Identify and describe a health care news situation that affects a health care organization such as a hospital, clinic, or insurance company.

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IDENTIFY AND DESCRIBE A HEALTH CARE NEWS SITUATION THAT AFFECTS A HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION SUCH AS A HOSPITAL, CLINIC, OR INSURANCE COMPANY.

Resource: University Library
Write a 1,400- to 1,750-word paper on a current health care situation. For example, common issues might include one of the following: physician or employee with a conflict of interest, health care fraud and abuse, medical error, quality of care issues, aging in America, privacy issues—selling names, losing patient information, or health care coverage for indigent or noncitizens.
Evaluate the effect of organizational structure and governance, culture, and social responsibility focus on what happened in your chosen situation. Recommend how you would change the organization to prevent this situation in the future. Include the following components:

  • Identify and describe a health care news situation that affects a health care organization such as a hospital, clinic, or insurance company.
  • Examine and evaluate how organizational structure and governance, culture and focus (or lack of focus) on social responsibility affected or influenced what happened.
  • Recommend what resources will be allocated to prevent this situation in the future and what ethical issues may be tied to this decision.
  • Recommend how you would change the structure, governance, culture, or focus on social responsibility to prevent this situation in the future.

Include at least three references.
 
Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines. Use an APA running head, 1st level headings, in-text citations, a title page, reference page, etc.
Grading Criteria

 

Current Health Care Situation Paper
 
This assignment is due in Week Five.
 

Content60 Percent Points Available9 Points EarnedX/9 Additional Comments:
  • Describes a health news situation that affects a health care organization
  • Examines and evaluation corporate structure and governance, culture, and focus on social responsibility
  • Recommends what resources will be allocated to prevent this situation in the future and what ethical issues may be tied to this decision
  • Recommends changes to structure, governance, culture, focus on social responsibility to prevent problem in the future
Organization/Development20 Percent Points Available3 Points EarnedX/3 Additional Comments:
  • The paper is 1,400 to 1,750 words in length.
  • The introduction provides sufficient background on the topic and previews major points.
  • The conclusion is logical, flows, and reviews the major points.
Mechanics20 Percent Points Available3 Points EarnedX/3 Additional Comments:
  • The paper—including the title page, reference page, tables, and any appendixes—is consistent with APA guidelines as directed by the facilitator. The paper is laid out with effective use of headings, font styles, and white space.
  • Rules of grammar, usage, and punctuation are followed; spelling is correct.
  • Paper includes three references
Total Available Total Earned
15

Describe what you feel to be the most important change arising from health care reform.

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DESCRIBE THE LEGAL AND ETHICAL REQUIREMENTS OF HEALTH CARE REFORM IN HEALTH CARE DELIVERY.

Please respond to following the questions in 100-250 words. Please support ALL posts with outside sources.
Describe the legal and ethical requirements of health care reform in health care delivery.
Choose one or 2 and discuss.
1) Health care program expansion
2) Health care quality
Describe what you feel to be the most important change arising from health care reform. What can an administrator do to comply with these changes?   Support your statements with an external source/s.
See a list below of some beginning of life ethical issues. It is not an exhaustive list; there may be others.

  • abortion
  • stem cell research
  • fetal reduction
  • fetal & maternal rights
  • eugenics

Below is a list of end of life ethical issues. This is also not an exhaustive list; there are others to include as well. Be creative; think of others.

  • euthanasia
  • physician assisted suicide
  • termination of life support
  • organ recovery and definitions of when death occurs
  • hospice care

*Choose one and discuss.
1) Termination of life support – This raises questions of what the most ethical action is when someone can no longer function yet their life continues with the assistance of life support. Please discuss an example of this or of one below.
2) Organ recovery and definitions of death – This raises issues about the ethics of defining death and taking organs from someone who is brain dead, but has a continued heartbeat. Please discuss an example of this or the one above.

 the Kubler-Ross model of adjustment to death.

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Course Reflection: Adulthood, Aging, and Adjustment to Death
At the end of life, there are a number of important considerations for both the dying person and his/her family. The person’s wishes for end-of-life care should be considered, for example. It is also important to examine the process of death and dying, as this too, is a developmental stage. To tackle this issue, we will examine the Kubler-Ross model of adjustment to death. You will also have an opportunity to discuss with your fellow students your thoughts about adult development and aging.
Use your module readings and online library resources to research the Kubler-Ross model of adjustment to death.
You need to complete both parts of this assignment.
Part I
Select a person in the news or on the Internet, or a fictional character in a book. For the selected person, use your research on the Kubler-Ross model of adjustment to death to address the following:

  • How did that individual adjust to death? How well did the adjustment fit the Kubler-Ross theory?
  • What changes would you make to the Kubler-Ross theory based on your example?

Part II
Identify one topic from this course that has changed your thinking about adult development and aging. Answer the following:

  • What do you know now that you did not know before?
  • How will you use this knowledge in your future personal or professional life? ( I plan to work in the health care rehabilitation department )

Support your arguments with research, citing sources.
Write your initial response in a total of 200- 400 words . APA standards to citation of sources.

How will you know if you are succeeding and achieving expected outcomes?

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Why are we dwelling on this?  Most of the successful white-collar workers in the past hundred years found reputable companies to work for early in life and then moved up narrow functional hierarchies while learning the art of management. This traditional career path did help people learn, but only in narrow functional spheres of influence. One had to grasp more and more knowledge about accounting or engineering, but little else. Most people believe successful 21st century careers will be more dynamic.  People won’t be moving linearly through hierarchies as frequently and fewer and fewer people will be doing the same job the same way over long periods of time. To put this in practical terms, in 1980, the average individual spent 21 years working for the same company. By the year 2000, that statistic was reduced to a maximum of 7 years in any one company. Thus, we will need to be more flexible, adaptable, and master more volatile career paths to reach success. The lifelong learning plan is a mechanism for you to define your pathway to such success in the 21st century health care industry.
Assignment
Please use the outline below to develop and present your plan.  The limit is seven pages (plus any attachments).
MISSION
Why are you doing this?
Develop a plan and specific steps to execute the plan in order to stay current with
developments and issues in both general management and health care administration.
ENVIRONMENT
The time horizon for this exercise is the next ten years (through 2021).
VISION
What is (or will be) the guiding management book that provides the basis for your understanding/approaches/actions as a manager?
What is (or will be) the guiding health care book that provides the basis for your understanding/approaches/actions in the health care arena?
GOALS:  (Limit to 4-6 major goals)
In terms of your learning over the next 10 years, what specific things do you want to be different in this period that will help you stay current and on top of your field?
STRATEGIES
The specific things you will work on to help you achieve each goal.
TACTICS
The specific steps that you will take to achieve each strategy (relatively short- term actions)
MONITORING
How will you know if you are succeeding and achieving expected outcomes?  How will you spot impending failure or the need to adjust either strategies or tactics?
RISK FACTORS
Identify the general environment (e.g., information technology), professional and personal factors that will help/hinder your success with the plan?