal?
Measurable – Describe how you will measure the successful completion of each of the three goals.
How will you know when the goals have been completed?
How will you track your progress?
Attainable – Describe how you know each of the three goals is attainable.
Who is going to help you with your goals?
Relevant – Describe the steps needed to achieve each of the three goals.
What skills and resources do you need to achieve each of your three goals?
Time-Bound – Describe the timeline that you will use to track the status of each of your three goals.
What are the specific dates or time periods you will use as a checkpoint for each of your goals?
For further guidance and examples on creating SMART goals, review the media pieces (linked in the Resources).
You will continue to build upon these SMART goals in your Unit 5 assignment after receiving feedback from your instructor.
You do not need to use APA formatting for this assignment. Your assignment submission should consist of three pages only; a single worksheet for each of the three goals you have identified. You do not need to write a paper or submit any other documentation for this assignment.
Submit your paper as a Word document to the assignment area by the due date.
Resources
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Differentiate between strategic management, strategic thinking, strategic planning, and managing strategic momentum.
Peer review references are required for all work in this class. I will not accept websites that are not creditable. I will accept federal and state websites in addition to current peer review journal articles and your textbook and assigned supplemental reading material for the course. I am looking for research to support your arguments and thoughts on our topics. Please let me know if you have any questions about these requirements.
FOLLOW ALL INSTRUCTIONS AND DO THE ASSIGNMENT AS THE RUBRIC ASKS. DO NOT DEVIATE FROM THE RUBRIC PERIOD.
I HAVE UPLOADED THE INSTRUCTIONS AND RUBRIC BELOW. NO PLAGIARISM. MUST BE ORIGINAL WORK. NO EXCEPTIONS!!
Write an 810-page strategic plan. Your plan must include the elements listed below. Note that the instructions correspond to the grading criteria for this assignment. You may also want to review the performance-level descriptions for each criterion in the scoring guide to see how your work will be assessed:
1. Differentiate between strategic management, strategic thinking, strategic planning, and managing strategic momentum.
2. Propose one specific analytical tool suitable for use as an adaptive strategy that will be the most effective in helping an organization achieve its strategic plan.
3. Propose the manner and provide an example of how the selected analytical tool will be used to
support the strategic proposal.
4. Research three internal and three external factors that could become barriers to the success of
the proposed strategic plan.
5. Recommend at least one solution to each of the possible barriers to implementing your proposed strategic plan.
6. Determine the specific segment of the market that your organizations strategic plan will target.
7. Recommend the most effective approach to marketing your strategic plan and provide examples.
8. Use at least three quality academic resources.
· Use the Basic Search: Online resources SUCH AS PEER REVIEW ARTICLES AND STATE AND FEDERAL WEBSITES.
· Note: Wikipedia and similar websites do not qualify as academic resources.
9. Meet requirements for clarity, writing mechanics, and formatting.
You have been tasked with displaying Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) hospital quality measures data for a 5-year period on four quality measures at your site. What conclusions can be drawn for each quality measure over the 5-year period? What trends do you see for each quality measure over the 5-year period?
The purpose of this assignment is to examine health care data on hospital-associated infections and determine the best methods for presenting the data to stakeholders. Use the scenario below and the “Hospital Associated Infections Data” Excel spreadsheet to complete the assignment.
Scenario
You have been tasked with displaying Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) hospital quality measures data for a 5-year period on four quality measures at your site. After examining the data, identify trends and determine the best way to present the actionable information to stakeholders.
Assignment
What conclusions can be drawn for each quality measure over the 5-year period?
What trends do you see for each quality measure over the 5-year period?
When comparing each quality measure, is the quality measure better than, worse than, or no different from the national benchmark over time?
Based on your examination of the data, which of the quality measures should you prioritize and why?
Develop a quality improvement metric and related measures to improve care processes, outcomes, and the patient experience relating to the identified area of opportunity.
Explain how you would monitor the metric and use collected data for improvement.
Include a title slide, references slide, and comprehensive speaker notes.
Refer to the resource, “Creating Effective PowerPoint Presentations,” located in the Student Success Center, for additional guidance on completing this assignment in the appropriate style.
While APA style is not required for the body of this assignment, solid academic writing is expected, and documentation of sources should be presented using APA formatting 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 not required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite.
This benchmark assignment assesses the following programmatic competency:
MSN Emphasis in Leadership in Health Care Systems
6.6 Develop and monitor continuous quality improvement metrics and measures to improve care processes, outcomes, and the patient experience.
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