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Create a schematic or flowchart to illustrate how to incorporate teams into daily health care communication for the issue described in the scenario.

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..CREATE A SCHEMATIC OR FLOWCHART TO ILLUSTRATE HOW TO INCORPORATE TEAMS INTO DAILY HEALTH CARE COMMUNICATION FOR THE ISSUE DESCRIBED IN THE SCENARIO.

Consider the following scenario regarding an issue that affects the organization and the public:

  • You are the project manager at a state-supported public health care facility. Because of the success of your organization, a local organization has donated a state-of-the-art magnetic resonance imaging machine that is not available anywhere else in the vicinity. As the project manager, you are tasked with educating the staff and informing the public regarding this new technology.

Create a schematic or flowchart to illustrate how to incorporate teams into daily health care communication for the issue described in the scenario.
Use Microsoft® PowerPoint®, Microsoft® Paint, Microsoft® Visio®, Microsoft®Word, Microsoft® Excel®, or a tool of your choice to create the schematic or flowchart.
Include the following:

  • What team structures, functions, project goals, obstacles, and communication will be used
    • Team structures:
      • Public Education Team
        • Goal:  To educate public of new equipment
        • Team Members:
          • Team Leader
          • Marketing Department
        • Functions: (I’m not sure what is meant by “functions”)
          • What the new machine does that “old” technology cannot?
          • Roles of team members?
        • Obstacles:
          • Budget for advertising
          • Doctors’ offices not interested in information
          • Insurance companies believe new MRI not medically necessary
            • This would be an issue if the cost billed for the service is more than a “normal” MRI
            • Issue if facility is out-of-network for patient
          • Need for both English and Spanish education?
        • Who to educate:
          • Public
          • Doctors’ Offices
          • Insurance Companies
        • Ways to Distribute Information (Communication Used)
          • Print Ads
            • Newspaper
            • Billboard
            • Bus stops
            • Brochures
          • Newspaper Article
          • TV News Story
          • Commercials
          • Brochures for Doctors’ Offices
          • Inservices at Doctors’ Offices
            • Provide snack or lunch
          • Mailings
          • Internet Ad
          • Open House
      • Staff Education Team
        • Project Goal: To educate staff

Do you believe the internet and Information Technology is an influential means to enhance health care delivery?

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DO YOU BELIEVE THE INTERNET AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY IS AN INFLUENTIAL MEANS TO ENHANCE HEALTH CARE DELIVERY?

Please provide 150-200 words for each question.

  • Today’s technology now gives the patient the ability to see their personal health information as needed, without having to provide this information to another person. Class, do you believe when the patients feel empowered, and aware of their conditions and treatments, they feel more comfortable to discuss this information with their health care provider, and feel more involved in the process. Explain why or Why not?
  • Do you believe the internet and Information Technology is an influential means to enhance health care delivery? Explain why or Why not?
  • Do you believe a lot of health care organization debt comes from overspending on emerging new technology in order to stay competitive?

PRESENT HOW STRATEGIC PLANNING, PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENT, AND INFORMATION SYSTEMS ARE INTERRELATED AND FUNDAMENTAL TO THE DELIVERY OF QUALITY HEALTH CARE

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PRESENT HOW STRATEGIC PLANNING, PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENT, AND INFORMATION SYSTEMS ARE INTERRELATED AND FUNDAMENTAL TO THE DELIVERY OF QUALITY HEALTH CARE.

Topic: Present how strategic planning, performance improvement, and information systems are interrelated and fundamental to the delivery of quality health care.
 

  1. Identify the topic of your Final Project
  • Describe the issue, why it was selected, the perspective of approach, and the scope of the paper.
  1. Provide an outline of your project
  • The outline should include a heading for each section of the Research Paper/PowerPoint Presentation (including one for the thesis and the conclusion) as well as heading descriptions. Subheadings should also be used with a description of each subheading. These should demonstrate that you have done significant research, evaluation, and critical thinking on the issues involved and should illustrate the strategies you would incorporate and implement for the scenario you are creating.
  1. Create an annotated bibliography
  • The annotated bibliography should contain at least five scholarly sources that you intend to use in your project. Each listing must include a paraphrased narrative of the actual research study presented in the article and the studies used should represent the most current research related to the topic area.

Should health care providers be required to honor advance directives regardless of personal belief and institutional settings?

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SHOULD HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS BE REQUIRED TO HONOR ADVANCE DIRECTIVES REGARDLESS OF PERSONAL BELIEF AND INSTITUTIONAL SETTINGS?

Later Adulthood Scenarios
The aging process affects us all. Sooner or later, we will be faced with challenges unique to later life. As medical technology pushes the outer boundaries of longevity, we will be confronted with more and more issues related to aging in later life.
To prepare for this Discussion, review this week’s Learning Resources.
post a comprehensive response to one of the following four scenarios about aging in later adulthood:

  • The changing face of retirement: Discuss the implications of retirement on health. Include in your response financial, physical, cognitive, and socioemotional considerations.
  • Advanced directives: Should health care providers be required to honor advance directives regardless of personal belief and institutional settings?
  • Coping with loss: Present a scenario in which you provide examples of bereavement, grief, and mourning in coping with the loss of a lifetime friend, partner, child, parent, or sibling.
  • End of life: Discuss where an individual needs to be developmentally in order to prepare to die in peace.

Include specific examples to help support your position. Be sure to use supporting documentation and cite your sources in correct APA format.