A DESCRIPTION OF THE HEALTH CARE WORKFORCE SHORTAGE AND ITS IMPLICATIONS.

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A DESCRIPTION OF THE HEALTH CARE WORKFORCE SHORTAGE AND ITS IMPLICATIONS.

Workforce ShortageClick here to read the health care workforce shortage and its implications on America’s hospitals, at the American Hospitals Association’s (AHA) website
Select a hospital, which is not more than two hours away from your place of residence. Based on your readings and understanding, create a 3- to 4-page report in a Microsoft Word document, that includes:
A plan for a rural, medium-sized hospital to deal with short- and long-term workforce shortages.
Your plan should include the following elements:
 

  • An introduction.
  • A description of the health care workforce shortage and its implications.
  • The aspects that need immediate attention and aspects that need long term attention. Provide a rationale on why these aspects need attention.
  • A description of the financial implications for these issues.
  • An explanation of the risks associated with these problems.
  • Your recommendations to solve these problems.
  • An explanation of the methods to measure the success of the plan.
  • A description of the next steps, if the plan failed.
  • A conclusion and a reference list.

Support your responses with examples.

Identify and describe 10 key components of the Affordable Care Act.

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What has been your experience so far with the ACA?
7. Medicare and Medicaid in their infancy were designed to help a population that needed additional support. Currently those programs have grown to the point of consuming a large portion of tax revenue and still needing to cut back on services provided. If you were there in the beginning of Medicare, would you have designed the program any differently? Why and how?
8. Review the article and discuss: Population health and economic development in the United States
http://digital.films.com/PortalViewVideo.aspx?xtid=34210&loid=28526
9. Identify and describe 10 key components of the Affordable Care Act. Be prepared to discuss in class. It may help to think about the following:
Type of individuals that will be seeking coverage
The benefits and draw backs of the ACA
The services covered or not covered under ACA
Tax subsidies individuals may receive
Impact on the Medicaid and Medicare Programs

What are your thoughts on how our longer lifespan is affecting the financing of Medicare?

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WHAT MAJOR EVENTS IN HEALTH CARE ACCESS AND DELIVERY SINCE 1950 HAVE SIGNIFICANTLY CHANGED AND ENHANCED HEALTH CARE POLICY IN THE UNITED STATES?

REFERENCE
Textbook: Shi, L. (2014). Introduction to Health Policy. Chicago, IL: Health Administration Press. Washington, D.C.: Health Admin. Press.
Please write up 150 to 200 word count for Question 1 to 8, #9 must be 200 words; try and relate the material to real-life applications and also to the textbook and health care risk management. Cite and Reference all work!
1. What major events in health care access and delivery since 1950 have significantly changed and enhanced health care policy in the United States?
2. . Is the PPACA having the impact you think it was designed to have? What are your thoughts?
3. Is access to health care a right or entitlement? Do all individuals currently have equal and open access to health care?
4. What are your thoughts on how we determine something is a right in the United States? We do have some things that are legally a right in America.
5. What are your thoughts on how our longer lifespan is affecting the financing of Medicare?
6 Understanding the Affordable Care Act.

Why is innovation important to healthcare management?

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STRATEGIC PLANNING AND ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR HEALTH CARE

Strategic Planning and Organizational Development for Health Care
Instructions
Why is innovation important to healthcare management? For this exercise, you will “nurture foresight,” which is described in your textbook as a process involving looking ahead to visualize developments and their possible impact on the organization, perhaps even before they become inventions, trends, or actual concerns. Go to the following website: Source: National Institute for Healthcare Management. http://www.nihcm.org/Select a featured publication of interest to you. Based on the publication that you review, and to prepare your organization for the change(s) that you foresee, write a paper of 750 to 1000-words to respond to the following:
1.Describe the publication and the issue(s) that it presents.
 
2.After reviewing the article, identify the type of health care organization that you would like to work for in the future and explain the implications of this issue to that organization and to at least two groups of its stakeholders.
3.What are some of the questions that you would need to ask, resources you might need to access, or actions you would take to prepare your organization for change or to exploit opportunities?
 
4.Respond to two of the following questions:
 
a.Do you see changes arising from this situation to be a boon to patients?  Why or why not?
 
b.Do you think that government will create regulation relating to this topic that you will need to comply with?
 
c.Do you see this issue as having the potential to result in a possible new profit center for your facility?
Your writing should follow the conventions of Standard American English (correct grammar, punctuation, etc.) and it should be logical, original, and insightful. Finally, ensure that your paper conforms to APA Style, including in-text citations and a reference page.
Requirements•
Responses to the questions should be written in a clear, detailed manner and observe the
 
conventions of Standard American English (correct grammar, punctuation, etc.).
 

  • Double-spaced, 12 point, Times New Roman font.
  • Include at least two references