Healthcare

The goal here is for you to become familiar with the Health/Medical branch of the Natural Sciences. You will craft a 4 (FULL) page essay which will include the abstract and title page required in APA (American Psychological Association) format* (meaning you will have a total of 7 pages), based on one of the following topics:

? Universal Health Care – It’s been in the news lately, but universal health care also touches on historical issues — such as how it has been implemented in other countries — ethics and right-to-treatment, and socio-economics. Isolate an issue within universal health care and explain it in depth.

? Right to Die – Assisted suicide is legal in some countries (like Holland) and a taboo topic in others. Write about the legality in general (for or against) or illustrate the specific conditions in which assisted suicide should be acceptable.

? Treatment Options – Choose an illness, such as clinical depression or cancer, and compare and contrast the different treatment options available.

? Treatment Availability – Compare and contrast the medical systems and availability of doctors within two areas, locally and internationally. Your thesis can also draw a conclusion about which system is better based on your research or, briefly, how the contrasting system might be improved.

? Opioid Crisis – What is the ongoing issue with opioids? What has the government done to aid with this crisis? What is the current medical stance on the issue? What can we do to rectify the problem?

Suggested Essay Development: Within the confines of your paper you will discuss the subject at length, providing not only the causes and effects of the subject but also a summary and analysis of current research being done on the topic. Some of these topics may be found more rewarding than others. Choose wisely.

How can physicians deal with the mental stress of making life-or-death decisions caused by equipment shortages?

With a shortage of PPE, what ethical dilemmas do physicians face when it comes to caring for patients who may be infected with COVID-19 but the doctors lack the proper equipment to safely treat the patient?

What are the ethics around not allowing end-of-life visits by family members, leaving someone to die alone?

Many physicians have young children or elderly parents at home. Is it ethical for them to not show up for shifts at a hospital where COVID-19 is prevalent? How should physicians keep their families safe while still meeting their ethical obligations as a doctor?

***u can also use this website to get information and three more
The American Medical Association is developing short-use cases that apply guidance from the AMA Code of Medical Ethics to issues as they are emerging in the pandemic that are posted to the AMA’s COVID-19 Resource Center as they become available.

In an 8-page paper, identify a Quality Improvement Research Topic. Use the principles and standards presented in this course. Discuss how the improvement process would improve any or all of the following: Practice, Health Outcomes , Cost and Efficiency.

Students must submit all written reflection papers and any final research papers through Turnitin, an originality-checking and plagiarism-prevention service that will be referenced to evaluate your overall score for your assignments.

You were just hired as the office manager of a six-physician office. As part of your responsibilities, one of the physicians asked you to investigate the possibility of an electronic health record system.

Visit the www.cms.gov – website, and research the CMS incentive program. Prepare a memo for your physicians on what the EHR is and what is involved in adopting it to the practice.

Your paper should meet the following requirements:

2 pages in length, not including the cover and reference pages,

Describe a biopsychosocial model of either PTSD Summarize the key findings in genetics, neurobiology, psychological processes and socio-cultural processes for either PTSD. Four page requirement-APA format is encouraged but not necessary. Due date is Monday July 13th. Remember a cover page and reference section are not counted as part of the four page requirement. Remember to paginate (insert page numbers). You are free to use sources outside of the ones I have or will provide, but make sure they are updated and from peer-reviewed journal articles and/or book chapters.
This class provides information on the trauma disorders, including post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), acute stress disorder, and adjustment disorders. Emphasis is given to factors that influence reactions to traumatic events: including the pre and post traumatic environments, stressors and strengths. This class also examines reactive attachment disorder in children, and the dissociative disorders that are frequently found in the aftermath of trauma.

“Needs and Uses of Long-Term Care” Please respond to the following:

Determine two (2) current needs and two (2) current uses of long-term care services.
Determine the main way(s) the overall needs and uses of long-term care services have evolved over the past fifty (50) years.
Predict the main way(s) the overall neds and uses of long-term care services will continue to evolve over the next ten (10) years.

Culture change in long term care settings occurs within the patient/resident population, and at the corporate level for the organization’s workforce. The driving force for either of these is a leader. Your textbook highlights that one of the four primary ways to influence the culture of an organization en route to change is to… Model the behaviors that you want to see in the workplace.

For this blog, select two specific issues—one on the patient side and one on the organizational level within LTC—that both require a cultural shift. [Tip: identify two issues that seem to relate to each other/are interconnected.]

Then, vividly describe how you as a long term care administrator would drive the (r)evolution by way of your specific actions. Cultures need to be intentionally and purposefully changed. As the (hypothetical or real) long-standing leader of the organization, you’ve played a role in creating the problematic situations you’ve just presented. How did your actions do that? And, how would your revised behavior serve to set a new course for your staff and patients?

You should seek to present an authentic picture of an organizational/staff and resident culture that embodies who you are as an administrator—both as a flawed (previous) and improving/learning (future) leader of change.

Finally, turn the tables on yourself. Briefly go through this exercise again, but this time, from the perspective of you as a LTC resident/patient. What type of facility do you envision yourself living in? What’s the problem at hand? How did you (somewhat) help to create it, and how do you plan to fix it?

“Without question, collaborative efforts to improve health are essential. Working together, sharing resources, and combining talents enhance the opportunities and likelihood for achieving positive health outcomes. Because of the complexity and cost of today’s health environment, public health agencies and others involved in prevention efforts cannot afford to work in isolation…”

For this Discussion, you will examine nuances associated with effective partnership for the achievement of positive health outcomes and discuss your placement agency’s approach.

To Prepare

Reflect on your experience, observations, and knowledge gained during your agency placement.
Consider some partners that interact with the agency, what do they have to gain or lose based on the agency’s effectiveness?

Post a response to the following questions:

How does the agency gain input from the community on their programming?
How are priorities set by the agency?

Agency is Northwell Healthcare, NY

This debate exercise will prepare you for your role as policy advocates as you contemplate your selected course policy focus. Consider the following policy question in light of the Supreme Court’s decision on June 28, 2012 related to the constitutionality of the Medicaid Expansion provision under the ACA and its enforcement action to curtail medicaid funding for those states that refused to participate.

Policy Debate Question Background:

Congress passed the ACA in March 2010. One main goal of this legislation was to extend health care coverage to the country’s uninsured. The ACA used many mechanisms to expand this coverage including Medicaid expansion efforts. Even though Medicaid is a voluntary program, all states participate. The ACA directed states to expand eligibility criteria to more people and would enhance federal funding for these efforts. The Supreme Court’s decision found the ACA to be in part constitutional and in part unconstitutional. The unconstitutionality of the law relates to the threat of withdrawing existing Medicaid funding for those states that declined to participate. After the court’s decision, states faced a difficult choice. On one hand, Medicaid expansion offers enhanced coverage for state residents and an influx of federal funding, but it also brings an increase in administrative costs and political challenges, as our readings indicate.

Policy Debate Question:

Should individual states be allowed to make the decision as to whether they want to participate in the Medicaid Expansion initiative outlined in the ACA? WHY? If you were the governor of a state what would be the specific reasons why you WOULD or WOULD NOT participate?

You will post your individual response to the above policy question by assuming a “pro” or “con” position on the issue raised. Your response must be substantiated with resource information from the selected readings and from additional academic online resources.
You must include ONE online scholarly resource that you have used for the substantiation of your position on this question and cites from your two course textbooks. Be sure to present background information on this resource and explain how the information supports your policy perspective. Share this resource with your classmates in an effort to further enrich their policy learning.

Course textbook #1: A Practical Guide for Policy Analysis The Eightfold Path to More Effective Problem Solving

Discuss the types of changes that are likely to occur in the health care environment in the next several years? Explain why environmental analysis is very important for health care organizations. Your paper should be 4 double–spaced pages long (excluding cover page/reference page(s)).

You’re relay only on uploaded class files ppt or uploaded text book to answer the question below.