Watch the documentary “Fed Up”, and thinking about the “Fed Up” documentary, in approximately 500 words, describe how the institutional/organizational level of the socio-ecological model impacts obesity.

Watch the documentary “Fed Up”, and thinking about the “Fed Up” documentary, in approximately 500 words, describe how the institutional/organizational level of the socio-ecological model impacts obesity.

Discuss, specifically, how patients interact with the tools/applications you are reviewing and make recommendations as to how these tools/applications could be used in more effective ways.

Patient outcomes analysis

Provide key data that demonstrates disease state prior to and then after utilization of key technologies (data here means the numbers that measure outcomes and overall impact of the HIT application).

Discuss, specifically, how patients interact with the tools/applications you are reviewing and make recommendations as to how these tools/applications could be used in more effective ways.

Discuss why hospitals are predominantly nonprofit. Describe and discuss the performance of nonprofit and for-profit hospitals. Describe and discuss tax-exempt status for nonprofit hospitals.

Hospitals – The Affordable Care Act and the Impact on U.S. Healthcare Providers

Address EACH of the following content items in your Paper:
1. Discuss why hospitals are predominantly nonprofit.
2. Describe and discuss the performance of nonprofit and for-profit hospitals.
3. Describe and discuss tax-exempt status for nonprofit hospitals.
4. Describe and discuss the effects of managed care on health care providers.
5. Describe and discuss the origins of nonprice competition among hospitals.
6. Describe and discuss hospitals’ transition to price competition.
7. Describe and discuss hospital price competition in theory and practice.
8. Describe and discuss the theory of hospital cost shifting.
9. Describe and discuss the relationship between hospital prices and profits.
10. Describe and discuss the origins of claims of hospitals cost shifting.
11. Describe and discuss conditions under which hospital cost shifting can occur and its causality.
12. Describe and discuss price discrimination and its application to hospitals.

Define and describe how self-insured companies determine risk adjustment? How do they distribute the risk? How is care for treatment reimbursed?

Self-insured companies

Define and describe how self-insured companies determine risk adjustment? How do they distribute the risk? How is care for treatment reimbursed?

Prepare and present an informative speech that conveys useful and/or interesting information to an audience.

Diabetes

Prepare and present an informative speech that conveys useful and/or interesting information to an audience. Cite as least 4-6 different sources for your audience during the speech, underline or highlight them on your outline, and cite them on your MLA Works Cited page.

Reflect on the results and discuss why they are trustworthy or be honest about why they are not. Discuss how the study could be improved if done again.

Your final course project is a reflection of the concepts and outcomes learned in class. Throughout the class you have analyzed and discussed peer reviewed articles that use descriptive and inferential statistics. For this assignment, you will write the first three sections of your final paper. You will analyze the article and describe the statistical methods in detail. Your completed final paper (including all five sections) should be 7-10 pages in length using standard fonts and margins. Use the
Journal Article Review Template as a guide. Your paper must detail the following:

Section 1: Demonstrates how and why the particular topic was chosen (2 paragraphs)
Who? – Introduces the primary author with a brief description of the author’s background and affiliations
What? – Identifies primary question(s) of interest
Why? – Explains the value of the journal article and why the question(s) of interest is(are) worth answering

Section 2: Shows how the research was conducted (1-2 pages)
Recaps essential information from the methods set forth in the journal article
Demonstrates that attention was paid to sound experimental design with the proper use of sampling procedures described in detail
Problems that arose in data collection are openly discussed along with the response to those problems
If a survey was given, a copy of it is included (add in the appendix)
Design of the study clearly ties to main objectives

Section 3: Includes the collected data, analysis, and results (1-2 pages + images)
Clearly and concisely discuss the application of collected data and analysis
Data is labeled and displayed clearly in summary table(s)
A minimum of three distinct graphical displays is included and properly labeled (remember that a graph should be able to stand alone by itself with no outside context necessary to understand it)

Section 4: Delineates what conclusions were obtained (2-3 pages + inference results)
Includes an introduction that identifies the parameter of interest, the question(s) of interest, and introduces the testing procedures that follow and why they were selected (1 page)
Concludes by summarizing results in a non-statistical manner and their implications for the organization (i.e., don’t use phrases like p-value, or alpha, but explain what all of it means so that someone who has not taken statistics can understand the results) (1-2 pages)

Section 5: Discusses the strengths and weaknesses of the selected statistical methods (1-2 pages)
Reflect on the results and discuss why they are trustworthy or be honest about why they are not.
Discuss how the study could be improved if done again.
Analysis is critical and specific – avoids stating phrases such as “everything went ok,” etc.

Research information on high-performance organizations and provide 5 strategic methods that could be used to improve employee productivity in the healthcare organization.

Strategic Method

Answer the following question with 400-500 words must include 2 references and biblical integration. APA formatted:

A strategic goal of any healthcare organization is the quality performance of the employees. Research information on high-performance organizations and provide 5 strategic methods that could be used to improve employee productivity in the healthcare organization.

What, if anything, do you think has changed in healthcare since the 2009 film? Has delivery of healthcare improved or suffered? If you could fix one thing, what would it be?

 Money Driven Medicine

Connection Paper (Short answer essays – 2-3 paragraphs each)

Dr. James Weinstein daughter had leukemia and was forced to do treatments without being properly informed and he feared for his daughters life and did anything necessary to do so, when the cancer came back they wanted him to do more invasive treatment with out informed patient choice and the treating doctor threatened him if he did not do the invasive procedures and report him to children abuse.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1318520/?ref_=ttfc_fc_tt

  1. In your own words, what is patient centered care? What do you think are two challenges of moving to a care model based on informed, shared decision making which puts the patient’s needs first?
  2. The personal stories in MDM provide powerful arguments about why it is important for patients and their families to become their own advocates. From the film, what have you learned about being an informed patient?  ( Be specific about the storytellers and their stories so I know which examples you are talking about.)
  3. Clearly, this is not a newly released documentary. I looked for more updated ones which provided a wideangle lens on healthcare in the US, but could not find one that had anything different to report. Many of you work in healthcare or are caring for others and have some valuable real life experiences to share. Use your experience and wisdom to comment on:
  4. What, if anything, do you think has changed in healthcare since the 2009 film?
  5. Has delivery of healthcare improved or suffered?
  6. If you could fix one thing, what would it be?

What is the importance of the agency you selected? Identify and compare the documentation guidelines for the health record from the agency you selected for at least two different healthcare settings.

Instructions:

Part 1

A cause of action for improper disclosure of health information may result from either a negligent or an intentional act. Complete an internet search and find news stories related to breach of patient confidentiality. Write a summary of at least one of the stories you find, outlining the elements of a cause of action for negligence outlined in the reading for this unit. Be sure to use your text as a reference for your work. Discuss liability in health care and legal concepts and principles, and use legal terminology from the reading, supporting your opinion about the improper disclosure.

Part 1 writing requirements: Your summary should be approximately 500 words.

Part 2

Visit The Joint Commission (TJC), Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF), and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) websites and spend some time navigating the sites to learn more about these important healthcare regulatory agencies.

The Joint Commission. (2018). Leading the way to zero. www.jointcommission.org

Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities. (2018). CARF® accreditation focuses on quality, results. http://www.carf.org/home

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (2018). Regulations & guidance. https://www.cms.gov/Regulations-and-Guidance/Regulations-and-Guidance.html

Select one of the agencies above and investigate the following questions to prepare for your written assignment:

What is the importance of the agency you selected?
Identify and compare the documentation guidelines for the health record from the agency you selected for at least two different healthcare settings.
What are the ramifications if documentation guidelines are not met for each of the healthcare settings you chose (stakeholders’ perspective)?
How often do facilities undergo surveys?

What did you find to be the most difficult portion of conducting a community health needs assessment?

Population Health Management

What did you find to be the most difficult portion of conducting a community health needs assessment?
Group work and teammate location. The most difficult part of this assignment was working as a group while living in different time zones and different states with varying life/work schedules. Also conducting a survey without the entire group being present.
The other was organizing the group to be more efficient. Use Module 1 for group introductions and role assignments. Allow group members to pick out the leader. Role suggestions:

Leader: Guides weekly assignments. Responsible for putting together the final compilation. Grammar, APA format and in charge of put the final compilation together

Teammate 2: Manage Discussion Board posts and replies and weekly assignment submissions

Teammate 3- Manage Survey, Demographics, and Health Needs

Teammate 4- Manager of Behavioral Theory, Precede-Proceed Method, Predisposing/Enabling factors, etc

Teammate 5- Manager of Asset Mapping, Community Resources, Barriers, and Policymaking