Critically appraise their role in Patient advocacy: demonstrating the ability to promote entitlement and to empower service-users to become informed and active participants in their own care.

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Complete an evidence-based gap analysis that considers the needs of those who will experience the provision of Healthcare services in the future (LO1,LO2), global and local drivers of change(LO3), and the needs of your own professional development and those of the wider workforce to deliver quality Healthcare.
This can use sources from outside but must be based on UK and NHS care.

It needs to include a literature review and must have a gap – analysis comparing our current performance with where we should be.
It must reflect on current recommendations

Currently we have 160 patients with Non-Alcoholic Fatty liver disease.
And none of these have recorded in their records an annual fatty liver review.
As per the NICE recommendations above;
LFT Blood test, weight, BP, alcohol use, and either Fib4 score or NAFLD score.
We are not meeting this need standard currently.
Would need to discuss barriers for getting this done; patient engagement, recall process, need for a blood test specifically for this purpose as blood value for fibrosis score required (AST) not on routine bloods
Want to also discuss health promotion in terms of lifestyle, diet, exercises, weight loss, alcohol intake as relevant to NAFLD
Would like to discuss team involved in health promotion; pharmacists, practice nurses, online resources, hospital consultant if referred because high risk fibrosis
Services available; dieticians, exercise programs. Hospital consultant referral.
And must have a section about my own professional development understanding how to be an effective leader and member of a team in identifying a weak area, and motivating team members to introduce and maintain change in current practice. Some ideas of how to improve in the future and how to perhaps improve other areas of care also. and The personal qualities required to do this and challenges
The paper must demonstrate ;
1. Critically appraise their role in Patient advocacy: demonstrating the ability to promote entitlement and to empower service-users to become informed and active participants in their own care.-
2. Evaluate and identify through critical gap analysis why co -creation with service users and stakeholders is crucial and how it should be enhanced to provide comprehensive care across pathways.
3. Analyse available evidence to synthesize ideas or information in innovative ways, and generate transformative solutions seeking to continually improve care and support delivered as an individual provider or as a member of an inter-professional team.

How will this affect your ability to be an effective leader?

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Please read and answer all 15 questions in the .doc file below. No need to write in essay form just put the answer after the question in a small paragraph.
Answer the following questions related to the pamphlet on Leadership from University College Dublin.

Authenticity
1. What values and beliefs are most important to you as a person?
2. How do you demonstrate them in what you do as an employee?
3. How could you demonstrate them in what you do as a leader?

Boundary Breaking
4. What are the boundaries that constrain you at work?
5. Where could you add value as a leader if you pushed at a boundary?

Coaching
Distributed leadership

Emotional intelligence
6. Think of a time when a manager made you feel bad. Either under-valued or didn’t appreciate your work. How could that situation have been different if the manager had used Emotional Intelligence? How would that have affected how you felt?

Feedback
7. Think of a time when you received feedback.
o How was the information relayed?
o How did it make you feel while you were receiving it?
o Would there have been a better way of giving the information?
o How would you give feedback to someone if you were the manager?

Global Leadership
Hero or helper?

Influence
8. Describe a time when you saw a leader/manager use one of the influence techniques described in the pamphlet.

Job performance

Know yourself

9. List your top three strengths. How can you use these to best effect?

10. List three weaknesses that need to be developed. What can you do to improve these areas?

Level 5 leader

Manifesto

11. Write out your organization’s mission statement. Are your purpose and passion in line with the mission statement? Who or why not?

Needs

Organizational culture
12. When you think about your organization’s culture what is the first thing that comes to mind? Write it here.
o Is this story something to keep or something to change? Defend your answer.

Power and Politics

Questions

Resilience
13. Is your locus of control internal or external?
o How will this affect your ability to be an effective leader?

Strategic thinking
Time
Uncertainty
Virtual teams

Wicked Problems
14. List one way your work environment changed due to COVID-19.
o How much time did you have to implement the change?
o How much advance notice did you get?

X-Y Theory
You

Zen
15. List one way you work on work-life balance.
o How will you continue this in a leadership role?

Could there be conflicting views to the information given in this article? Explain.

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Reading Application 1: Planning and Budgeting in Healthcare
Attached Files:
• Reading Application Essay Sample.pdf (88.765 KB)
• Reading Application QA Sample.pdf (121.779 KB)
Select one article published within the last three years related to each of the six core courses in the Health Care Management major (excluding the Capstone).
Write a brief summary of the article (minimum of one paragraph). Discuss how it illustrates current theory or application related to each of the core concepts taught in your program and add your opinion as to the practicality of the ideas being presented.
Then answer the following questions related to each of the readings:
• What is the title of the article?
• Who is the author of the article?
• What publication did the article appear in?
• When was the article published?
• Describe the type of information provided in the article (opinion, raw data, analysis, ideas, research, etc.)?
• Is the information valid and reliable? Explain.
• Could there be conflicting views to the information given in this article? Explain.
• Describe how the information can be applied in a practical business setting?
• Do you agree or disagree with the author’s views? Explain.
Please be sure to provide detailed answers to all of the questions. You may use the template (provided in the learning resources), or you may copy and paste these questions into a Word document

Describe how the information can be applied in a practical business setting?

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Reading Application 2: Human Resources in Healthcare Organizations
Select one article published within the last three years related to each of the six core courses in the Health Care Management major (excluding the Capstone).

Write a brief summary of the article (minimum of one paragraph). Discuss how it illustrates current theory or application related to each of the core concepts taught in your program and add your opinion as to the practicality of the ideas being presented.

Then answer the following questions related to each of the readings:

What is the title of the article?
Who is the author of the article?
What publication did the article appear in?
When was the article published?
Describe the type of information provided in the article (opinion, raw data, analysis, ideas, research, etc.)?
Is the information valid and reliable? Explain.
Could there be conflicting views to the information given in this article? Explain.
Describe how the information can be applied in a practical business setting?
Do you agree or disagree with the author’s views? Explain.
Please be sure to provide detailed answers to all of the questions. You may use the template (provided in the learning resources), or you may copy and paste these questions into a Word document each week.

Select a healthcare policy area/topic in Mississippi to research. The topic Is Mental health in Mississippi.

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Please select a healthcare policy area/topic in Mississippi to research. The topic Is Mental health in Mississippi.

Then, explain (write up) the healthcare policy you have selected to research. Explain why it is significant and relevant. It is suggested that you use some numbers here, e.g., total number of people covered or percent of population with the condition. Finally, explain why you picked this policy to research.

 

Develop a major case study of Health Care Management issues, problems, and polices in a current organization, most often your own.

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• Case Analysis Guidelines.pdf (34.383 KB)
Develop a major case study of Health Care Management issues, problems, and polices in a current organization, most often your own. The case study draws from previous courses as issues are identified, analyzed, and discussed. Please see the attached template for details regarding what the Case Study must contain. Your case study MUST follow this template.
Requirements for Case Study
Problem identification, analysis, and recommendations for action should be supported by facts gathered through research. Data from the documents of the selected organization should be gathered, included, analyzed, and interpreted in the case study. Sources might include interviews, publications, reports, etc. Be very aware of proprietary information!
The problems, impacts of the problems, and solutions to the problems must be stated clearly and thoroughly in business and healthcare administration terminology. Root cause analysis or similar methodology should be employed to clarify issues.
The case study should draw on the lessons learned in at least three (3) OU courses. You may use textbooks and other course materials from previous courses as reference sources.
The case study should focus on at least three (3) health care management issues and provide at least two (2) (no more than three) possible solutions, applied either individually or as a collective approach. As most management issues and solutions are related, this should not be difficult.
The case problem/analysis should be approximately 10 double-spaced, typewritten pages (in Times New Roman 12 pt font), it must be clear and concise, and it must be formatted using APA style. It should be written as if it is to be presented to the organization being studied.
You must use a minimum of three (5) reference sources. Reference sources can include textbooks, journals, interviews, business magazines, etc. Interviews may only account for one of the three (3) references.

In your own personal experience, what mental health issues have you had to deal with?

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Please reflect on your own mental health. In your own personal experience, what mental health issues have you had to deal with? What did you do to cope with this? What coping has been detrimental and what coping has been helpful? How have you come to grow as a person with this experience?

 

Should healthcare be rationed?

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1. Should healthcare be rationed?

2. If yes, explain why and how

3. If no, explain how you would manage access, cost, and quality

4. Propose some goals for healthcare policy in the U.S.A.

The paper should be four to six pages in length.

Use proper grammar, spelling, organization of thought, and knowledge of the material. Cite any outside sources using APA format.

What kind of screening test would be more acceptable, reliable, and would provide a better predictive value for colon cancer?

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In your opinion, what kind of screening test would be more acceptable, reliable, and would provide a better predictive value for colon cancer? Please elaborate your answer and provide references.