Technology in Healthcare Read the following case study: In a local home healthcare agency, nurses are using their personal cell phones to email and text physicians, the agency, and local hospitals. The agency is considering providing the nurses company cell phones with a secure login. There are advantages and disadvantages of each option. Consider impact […]
How will these restrictions/implications affect you as a healthcare administrator working in a physician-owned hospital?
Physicians ownership to specialty hospitals Why have physicians developed their own specialty hospitals? What legal issues can arise when physicians have an ownership interest in a hospital? Provide an example. What are the implications and restrictions imposed by the ACA on physician-owned specialty hospitals? How will these restrictions/implications affect you as a healthcare administrator working […]
Summarize the current health care environment under ACA and its’ impact on health care providers and health care payers.
Health care environment Your paper should summarize the current health care environment under ACA and its’ impact on: 1. Health care providers (such as physicians, hospitals, therapists, nurses, etc.) 2. Health care payers (government and insurers) 3. Employers 4. Cost, Access and Quality 5. Finally, conclude with your projections for the future of health care […]
Write a 700- to 1,050-word analysis to understand the due diligence involved in the situation.
Healthcare Facility Design Overview of the entire assignment: Read the following scenario: Two physicians purchased a 12,000-square-foot industrial warehouse in Scottsdale, Arizona. The two physicians purchased the facility prior to consulting with design professionals. The industrial warehouse will be converted into a surgery center. After their purchase, the physicians brought in a design team to […]
Define the challenges in designing a Pay for Performance (P4P) program. Discuss the impacts of P4P on provider payment reform.
Pay for performance The U.S. healthcare system has been criticized for high-cost, inefficacy, and issues on quality. P4P is an approach used to provide incentives to physicians and health care provider organizations to achieve improved performance by increasing quality of care and reducing costs. Write a three- to five-page double-spaced paper (excluding title and reference […]
Prepare and present an informative speech that conveys useful and/or interesting information to an audience.
Diabetes Prepare and present an informative speech that conveys useful and/or interesting information to an audience. Cite as least 4-6 different sources for your audience during the speech, underline or highlight them on your outline, and cite them on your MLA Works Cited page. Topic 1:_Cause and effect of diabetes Specific purpose: Understanding the causes […]
Choose either physicians or nurses and address an element (based on current research) contributing to the shortage.
Motivational strategy to reduce turnover The healthcare industry is one of the largest employers in the United States and employs more than 3% of the U.S. workforce. There are approximately 200 health occupations and professions in a workforce of more than 14 million healthcare workers. By 2030, the percentage of the population that is 65 […]
How might their treatments have worked in comparison to modern treatments? Did your civilization understand disease transmission?
Alternative for In-Class Assignment 02 Fighting Infectious Agents in Ancient Times Select a civilization we have discussed: Ancient Egypt Ancient Greece Ancient Rome Picture yourselves as healers, doctors, physicians, apothecaries, and / or priests. Feel free to be creative as you will be telling a story. Using the drugs / poisons you have compiled investigate […]
What are some of the key human resource challenges that low and middle income countries face in staffing and operating their health systems?
Culture and Health 1.What are some of the key human resource challenges that low and middle income countries face in staffing and operating their health systems? (CH. 6). What are your thoughts about what you read? Address the term brain drain in your answer. What are the ethical issues in educating health care workers in […]
Discuss how you see this key message applying to your daily practice as a nurse and how can nurses achieve this?
The Future of Nursing According to the IOM Report Read chapter 5 (pp. 225-254 only) of the IOM report related to this key message: Nurses should be full partners, with physicians and other health care professionals, in redesigning health care in the United States. Step 2 Post a response to the discussion board. How do […]