Identification of Healthcare Policy Concern Guidelines and Grading Rubric   Purpose In this course, the students will have the opportunity to identify a healthcare policy concern and community healthcare concern which can be improved with a change in policy, ordinance or the language in existing law. The outcome would be the potential for improved health for a population group.  Students will present a proposed solution or change to an elected official, and provide an analysis of the project.  While students are not responsible for ensuring the implementation of their identified solution to the healthcare policy concern, the student is required to meet with an elected official to present the concern and proposed resolution.  The purpose of this current assignment is to identify the community-based healthcare policy concern and provide an extensive evidenced-based foundation for proposing a policy change to an elected official.   Course Outcomes This assignment enables the student to meet the following course outcomes:   CO 1. Employ strategies to impact the development, implementation, and consequences of holistic focused healthcare policies at the institutional, local, national, and international…

  Topic: Proposing a Private Public Partnership for a Healthcare Organization Subject: The Hospital and the Community Benefits and disadvantages of the PPPs for the new clinic The benefits that will accrue from the PPP model outweigh the cons. The renovation works to make the building ideal for the clinic will be delivered on time, within budget and done more efficiently. Better management and operations of the clinic will be observed as the private sector is best suited in such. The company delivering hospital supplies and equipment will enable the clinic to run efficiently, having all the supplies available, to serve the community better. Who to approach and why? The major challenge that would present a stumbling block to this partnership is knowing the ideal persons to approach. The viable options present for the new clinic will be a company dealing with hospital supplies combined with the supply of hospital equipment. The other persons to approach will be the local solo practitioners providing health care privately to the community. The reason behind settling for these players is by the virtue…

Nursing: USA healthcare system Modern medical care remains a close resemblance of the ancient form traced back to the 1970s, much more alike to medical practice in 1970, 1925, or even in 1945. More coordinated and structured medical institutions at control, universal health coverage is nearly exceeding 80% of the entire global population subsidizing the safety area (Catlin & Cowan, 2015). This extensive coverage by public and private insurance firms has caused imminent impacts as the health sector hits 20% of GDP, causing the systems to be unstable and unsustainable posing significant changes within the next twenty years (Catlin & Cowan, 2015). Changes in health economics expenditure, health market economies, and policies are outlined in this paper. Changes in healthcare economics consequently influenced the lifestyle leading to a revolution of how health care is delivered at institutional and financial levels (Getzen, 2017). There occurred numerous changes, for instance, as shown below: In the 17th Century In the 18th Century Sole doctors delivering health care had Received individual financing GDP was less than 3% Health systems Financed by partners and affiliations…

whether or not healthcare is indeed a right for all people. One of the arguments we often hear debated in our political forum is whether or not healthcare is indeed a right for all people. After reading the background reflection in this week′s course along with the assigned readings, explain how Catholic Social Teaching recognizes healthcare as a right for all persons. Cite three sources which support your ideas; however, keep citations brief and utilize your word processing software to count the total words in your essay if necessary. Restrict your essay to 250-275 words with a maximum of 300 words including citations.[unique_solution] whether or not healthcare is indeed a right for all people. One of the arguments we often hear debated in our political forum is whether or not healthcare is indeed a right for all people. After reading the background reflection in this week′s course along with the assigned readings, explain how Catholic Social Teaching recognizes healthcare as a right for all persons. Cite three sources which support your ideas; however, keep citations brief and utilize your word…

Blockchain in Healthcare Introduction The last decade has seen significant shifts towards digitization of health services. Hospital, pharmaceutical, government agencies, and regulators are increasingly pushing for increased digitalization of health records and practices. Stakeholders in the healthcare industry argue that increased digitization will help to cut down on the cost of health care, improve service delivery, and enhance patient outcomes. The push for increased digitization in the healthcare industry has not come without its share of challenges and opportunities. The digitization shift has brought to the fore the need for increased security, interoperability, and sharing between the various existing systems. Over the last five years, industry practitioners and academics have been evaluating ways in which we can implement blockchain technology in the healthcare industry. Blockchain which is an immutable and decentralized ledger, has been instrumental in driving the development of cryptocurrencies and decentralized applications.Blockchain can also be applied in the healthcare industry through both vertical and horizontal innovations. This research paper evaluates some of the critical use cases for blockchain in the healthcare industry as well as the security and…

Discussion: Organizational Policies and Practices to Support Healthcare Issues Discussion: Organizational Policies and Practices to Support Healthcare Issues Research has depicted that the high cost and low quality of health in America upshots from how healthcare carers are paid. This is the reason for the urgent need for significant changes to be made to address the way healthcare providers are paid for services delivered to cut costs and enhance quality and access to healthcare. Hence, the formation of health payment reform to address issues in healthcare payment systems. However, up to organizations are struggling to base the physician payments on the quality or value of care. This is as a result of the existence of many competing needs of the workforce, resources, and patients. The requirements pose a significant impact on the creation of policies intended to address the payment issue, as explained below. How competing needs impact the development of policies Research depicts that the development of policies that are meant to address the payment reform issues faces so many challenges that arise from the varying competing needs of…

socioeconomic gap concerning the quality of healthcare provision for individuals with chronic illness Introduction The number of Americans with one or more chronic conditions is a considerable percentage of the patient population, and even more, it accounts for most of the healthcare costs. Individuals with chronic illnesses typically need to receive their care from many different systems and many various providers. Consequently, it causes care coordination to be complicated and confusing for these patients. S socioeconomic factors complicate this care coordination even more. Treating patients with chronic illness has historically been a significant issue, but the approach in treating it has recently focused on the importance of coordination of care. Coordination of care is essential in combating the enormous numbers of people affected with chronic illness, but understanding and reducing the gap in the quality of care that patients with lower socioeconomic status receive will make the most substantial impact (“Disparities in health,” 2020). This paper will discuss and evaluate the socioeconomic gap concerning the quality of healthcare provision for individuals with chronic illness. Identified Gap Historically, the treatment of…

Healthcare Rationing What exactly does that mean? What is rationing our healthcare based off of (ex: age, worth to society, community engagement), Rationing healthcare means denying the patients possible beneficial healthcare services. A decision is made on what services and goods are to be restricted and which patients should have access to limited services (YouTube [Video], (n.d.). Rationing healthcare is unavoidable, and this is done based on age, the well-being of the society, the engagement of the community, what the government insurance is willing to pay for, and the willingness and the ability to pay by the insurance provider. And in your opinion, does it make sense to ration healthcare on these factors? I think rationing healthcare basing on these factors makes sense because it is practically hard to provide healthcare services to all the people that require it because there are limited resources while the demands are unlimited. Having this priority set and rationing can help in the proper utilization of the available budgets. What age brings the most considerable number of health problems? As any people turn 85 years…

Healthcare Project Management Communication Strategies for Multi department Project Teams Empirical studied have shown that communication is the critical differentiator of healthcare project management as compared to other sectors. Unlike its counterparts, healthcare project management involves many types of people classified under various departments and job categories; thus, the need for clear communication (Dwyer et al., 2013).  In such a sector, staff turnover remains the leading cause of healthcare mistakes. For instance, if a senior registered nurse and gastroenterologists communicate poorly to the incoming colleague about the amount of Ryzodeg insulin for administration, there would be poor health outcomes (Montiro et al., 2014). In an attempt to align project teams for quality health care operations, this nurse and project manager should be cautious when employing both verbal and non-verbal communication. Whereas the former centers around spoken word, non-verbal or body language comprise of accent, emotional speech, bodily contact, posture, facial gesture, direct gaze, and other relevant approaches.  Quality project outcomes and healthcare staff benefits depend on robust interdepartmental communication, stakeholder involvement and risk identification, and management. Sound project management depends…

 A Comparative Analysis of the US Healthcare System and the Netherlands Healthcare System Research Proposal and Outline The Netherlands is a small but one of the most densely populated countries in Europe. The country currently has a population of 17.18 million. The Netherlands has one of the most sophisticated healthcare systems in the world. The Dutch healthcare system has, however, transitioned through various stages to be in its current state. The life expectancy in the country 81.8 years, a figure slightly higher than the average life expectancy for the entire European Union. (Kroneman, Wienke, Peter, Judith, & Ewout, 2016). The country’s GDP as of 2017 was 826.2 billion USD. The Netherlands, as opposed to the US, spends sparingly on less on healthcare administrative costs but excessively high on long-term care per capita. Despite the moderate expenditure by the Dutch healthcare system, the life expectancy in the country still beats the life expectancy of most countries, including the US.  The infant mortality rate in the Netherlands stands at 3.5 per 1,000 live births while the infant mortality rate in the US,…