Educate the board of directors concerning the evolving nature of healthcare and how it impacts the health system.

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You have been hired as the vice president for operations for Intravalley Health. One of your first tasks is to educate the board of directors concerning the evolving nature of healthcare and how it impacts the health system.

Identify a professional or scholarly journal article that addresses a topic within one of these three broad areas:

  • Change management, conflict resolution, strategic communication, preparedness, or crisis management in healthcare.
  • Human resources specific to healthcare: physician relations, staff recruitment and retention, in-service training, policy-making and enforcement, counseling and professional development, credentialing, or unionization of professional staff.
  • The patient experience and satisfaction surveys.
  • Medical Tourism.

Access, review, and integrate the findings of the journal article into a 10-12 page analysis of your topic. Your exploration should include the background of the issue, relevant laws and regulations, and strategic and operational impacts on health services organizations.

The board of directors consists of preeminent social scientists, therefore your report should be delivered in APA format, including an abstract and references. The page count pertains to the body of the paper only.

Some administrative notes:

  • There is a tendency to default to a hospital setting when considering issues in healthcare. You can examine other sectors such as long term care, palliative care, retail clinics, or community health centers. Make sure to position your paper from a managerial perspective.
  • It is expected the depth of the research goes beyond your studies in the core courses (MSM students) Please review the policy for re-use of prior course work – even if it is your own.
  • In order to provide a comprehensive assessment, the selected journal article should be supported (or refuted) by other scholarly sources.
  • As you know from your Library Skills course, sources such as Time, Forbes, the Washington Post, and other newspapers, while often useful information resources, would not be appropriate for this paper. As a general guideline, if you can find the resource at a magazine stand, it probably is not a professional journal. The articles you choose should be recent (last 5 years) and should be primary rather than secondary. (Please see the APA manual if you do not recall the difference.)

Research and discuss the causes of cardiovascular disease and its relationship to diet and exercise.

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Cardiovascular Disease Project

Cardiovascular disease is the #1 cause of death in the United States. One reason is the lack of commitment to heart healthy lifestyle. Your lifestyle is not only your best defense against heart disease, it’s also your responsibility.

Follow the instructions below, then click the link above to submit the assignment.

Written Research Assignment:
Research and discuss the causes of cardiovascular disease and its relationship to diet and exercise. Compare and analyze your own personal wellness data (Portfolio Lab assignments) to determine your risk of the disease and form a conclusion as to what changes you can make to decrease your risk. Finally, share information with others in order to encourage healthy behaviors within the community.

Assignment Requirements

  • Written Paper with a minimum of 350 word in paragraph form
  • You must cite at least 3 credible sources in the text of your paper and in the bibliography at the end. Example: “According to Joe Smith from the Mayo Clinic, individuals are at risk…”, you would then cite the reference in the bibliography with complete source. You can use any style to cite the reference.
  • Typed
  • Click link above to submit paper

Assignment Topic
Research and discuss the causes of cardiovascular disease and its relationship to diet and exercise. Compare and analyze your own personal lifestyle choices (Portfolio Lab assignments) to determine your risk of the disease and form a conclusion as to what changes you can make to decrease your risk. Finally, share information with others in order to encourage healthy behaviors within the community. The following information will help you with the type of information that should be included. You are not limited to this, it will just give you a general idea of what I am looking for in the assignment.

Part #1– Research and discuss the causes of cardiovascular disease.

(Use at least 2 credible sources for Part #1- be sure to cite source IN THE TEXT and as a bibliography at end)

  • What are the causes?
  • Why is it a health concern?
  • What is the incidence of the disease/how many are affected?
  • Is it preventable?
  • What is the cost of the disease to the US?

Part #2– What is the relationship between cardiovascular disease and diet and exercise? (Use at least 1 credible source for Part #2- be sure to cite source IN THE TEXT and as bibliography at the end.)

  • What types of foods contribute to our risk?
  • Does physical activity help in prevention?
  • How does inactivity increase our risk?

Part #3– Compare and analyze your own personal lifestyle choices that contribute to YOUR risk of cardiovascular disease. Cite the lab assignments that you refer to. Example: “According to my BMI lab assignment, I am at greater risk…” or, “After reviewing my Nutritional Analysis Lab assignment, I realize…”

What are the lifestyle choices you are making that increase your risk?

Look at data from the following assignments

  1. BMI assignment
  2. How Healthy is Your Lifestyle Survey
  3. Fast Food nutrition
  4. Nutritional Analysis
  5. Food Color Chart assignment
  6. Sugar assignment

Be sure to cite the source of this information. (Example: “According to my Nutritional Analysis I do consume too much…”)

Part #4– Form a conclusion as to what changes you can make in your own personal lifestyle choices in order to decrease risk.

  • Specifically what can you do to decrease your risk NOW.
  • How will those changes benefit your future health

Part #5 Civic Engagement and Social Responsibility

Hopefully your workouts have allowed you to experience the positive benefits of physical activity. It is now time to share that with others. Physically inactive individuals are at greater risk for cardiovascular disease. According to the Center for Disease Control, if every physically inactive person became active, we would save 77 billion in health care costs every year. Only 1 in 5 adults and 1 in 3 children get the recommended amount of physical activity.

Invite at least 2 people (adult or child) to participate in a workout with you. It can be your regular workout or you can do something different (ride bikes, take a free class at gym, try a new workout DVD etc.)

Reflect on this experience and include the following information:

  • Who did you invite to workout out with you and why did you choose that person?
  • What information did you share to encourage them to participate?
  • Did you notice a difference in the individual’s attitudes toward physical activity with regards to their age, ethnic background, or socioeconomic background?
  • Explain the possible implications on our nation if everyone who is active encouraged others to become active too.
  • What other ways could you encourage physical activity in adults and children?

 

What are the most important facts about your topic that relate to aging?

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Write a 2 page, double spaced, typed report using the following criteria to guide you, 4 pages maximum. Be sure to have a clear introduction and closing in your report. Carefully proofread your report for grammatical errors and spelling.
BE SURE TO ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS:
Summarize your topic by explaining it as it is related to aging.
What are the most important facts about your topic that relate to aging?
Explain what new information you learned about this topic.
What information did you find most helpful about this topic?
What information was not helpful about this topic?
Where did you get your information for this research report?
Provide citations at the end of the paper in APA format: APA 7th edition

What reasons can you cite to support the notion that for our health and safety, toxicology and public health should be integrated?

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Considering the negative effects of our daily exposure to environmental hazards, hazardous substances, and toxic chemicals, (some of which are used in the food industry for food preservation and coloring), what reasons can you cite to support the notion that for our health and safety, toxicology and public health should be integrated?

What are some other ways in which healthcare institutions can overcome cultural barriers to ensure all individuals are respected regardless of their culture?

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Since the publication of Fadiman’s book, healthcare institutions have gone to great lengths to alleviate communication barriers that result from cultural differences, including staffing healthcare interpreters, ensuring signs are in multiple languages, and mandating training in cultural literacy for individuals who deal directly with patients. Some healthcare institutions have gone a step further and created cultural snapshots like this onePreview the document. Contemporary philosopher Kwame Anthony Appiah argues that respecting the culture, religion, and other unique traits of individuals is crucial since they are linked with a person’s identity:
Kwame Anthony Appiah on the Ethics of Diversity (Links to an external site.)
Kwame Anthony Appiah on the Ethics of Diversity

Using examples from Fadiman’s book, explain why respecting cultural diversity is important in healthcare. What are some other ways in which healthcare institutions can overcome cultural barriers to ensure all individuals are respected regardless of their culture?
USe the book attached as a source

Define the topic of your study and provide any background information that helps your reader to understand the topic.

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Aim – conduct a 2000 word review of the available literature surrounding the topic ‘Individual variability in recognition of frequency-lowered speech’
You should locate research articles on your chosen topic. You are to write a summary of the general theme(s) of these articles as it pertains to your topic. A reference sheet, listing the articles should also be included (this does not count towards your word count limit). This summary should serve as the foundation of your understanding of the topic. The typed summary should adhere to Harvard referencing format. You should select one of the following research titles for your small scale literature review:
Assessment Brief 1 You should ensure in your review you have: 1. Highlighted a specific client base related to the research question
2. Composition and performance of sound processing system
3. Benefits and Drawbacks of the relevant feature
You should consider the following structure:
1. Introduction The introduction is used to establish the context of your review to the reader. To establish the context, it is important to do the following in this opening paragraph:
a. Define the topic of your study and provide any background information that helps your reader to understand the topic.
b. Explain your reason (perspective) for reviewing the literature on this topic.
c. State your inquiry question for this review.
2. Main Body
This section of your paper begins with an explanation of how you have organised your small-scale literature review and describes findings from articles that provide answers to your inquiry question. Before you begin this section, be sure that you have sorted your articles into different themes based on the articles’ findings (sometimes called results). After you sort your articles, it is important to give your sorted groups a descriptive name. The names of the sorted articles will become your headings for each of the paragraphs that you write in the body of your review. To write the body of your small-scale literature review, it is important to include the following:
a. Write an introduction paragraph for the body of your review. This paragraph tells the reader specific information on how many articles you reviewed and how you sorted the articles into common themes based on the findings (results).
b. This will be a paragraph that describes the first theme that you identified and compare, contrast and/or connect the articles you’ve selected.
c. This will be a paragraph that describes the second theme that you identified and compare, contrast and/or connect the articles you’ve selected.
d. This will be a paragraph that describes the third theme that you identified and compare, contrast and/or connect the articles you’ve selected.
3. Summary
This is the last paragraph of your small-scale literature review. In this paragraph, it is important to summarize the main findings from the articles that you reviewed and to point out the information that you found particularly important to know that answered the inquiry question that you established in the first paragraph of your review. Try to conclude your paper by connecting your inquiry question back to the context of the general topic of study.
4. References
This is the last page of your review. It serves as a listing of all references that you mentioned in your paper. Please use Harvard style when completing this list.

Prepare an 5-6 slide PowerPoint presentation about the statistical results with recommendations to health system leadership.

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Preparation

Complete the following simulation:

Instructions

This assessment has two deliverables:

  1. Prepare an 5-6 slide PowerPoint presentation about the statistical results with recommendations to health system leadership.
    • Ensure the slides graphically communicate the findings.
    • Ensure your presentation is relevant to and easily understood by everyone in the audience.
      • Be sure your written communication is free of errors that detract from the overall message
      • Include an APA-formatted references slide at the end of the presentation.
  1. Write a 2-3-page executive summary to accompany the PowerPoint presentation that provides additional context to the results of data analysis.
    • Include APA-formatted in-text citations where appropriate.

Submit the recording of your presentation and the executive summary.

Grading Criteria

The numbered assessment instructions outlined below correspond to the grading criteria in the Presenting Statistical Results for Decision Making Scoring Guide, so be sure to address each point. You may also want to review the performance-level descriptions for each criterion to see how your work will be assessed.

  1. Evaluate the data collection, measurement, and analysis tools and techniques used in the data analysis.
  2. Interpret statistical results used in the data analysis.
  3. Present statistical results used in the data analysis to support a health care recommendation.
  4. Recommend solution based on results of the data analysis.
  5. Use media and technology to convey ideas and information.
  6. Write clearly and concisely, using correct grammar, mechanics, and APA formatting.

Additional Requirements

Your executive summary should meet the following requirements:

  • Written communication: Write clearly, accurately, and professionally, incorporating sources appropriately.
  • Length: 2–4 pages.
  • Resources: Include sources where appropriate within the template, reference list last page.
  • APA format:Cite your sources using current APA format.
  • Font and font size: Times Roman, 10 point

 

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Systematic literarture review
Method: Utilizing PICOS (population/problem/phenomenon, intervention, comparison, outcome, study design) to guide articles to use.
Question: How can we make servicemembers more resilient to Combat Stress (e.g., Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD))? How can we measure, use, or manipulate the production of Neuropeptide-Y (synthetic or natural) to increase resiliency in Servicemembers, in hopes of mitigating PTSD entirely? What are the current treatment modalities (Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Psychotropics, Stellate Ganglion Block, Anti-depressants, etc.) for PTSD? Is there any evidence to suggest that increasing Neuropeptide-Y via stress innoculation/realistic training or synthetic injection, could increase resiliency to trauma or prevent PTSD symptoms? Is effective in reducing PTSD symptoms?
Population: Adult patients, Military, PTSD
(Current) Interventions: Synthetic or naturally secreted Neuropeptide-Y
Comparison: Current standard treatment. For example,
Cognitive Behavioral therapy, Stellate Ganglion Block, Anti-Depressants, Psychotherapy, Pain management.
Outcome: Alternative Treatment modality for PTSD or a pathway to increase resiliency to PTSD in Service Members.
References: Less than 8 years old

How do you feel about the use of life-sustaining measures in the face of terminal illness?

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Discussion responses should demonstrate critical thinking skills and be thoughtful and respectful
Post two responses to the original posts of any other classmates (100 words for each response)
Posting should ask for clarification, challenge (respectfully) ideas, or describe a situation that illustrates the points being made. Simply agreeing or disagreeing with a post is not adequate
Worth 15 points / 5%
Classmate 1

How do you feel about the use of life-sustaining measures in the face of terminal illness? Examples: Permanent coma? Irreversible chronic illness, such as Alzheimer’s disease? Debilitating Stroke?
Personally I feel like using life-sustaining measures in the face of a terminal illness is completely up to the patient and their families. I think offering these treatments is great because it does give the patients an opportunity to extended their life, but many patients who are terminally ill will not request the use of life-sustaining measures as it prolongs the dying process (Compassion, 2020). Advance directive forms in most states include two scenarios in which life-sustaining treatment is applied: Permanent unconsciousness and terminal illness. Patients can indicate on the advanced directive whether or not they want treatment solely based on their desires (Compassion, 2020).

2. How do you feel about particular medical procedures? Examples: mechanical breathing (respirator), cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), artificial nutrition and hydration, hospital intensive care, pain relief medication, chemo or radiation therapy, and surgery.

When talking about different medical procedures that can prolong life such as mechanical breathing or artificial nutrition, it again is up to the patient or their proxy to decide on whether or not they want these procedures done. Something like mechanical breathing is used when a patient cannot breathe on their own and a machine will push a certain amount of oxygen in your lungs at a certain rate and pressure. The longer a patient is on mechanical breathing the less likely the patient is to breathe on their own (Compassion, 2020). Pain relief, artificial nutrition or chemo therapy, is all up to the patient and whether or not they want these procedures done. I think it is great that hospitals offer these procedures, but many patients and their families may look at these medical procedures and see it will hurt them a lot financially. For me personally I’m not sure I would take such medical procedures due to the fact that I have a terminal illness and I wouldn’t want my family to suffer down the line from medical expenses and prolong grieving.

References

What I Want: Decisions About Life-Sustaining Measures. (2020, July 02). Retrieved September 21, 2020, from https://compassionandchoices.org/resource/my-end-of-life-decisions-an-advance-planning-guide-and-toolkit/want-decisions-life-sustaining-measures/

Classmate 2
How do you feel about the use of life-sustaining measures in the face of terminal illness? Examples: Permanent coma? Irreversible chronic illness, such as Alzheimer’s disease? Debilitating Stroke?
Personally, I feel that providing life support is a good thing and it really depends on the patient and their families. Often times patients feel scared to die and their families want to do everything possible to keep them alive. In this case, I feel providing life support is ideal. However, I have read about patients who are suffering and want to end the suffering. But their families wants to keep them on life support. In this case, I feel that the patient should have the right to make the decision. Hence, I feel that life sustaining measures is a subjective decision and the healthcare facility should give the decision to the family, and the patient if they want to opt for life support.

How do you feel about particular medical procedures? Examples: mechanical breathing (respirator), cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), artificial nutrition and hydration, hospital intensive care, pain relief medication, chemo or radiation therapy, and surgery.
I feel comfortable about the any medical procedure as I believe that there is no harm in performing surgery, giving artificial nutrition, hydration and other procedure to a patient if that will help them get better. I have heard stories where hospitals know that the patient won’t make it, but they still decide to perform the procedure for money. This is wrong for them to do and I am against this evil scheme. Being in the healthcare industry, I follow the idea that the facility should do whatever they can help the patient only if they know that there is a chance for the patient to live. Hence, I feel comfortable about the medical procedures, and I think that they are worth trying to save the life of people. Lastly, I feel that trying to save lives is a good thing to do as it brings happiness and hopes in other life. If procedure can save life, then there is nothing wrong in performing them.

Give it to the writer to write responses to classmates discussion board with 100 words for each classmate.

How do clean claims impact health care organizations?

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Write a 175- to 265-word response to the following:

How do clean claims impact health care organizations? What are the risks to the billing process if claims are not clean? Provide examples.