Assignment: Health Care Cost And Quality

Assignment: Health Care Cost And Quality
Assignment: Health Care Cost And Quality
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In a paper of 500-1,000 words, describe the relationship between health care cost and quality. Address the following:
Select one public agency and one private agency and differentiate their roles and major activities in addressing cost and quality in health care. See Topic 4 readings for sources regarding health care agencies.
Analyze current and projected initiatives to improve quality while simultaneously controlling costs. Describe any unintended consequences.
Synthesize implications for staff nurses and advanced practice nurses, including evidence-based practice, relative to cost and quality.75% of individuals surveyed have a family member with diabetes and 56% of people tested for blood glucose levels were in the range for uncontrolled diabetes/pre-diabetes. Of those, 29% were not aware of their condition. ECM, our partner for the research, is a non-profit, faith-based community organization operating in the ID. ECM focuses on community, youth, and economic development in the neighborhood with an emphasis on the large Hispanic immigrant population. Besides developing a Community Food Co-op, which addresses some of the food-based needs of individuals in the ID, ECM opened One Hope Centro De Vida Health Center in September 2006 to address a community-identified need for better access to quality affordable healthcare. One Hope is a low/no-cost clinic providing access to affordable healthcare for people regardless of their health insurance status, and is operated and managed by the community. All of the doctors and medical staff are volunteers, and many are doctors or residents from the UNM School of Medicine. One Hope is more than just a clinic as it values the holistic health of the community in terms of mental, physical, spiritual, emotional, and social wellbeing. Diabetes care and prevention have been identified as strategic community priorities for 2012 and beyond. Data Collection & Analysis Working with the Office for Community Assessment, Planning and Evaluation at the New Mexico Department of Health, we conducted a secondary analysis of archived data sets including information obtained from the U.S. Census, the New Mexico Department of Health, Albuquerque Public Schools, the New Mexico Department of Transportation, Bernalillo County, the City of Albuquerque, and hospitalization and death records. We geocoded and mapped these data to create maps of the County in terms of multiple dimensions (e.g., demographics, school BMI, pedestrian accidents, violent crime, food outlets, diabetes-related death, health insurance coverage, graduation rates, etc.).