Category: Healthcare

Understanding family structure and style is essential to patient and family care. Conducting a family interview and needs assessment gathers information to identify strengths, as well as potential barriers to health. This information ultimately helps develop family-centered strategies for support and guidance. Develop an interview questionnaire to be used in a family-focused functional assessment. The…

You are the chief of staff of a small hospital with a 5-bed ICU. Currently, the staffing of the ICU is provided by a 2-man Internal Medicine group. You have concerns for the future as they may decide to stop coverage. Fortunately, you are part of a large hospital network. You investigate the possibility of…

Use an actual dashboard from a professional practice setting for your evaluation. If you decide to use actual dashboard metrics, be sure to add a brief description of the organization and setting that includes: The size of the facility that the dashboard is reporting on. The specific type of care delivery. The population diversity and…

Health care professionals have an ethical duty to ensure patient safety. Safe technologies are increasingly being implemented throughout health care organizations to improve patient safety, streamline work processes, and improve the quality and outcomes of health care delivery. In a 2-3 page paper, you will discuss one (1) technology safety initiative that has been or…

You must respond to my classmates discussion post. Discussion post has been uploaded and attached. Just in case you may find it helpful the main topic for the post is: information about low health indicators in the US, along with high cost, medical errors and other problems. Three countries with better health status indicators are…

As the manager of the team, you need to write a report for your boss that reflects how elements of your performance management system can get the team on the right track for performance excellence. In your report, identify the problematic issues, examine strategies to use, and needed coaching, and present your recommendations. Use the…

Consider the key arguments from TR Reid’s Healing of America. Listen to his 2014 speech about his book. Write a 500 word essay addressing the following questions: Why does Reid say the richest country in the world has not been able to provide health care to everyone? Why is Reid confident we can “fix” American…

Work on the following problem Set on Rates, Incidence, Prevalence, and Mortality. Be sure to show your work. 1. A prevalence survey conducted from January 1 through December 31, 2012, identified 1,000 cases of schizophrenia in a city of 2 million persons. The incidence rate of schizophrenia in this population is 5/100,000 persons each year.…

must include a detailed summary defining resource allocation and two different reasons for allocating resources based on a healthcare organization. Include examples of how resource allocation is used to improve organizational effectiveness. Give an evaluation and indicate when they should be used for best results. Cite at least four references to validate your statements. Prepare…

As Healthcare Quality Manager of a healthcare facility (you may choose any – Hospital, Ambulatory Surgical Center, Nursing Home, etc.), you are responsible for ensuring the quality of healthcare data. For this assignment, compare and contrast the American Health Information Management Association’s (AHIMA’s) Data Quality Management Model (DQM) http://library.ahima.org/PB/DataQualityModel#.WL2U-hBWDi8 with the Canadian Institute for Health…