Choose two elements from the following list and analyze how each has changed healthcare delivery on both the macro and micro levels.
Choose two elements from the following list and analyze how each has changed healthcare delivery on both the macro and micro levels. Provide specific examples of how both macro and micro impacts/changes:
Emerging health care reform
Managed care
Total quality improvement
Integrated health care delivery systems e.g. alliances, networks, mergers
Organizational downsizing
What comprehensive health assessments would you expect your student to include and why?During your visit to Alicia in Urgent Care, Alicia tells you that she is worried about her nephew, Timmy, who lives nearby and has asthma.
During your visit to Alicia in Urgent Care, Alicia tells you that she is worried about her nephew, Timmy, who lives nearby and has asthma. She also says that “he just can’t sit still” and she is worried about him getting along in school. Timmy is already on your student’s case load and you tell Alicia that you and the student will visit him tomorrow. You ask your student to develop a brief tentative care plan for Timmy and his family. What comprehensive health assessments would you expect your student to include and why?
Explain why addressing health disparities in an ethical manner is important.Read the article Lessons From Sexual and Reproductive Health Voucher Program Design and Function: A Comprehensive Review.
Read the article Lessons From Sexual and Reproductive Health Voucher Program Design and Function: A Comprehensive Review. Then write an article critique on the effectiveness of health voucher programs used in reproductive health. Critique the ability of the health programs addressed in the article to address disparities in an ethical manner. Conclude your critique with an overall evaluation of the health program for its ability to improve the flow of healthcare delivery at the community level.
Include the following critical elements:
State whether the program was effective or ineffective in addressing disparities. Explain your response.
Explain why addressing health disparities in an ethical manner is important.
Make recommendation for increasing efficacy in addressing disparities.
Why do you believe that funding preventive health care services has taken so long to become a major component of health plans?
Course Faculty Member
The Discussion Board (DB) is part of the core of online learning. Classroom discussion in an online environment requires the active participation of students and the instructor to create robust interaction and dialogue. Every student is expected to create an original response to the open-ended DB question as well as engage in dialogue by responding to posts created by others throughout the week. At the end of each unit, DB participation will be assessed based on both level of engagement and the quality of the contribution to the discussion.
At a minimum, each student will be expected to post an original and thoughtful response to the DB question and contribute to the weekly dialogue by responding to at least two other posts from students. The first contribution must be posted before midnight (Central Time) on Friday of each week. Two additional responses are required after Friday of each week. Students are highly encouraged to engage on the Discussion Board early and often, as that is the primary way the university tracks class attendance and participation.
The purpose of the Discussion Board is to allow students to learn through sharing ideas and experiences as they relate to course content and the DB question. Because it is not possible to engage in two-way dialogue after a conversation has ended, no posts to the DB will be accepted after the end of each unit.
Although preventative services such as routine well-care visits and immunizations have often shown to be beneficial in terms of preventing future, more expensive, health care encounters, not all insurance plans offer reimbursement for such things. In addition, health care policies have only recently begun to recognize the “worth” of funding prevention-related services.
Why do you believe that funding preventive health care services has taken so long to become a major component of health plans?
What do you think will need to happen to change the prevailing mindset of funding health care services reactively versus proactively from a third-party payer’s and a provider’s? Why?
In your own words, post a substantive response to the Discussion Board question(s) and comment on other postings. Your response should address the DB question(s) and move the conversation forward. You will be graded on the quality of your postings, including mastery of the concept as well as critical thinking. If asked for your opinion, do not simply state that it is a good or bad idea; elaborate on your reasons and argument. Include enough detail to substantiate your thinking as well as your position on the questions or comments.
Where in the US Constitution does the government obtain its authority to regulate public health?Do you believe the government has the authority to ban things that are believed to be harmful, such as trans-fats? Why or why not?
A basic function of government and a primary goal of the constitution that creates the government is keeping people safe. It is often referred to as exercising “police power.” In the United States, the government’s authority to regulate for the protection of public health and to provide health services is based on police power, which is the power to provide for the health, safety, and welfare of the people.
Public health powers were initially exercised at the state and local levels; currently, the federal government plays a large role in the regulation of public health and the provision of health services.
Considering this, respond to the following:
Where in the US Constitution does the government obtain its authority to regulate public health?
Do you believe the government has the authority to ban things that are believed to be harmful, such as trans-fats? Why or why not?
Give examples and reasons in support of your responses.
Write your initial response in 300–500 words.
Respond to the question using the lessons and vocabulary found in the readings. Support your answers with examples and research. Your responses should clarify your understanding of the topic. They should be your own, original, and free from plagiarism. Follow the APA format for writing style, spelling and grammar, and citation of sources.
Evaluation Criteria:
Identified where the US Constitution gives the government authority to regulate public health.
Provided your opinion on whether the government has the authority to ban things that are believed to be harmful.
Justified your answers with appropriate research and reasoning.
Commented on the postings of at least two peers.
Discuss why abuse of controlled substances should be treated as primarily a health problem and conversely, why it should be treated as primarily a crime problem.
Abuse of controlled substances is considered by some to be primarily a health problem. Others consider abuse of controlled substances primarily a crime problem. Discuss why abuse of controlled substances should be treated as primarily a health problem and conversely, why it should be treated as primarily a crime problem. Be sure to include arguments for both positions. Support your analysis with appropriate scholarly reference sources. [250 words]
Provide an overview of how health care in the United States has evolved since the postindustrial period.
Write a paper that discusses the following 3 elements:
Provide an overview of how health care in the United States has evolved since the postindustrial period.
How has the evolution of medical technology, graduate medical education, and the professionalization of medical and nursing staff affected the delivery of care?
Why has the United States been unsuccessful in evolving the current health care system into a national health care system?
Discuss the role of qualitative research in gaining a better understanding of how households select a hospital for their children when in need of health care for acute cases?
Unit Three Case Analysis
Read the CASE ANALYSIS on “Kid Stuff? Determining the Best Positioning Strategy for Akron Children’s Hospital.”
Write a 2.5 Paper in APA format (Not including abstract and conclusion)
12 point Times New Roman font
Please cite the sources within the essay, and use the sources in the article. Will need at least 1-2 other sources to support your argument.
1. Cover Page (See APA Sample paper)
2. Introduction a. A thesis statement
b. Purpose of paper
c. Overview of paper
3. Body a. Discuss the role of qualitative research in gaining a better understanding of how households select a hospital for their children when in need of health care for acute cases?
b. Describe possible survey methods that Norton could request if he commissioned a survey in this case? Which survey method would you recommend and why?
c. Select which of the plans you suggest Akron Children’s Hospital pursue— plan A, plan B, plan C, or plan D?
4. Conclusion – Summary of main points a. Lessons Learned and Recommendations
5. References – List the references you cited in the text of your paper according to APA format.
(Note: Do not include references that are not cited in the text of your paper)
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