How have federal and state governments and the health care industry worked to address this issue so far?

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THE U.S. HEALTH CARE SYSTEM HAS NUMEROUS KNOWN ISSUES THAT AFFECT THE OVERALL QUALITY, ACCESS, AND COST OF SERVICES AVAILABLE.

The U.S. health care system has numerous known issues that affect the overall quality, access, and cost of services available. For your Final Paper, you will create an eight- to ten-page proposal (excluding the title and reference pages) on your solution to one of these issues. In the proposal, you will describe the nature of the issue, trace the history of its development, describe what has and has not been done to address it thus far, provide a set of recommendations on what should be done to address it in the future, and discuss how major stakeholders should be involved to make your proposed changes.
Select  the following issues in health care for the topic of your Final Paper:

  1. The health care workforce.

You are encouraged to break your proposal up into sections to be sure you address each of the questions below. Specifically, you should address the following in your proposal:

  1. Executive Summary: Introduce the topic that you chose. Provide a brief overview of content of your proposal.
  2. Statement of the problem: Clearly describe the topic that you chose. Define and explain the major problems related to this issue.
  3. History of the problem: Review the major developments in the evolution of this problem in the U.S. How did this issue develop historically? How did we get to where we are now?
  4. International context: Compare and contrast this problem in the U.S. to that of other countries. How does this issue in the U.S. compare to other countries? Is the issue more common here or in other countries and why?
  5. Stakeholders: Describe the role of major stakeholders in the problem. How have federal and state governments and the health care industry worked to address this issue so far? What have been the successes and failures of their attempts?
  6. Policy: Provide examples of how the P.P.A.C.A. and other federal policies have attempted to address this issue. What has been the impact of their action or non-action?
  7. Recommendations: Provide a set of recommendations on what should be done to address this issue in the future. What should the major stakeholders, such as the government, the health care industry, and health care consumers do to implement these recommendations and how? Provide a justification for why you believe each recommendation will address one or more of the problems related to this issue.
  8. Conclusion: Construct a brief conclusion that highlights the key points from your proposal and describes the expected outcomes if your recommendations were to be implemented.

 
Writing the Final Paper
The Final Paper:

  1. Must be eight to ten double-spaced pages in length, and formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.
  2. Must include a title page with the following:

Explains why quality and patient safety are important, particularly for this health care setting.

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EXPLAINS WHY QUALITY AND PATIENT SAFETY ARE IMPORTANT, PARTICULARLY FOR THIS HEALTH CARE SETTING.

Application: Quality and Patient Safety by Setting

For this Application Assignment, you will consider quality and patient safety efforts for a particular type of organization.
To prepare for this Application Assignment:

  • Select a health care setting such as an acute care hospital, long-term care facility, or private clinic.
  • Consider the importance of quality and patient safety in this organization.
  • Consider the challenges to providing quality and patient safety in this organization.

To complete this Application Assignment, write a 2- to 3-page paper that:

  • Explains why quality and patient safety are important, particularly for this health care setting.
  • Identifies the key challenges regarding quality and/or patient safety for this setting.
  • Describes at least two strategies for improving and assuring quality and patient safety in this setting and explains why you chose these strategies.

Be sure to support your work with specific citations from this week’s Learning Resources and additional scholarly sources as appropriate. Refer to the Essential Guide to APA Style for Walden Students to ensure that your in-text citations and reference list are correct.

Discuss the impact of your product, service, or application on quality of care, quality of life, cost of care, and access

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DEVELOP AN INNOVATED APPROACH USING CURRENT TECHNOLOGY IN HEALTH CARE DELIVERY.

As a member of ABC Consultants, you have been hired by a large organization to develop an innovated approach using current technology in health care delivery. This can be a product, a service, or an application.

Choose an organization in a sector including, but not limited to, pharmaceutical, insurance, manufacturing, software development, or facility design. Review its website and any recent articles about the organizations.

Resource: Technology and Health Care Grading Criteria

Write a 1,050- to 1,750-word paper and include the following:

  • Describe your product, service, or application (m-health, e-therapy, virtual physician visits, and so forth).
  • Discuss the impact of your product, service, or application on quality of care, quality of life, cost of care, and access.
  • Discuss the social, ethical, and economic impact of your product, service, or application to the organization.

Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines

Click the Assignment Files tab to submit your assignment.

Propose a strategy to help reduce the level of resistance from the clinical staff during a transition from CAS to HIMS innovations

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COMPARE AND CONTRAST THE FUNCTIONALITY AND EFFICIENCY OF THE COMPLAINT-PUSH MODEL AND DATA-PULL MODEL WITHIN THE PROCESS OF HEALTH CARE SERVICE DELIVERY.

  • Compare and contrast the functionality and efficiency of the complaint-push model and data-pull model within the process of health care service delivery. Recommend a strategy improving the effectiveness of each method for delivering patient care.
  • Determine a significant aspect of a complex health care system that represents barriers to a more rapid diffusion of HIT. Next, suggest how these barriers can be removed or minimized. Support your rationale.

“HIT Management and Implementation”  Please respond to the following:

  • Determine a key process in the delivery of health care services that would be more efficient and effective through the application of a specific model of HIT. Support your response.
  • Analyze the barriers to the implementation of HIMS in a complex adaptive system (CAS). Propose a strategy to help reduce the level of resistance from the clinical staff during a transition from CAS to HIMS innovations. Provide a rationale to support your response.