Analyze the variation in healthcare outcomes in the United States relative to other similar countries. Recognize some of the important factors that affect health expenditures in the United States.

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Module 4 Reflections & Connections (Module 4 Week 4)

Objectives:

1. Understand what a healthcare system is and what it comprises.
2. Analyze the variation in healthcare outcomes in the United States relative to other similar countries.
3. Recognize some of the important factors that affect health expenditures in the United States.
4. Consider why spending does not equal positive outcomes.
5. Examine the importance of health behaviors on outcomes.
6. Understand why global health is important to the United States.

Paper instructions
Need to briefly describe the material covered in the chapter 4 connect the material to the module learning objectives.

Connect the material to the module learning objectives Your thoughts on the material (use the following questions as a guide for your thinking, not as questions that you are required to answer): What was most/least interesting? How does this past chapter relate to other chapters? How does this chapter relate to your life/ experiences you have had/ knowledge from other courses? (If relevant) What was the hardest and easiest to understand or accomplish? Did you enjoy learning about this subject, why or why not? Any questions you have about the material Your thoughts and reflections on the US healthcare system in general

To write a successful reflection, you should: Review the lecture and your chapter notes, determine the most important aspects of each topic, and express those aspects in your own words Synthesize this topic with topics presented in the past, in order to create a deeper understanding of the ways in which geology works

Evaluate your own level of understanding of the topic, allowing you to then know what areas you should ask questions about in your reflection. Reflections should be: Double-spaced 2-3 paragraphs long (no longer and you must write in paragraph form)

What barriers or challenges prevent the adoption of these technologies, and what would you recommend to remove those barriers or challenges?

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Digital Health Technologies in KSA

Evaluate the use of digital health technologies in Saudi Arabia that would support expanding patient access to medical care by researching a minimum of four peer-reviewed articles on this topic and then creating a brochure or infographic using appropriate templates available online. Discuss how these information technology innovations can benefit the Saudi population and how they align with the MOH strategic plans.

What barriers or challenges prevent the adoption of these technologies, and what would you recommend to remove those barriers or challenges?

Demonstrate how this recommendation will increase patient access to care and support the achievement of Saudi Vision 2030.

 

Understanding the role of JEDI concepts in healthcare is a critical step to identifying populations that are most affected by health care delivery. What is the role JEDI plays in your local community?

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Determinants Of Health Focusing On JEDI; Are You A JEDI Master?

Justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion (JEDI) concepts are fundamental to directing resources to inequities and disparities in access across a broad range of civic and private resources. Assessing the hazards and related threats to public health in concert with identification and prioritization of places and communities that benefit most from nursing interventions can begin to address social determinants of health and core public health goals. Understanding the role of JEDI concepts in healthcare is a critical step to identifying populations that are most affected by health care delivery.

What is the role JEDI plays in your local community?

Consider the characteristics for assessing vulnerability and adaptation in your community. The list provided below may serve to help you frame your response and while not comprehensive, the list serves as a brainstorming tool to help you consider which groups and individuals in your community are likely to benefit most from interventions.

  • People with existing health conditions, especially mental illness and asthma
  • People with limited mobility
  • People with disabilities
  • People with low or no wealth
  • Older adults, especially those living alone
  • Pregnant people
  • Infants and children
  • People who are linguistically or socially isolated
  • People of color, especially African Americans, Hispanics and American Indians/Alaska Natives

 

Identify why you chose this topic and its importance to population health. What is the history of the topic (i.e., cause)?

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CT8 – Opioid Crisis in the Somali Community youths in North America

Identify why you chose this topic and its importance to population health. What is the history of the topic (i.e., cause)? Interpret the frequency and severity of any health effects it causes. Analyze any past attempts or anticipated future attempts to address the issue and their success rates. Your paper should include the following sections related to the issue: Introduction History of Topic Societal Impact Analysis of the Affected Population Measuring Outcomes Anticipated Health Inequalities Conclusion. You must include a minimum of 8 credible academic or professional references beyond the text or other course materials. Review the grading rubric to see how you will be graded for this assignment.

Identify a disruptive innovation in healthcare (i.e. one that completely changed the market). Why was it revolutionary? How did it change healthcare? How can you be prepared for change?

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HCAD 660 W6 Healthcare Institutional Organizational Management

Tools Of the Trade
Q1 Briefly describe one of the tools or best practices of strategic planning or execution (implementation) (SWOT, Service-Value Chain, Appreciative Inquiry, etc.). Choose a healthcare-related issue and apply that tool to a specific scenario.

Anticipating Change
Q2. Identify a disruptive innovation in healthcare (i.e. one that completely changed the market). Why was it revolutionary? How did it change healthcare? How can you be prepared for change?

NOTE: The concept of disruptive innovation can be confusing. It is not a better method to do something, but a new and different way that often causes the disappearance of what it replaces. Think of photography; the emergence of digital technology virtually destroyed the film industry (e.g., Kodak).

In six sentences or more, explain how you would use the descriptive statistical procedure(s) at work or in your personal life.

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MGMT 650 W1-D1 Using Descriptive Statistics

Instructions: Read all materials. APA format, answer all questions

  1. Descriptive Statistics: In six sentences or more, explain how you would use the descriptive statistical procedure(s) at work or in your personal life.
  2. Misuse of Statistics: As we will see in the next 12 weeks, statistics, when used correctly, can be a potent tool in managerial decision-making.

Statistical techniques are used extensively by marketing, accounting, quality control, consumers, professional sports people, hospital administrators, educators, politicians, physicians, etc…

As such a vital tool, statistics are often misused. Everyone has heard the joke (?) about the statistician who drowned in a river with an average depth of 3 feet or the person who boarded a plane with a bomb because “the odds of two bombs on the same plane are lower than one in one millionth.”

 

2a- Can you find examples in the popular press of the misuse of statistics?

 

  1. How to Display Data Badly: Read the article “How to Display Data Badly” by Howard Wainer. It is attached here: How to Display Data Badly and posted under the Content tab (after you choose the Content tab, choose Course Content and Session 1 from the list on the left).

 

Next, read Chart Junk Considered Useful After All, by Robert Kosara, https://eagereyes.org/criticism/chart-junk-considered-useful-after-all

3a- In your own words, describe “Chart Junk.”

3b- When should Chart Junk be avoided? When is it useful

3c- Include an image or link to an example of the worst data display you have seen at work or in the media (not in Wainer’s article).

3d- Wainer gives rules for how to make bad charts & graphs. Which of Wainer’s rules describes what’s so bad about your example?

 

  1. Discussion: Simpson’s Paradox: A family member can go to one of two local hospitals for heart surgery.

Checking the history for the past year, you find that each of the two hospitals has performed cardiac surgery on 1000 patients. In hospital A, 710 patients survived (71%). In hospital B, 540 (54%) survived.

Based on the numbers presented, which hospital do you think is superior in cardiac surgery?

Indeed, hospital A is better. Correct?

Now, let’s look at more data. The below chart summarizes three categories of patients (those entering in fair, serious, and critical condition) and the survival rate from surgery (in percent) for the two local hospitals.

Patient Entering Condition

Looking at the data broken down in this way, we see that Hospital B has a higher success rate in all three categories of patients. Still, when averaged all together, Hospital A has a higher overall survival rate. Based on the numbers presented

  1. which hospital do you think is superior in cardiac surgery?

 

 

 

State the health problem of interest in the title of your flyer along with the specific population. What factors put a person at risk for this illness or situation.

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DISCUSSION ESSAY

Using the health issue and target population from your blog in this module, create a one-page flyer, poster, or infographic to inform and empower the audience to address the issue.

In your flyer/poster/infographic,

  • State the health problem of interest in the title of your flyer along with the specific population.
  • What factors put a person at risk for this illness or situation.
  • What factors reduce a person’s risk for getting this illness or promote longevity.
  • Inform what the specific at-risk population can do to reduce their risk of this specific disease and / or condition.
  • List a phone number and/or web site where the individual can follow up for more information or services.

Be sure to use appropriate language that is easily understandable and free of jargon.

Be mindful of not flooding your reader with an excess of information and facts.

Consider using a template available in Word to help you design your flyer/poster/infographi

 

Explain which professionals are eligible to participate in MIPS and AAPM payment systems. Providers can participate as individuals or groups with the same Tax-ID Number (TIN), differentiate individual versus group participation.

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HITECH/MIPS and MACRA

What is the purpose of HITECH and what are the core programs associated with HITECH?
The vast majority of Medicare providers are required to participate in one of two MACRA tracks, the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) or an Advanced Alternative Payment Model (AAPM). Explain and compare the details of both tracks and discuss the advantages and disadvantages of both.

Explain which professionals are eligible to participate in MIPS and AAPM payment systems. Providers can participate as individuals or groups with the same Tax-ID Number (TIN), differentiate individual versus group participation.
What barriers do you foresee regarding healthcare reimbursement as healthcare continues to shift further towards paying for quality healthcare and not the quantity of healthcare?

Based on available knowledge of health disparities in different populations, consider the scenario where a migrant worker in California has injured himself while on the job. He does not seek medical treatment for various reasons?

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M2 – Health Disparities in different Populations

Based on available knowledge of health disparities in different populations, consider the scenario where a migrant worker in California has injured himself while on the job. He does not seek medical treatment for various reasons? Considering the social determinants of health, what are some factors that would influence this decision? Use evidence from a scholarly source to support your response. How do current policies perpetuate social determinants of health for these kinds of populations? What policy recommendations would you make to alleviate social determinants of health?

Can you identify a pathology or disease for several areas along this tube? Some examples include edentulousness, reflux, gastric paresis, diverticulosis and diverticulitis, and hemorrhoids. Where would you expect to find each of these conditions?

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Wk 6 discussion

The digestive process takes place along a long tube with name changes and function changes as the tube goes from mouth to anus. Can you identify a pathology or disease for several areas along this tube? Some examples include edentulousness, reflux, gastric paresis, diverticulosis and diverticulitis, and hemorrhoids. Where would you expect to find each of these conditions?