Discuss the project management considerations that healthcare leaders need so that HIS implementations are delivered successfully.

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Project Management Considerations (10 points)

Discuss the project management considerations that healthcare leaders need so that HIS implementations are delivered successfully.

Discuss the involvement of the end-users needed in the planning and implementation of these systems to achieve functionality and usability.

In developing your initial response, be sure to draw from, explore, and cite credible reference materials at least 2. In responding to your classmates’ posts, you are encouraged to examine their opinions, offering supporting and/or opposing views.

Use APA 7th.

 

What is self-care? What is ambulatory care, and what ambulatory care settings serve the most patients? What are the emerging ambulatory care settings?

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Settings for Health Care Delivery

Explore and research the various settings for health care delivery discussed within your text and lecture, then provide a written report (3-4 pages minimum) that addresses the following:

1. What is self-care?

2. What is ambulatory care, and what ambulatory care settings serve the most patients?

3. What are the emerging ambulatory care settings?

4. What is the community hospital, and what is its importance in the hospital sector?

5. What kinds of health problems are treated in ambulatory settings, and how do they differ from those seen in acute care hospitals?

6. What are the five different sectors of long-term care, and what role does each sector play?

All written submissions should be academically sound and free of typos or grammatical errors. Submissions must follow current APA requirements, with 1-inch margins, typed in 12-point Times New Roman font, double spaced, and include an appropriate title page, running heads, page numbers, correctly formatted in-text citations and references where appropriate

Provide the town/city name, name of the facility, type of the facility, specifics about what services the facility provides. Were you surprised at what you found? If so, why? Do you think there are sufficient services for your community? Why or why not?

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What Are Your Community Healthcare Resources?

If you are like most, you are likely more familiar with the traditional acute inpatient hospital. Yet, with the renewed emphasis on community healthcare, it is just as likely you will need services as an outpatient.  The optional text has a nice visual of this.

 

Provide a review of local community healthcare resources.

Include the following aspects in the assignment:

  • Use several resources (phone book, Windshield survey, internet, etc.) to create a thorough list of non-hospital healthcare facilities in your community.
  • Provide the town/city name, name of the facility, type of the facility, specifics about what services the facility provides.
  • Were you surprised at what you found? If so, why?
  • Do you think there are sufficient services for your community? Why or why not?
  • Did you find an underrepresented area (without mental health, walk-in, low-income/free clinic, women’s health, Planned Parenthood, Senior Citizen Center).
  • Why do you think these facilities are not represented in your area?
  • Make a simple chart with columns for each required section. Answer the final questions under the chart as Q& A.
  • Cite any references. Proper grammar, sentence structure, and spelling are required. Use your own words. Copying and pasting are not allowed.

 

Create a comprehensive care coordination implementation model for a primary care practice. What would be the key elements required for such a plan?

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DISCUSSION ESSAY

Create a comprehensive care coordination implementation model for a primary care practice. What would be the key elements required for such a plan? The paper gives examples of both broad and specific activities that would be required to improve care coordination activities. The model should provide enough detail that any provider can get a full, comprehensive picture of the care the patient has received and needs. The AHRQ website has valuable information on creating such a model.

Identify political issues in the scenario. Discuss how you would effectively and ethically handle the situation.

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Political Health Care Issues

Instructions:

In this unit, you will identify and evaluate the political health care issue facing healthcare administrators. In a 1-page summary, you will identify political issues in the scenario below and discuss how you would effectively and ethically handle the situation. Include two (2) academic references and submit your assignment in APA format.

Scenario: You are the healthcare administrator of a nursing home. You are informed by your Admissions Director that a new memory-impaired resident has been admitted into your long-term care unit. The staff is concerned about the involvement of family with your resident. Family members from out-of-town arrived and expressed concern about your resident’s do not resuscitate (DNR) orders which were authorized by the Power of Attorney of another family member. A quarrel erupts in the nursing home with family members voicing their opinions loudly. You arrive on the scene and are immediately told by the visiting family member, “Do you know who I am? I am a supervisor for the Department of Health and Human Services and will not hesitate to have your facility surveyed for noncompliance.” What do you do?

Requirements:

Identify political issues in the scenario.
Discuss how you would effectively and ethically handle the situation.
Include two (2) academic references.

Demonstrate a critical awareness of safe and ethical ultrasound practice aligned to national9. Critically reflect on, and evaluate your own professional practice and case management in ultrasound examination in the context of current research and new developments.

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Critically evaluate the role of Musculoskeletal Ultrasound in the diagnosis of Upper limb problems

Details of the assessment task(s):
• This critical written account evaluates the use of MSK ultrasound in the Upper limb. In this assignment you are required to discuss the uses and limitations of ultrasound based on the critical evaluation of current and relevant literature. Work should cover a description of ultrasound findings, diagnostic sensitivity and specificity of common pathologies of the Upper limb. This should include but is not limited to: medical and ethical considerations and the implications for patient management.

1. Clinical indications/justification for scanning (do not spend too long on this section but include enough detail to illustrate clinical indications for scanning and which conditions can be scanned).

2. Relevant ultrasound anatomy, e.g. location, size, shape, appearance/characteristics (this should not be a description of scanning protocol, more an understanding of relevant anatomical on ultrasound).

3. Interpretation of pathological findings (these findings will allow you to show a level of understanding of the changes that are seen and how these correlate to a range of diagnoses – this should be supported by critical evaluation of current literature).

4. Clinical/management implications of findings (show clearly how ultrasound imaging findings may investigations).

5. Critique of ultrasound practices and limitations of ultrasound (demonstrate your skills in critical thinking by reflecting on the importance of diagnostic confidence by understanding the benefits
and limitations of ultrasound – this again should be supported by critical evaluation of the current literature).

8. Demonstrate a critical awareness of safe and ethical ultrasound practice aligned to national9. Critically reflect on, and evaluate your own professional practice and case management in
ultrasound examination in the context of current research and new developments.

Explain the issue so the reader can make sense of the topic. Describe the implications of the issue. Discuss why it is important to explore the topic.

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DISCUSSION ESSAY

The final project for this course will require you to explore a health care technology hazard that has been identified as a threat to patient safety and write a white paper on it. A white paper is a government or authoritative report that provides information on an issue and proposes a solution. You will develop the different components of the white paper throughout the course and compile them into one cohesive paper in Module 7.
For this assignment, you will create the first part of your patient safety white paper, by selecting a patient safety topic and writing the introduction. The purpose of the introduction is to establish what your topic is, generate interest in it, and provide necessary background information regarding the topic along with a preview of the rest of the paper.

Follow the steps below to complete this assignment.
Select a patient safety topic from the ECRI Executive Brief: Top 10 Health Technology Hazards or ECRI Executive Brief: Top 10 Patient Safety Concerns (see attached files).
The non-clinicians in the course may find it easeier to choose a topic from the Technology Hazards list as you may not have the experience in the clinical patient arena to relate to.

Write the “Introduction” section of your white paper. Your introduction should:
Establish the context of the patient safety issue:
Provide general information about the patient safety issue.
Summarize the present order of things and why it is a problem.
Explain the issue so the reader can make sense of the topic.
Describe the implications of the issue.
Discuss why it is important to explore the topic.
Preview the rest of the paper:
State the purpose of the paper.
Tell the reader what to expect with the rest of the paper.

Provide a literature review on covid 19 and mental health in service users.

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Mental health and Covid19

Provide a literature review on covid 19 and mental health in service users.

Construct a presentation that outlines the hospital’s strategy for preparedness should the hospital see an influx of patients that could put a strain on services.

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Healthcare Operations During a Crisis

The current COVID-19 pandemic has upended the United States Healthcare System. As healthcare managers, you will be on the front lines, ensuring that doctors, nurses, and other healthcare workers in your organization., have the supplies and equipment needed to deliver healthcare to patients. Additionally, you might likely be responsible for ensuring that you have the proper mix of staff to fend off a pandemic.

IN A POWERPOINT PRESENTATION W/NOTES complete the following, see attached CAH (Critical Access Hospital) sheet to aid you in PowerPoint

For this assignment, imagine you are serving as the chief operating officer of a critical access hospital. You have been directed by the chief executive officer to construct a presentation that outlines the hospital’s strategy for preparedness should the hospital see an influx of patients (think about supplies, budget, personnel, etc.) that could put a strain on services (e.g intensive care unit, emergency room).

Note: The audience for your presentation will be the board of trustees and the executive board.

Your presentation/slide show should contain at least 10-15 slides, not including the title and reference slides.

Your presentation SHOULD BE between 8-10 minutes in length. The use of APA 7th ed. is for PowerPoint.

Some topics you might want to consider discussing:
1) Planning committee (who would NEED to be on the committee)
2) Communication requirements among stakeholders (who are the stakeholders)
3) Contingency plan for supply chain management
4) Identification and management of sick patients
5) Visitor/guest throughput and access
6) Capacity management
7) Metrics of performance (financial, operations, customer, etc.)
8) Methods to reduce employee resistance to change
9) Tools that can be used to ensure new processes achieve desired results

Choose three (3) different medical error scenarios (or cases) discussed in the video. Discuss the 3 medical errors and root causes of errors.

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Safeguard future patients from having their safety compromised like what occurred in the video.

15 slides PowerPoint, not including title or reference slides

Instructions:

Your quality and risk assessment of the video must include:

  • Choose three (3) different medical error scenarios (or cases) discussed in the video.
  • Discuss the 3 medical errors and root causes of errors. Be sure to include the following: o Nature of error (error and root cause) o Patient outcome
  • Identify the risk and discuss the risk management plans for each error scenario.
  • Determine the difference between system and process breakdowns that lead to medical errors
  • Discuss statistical tools that could be used to improve safety
  • Discuss how the following could impact patient safety: o Staff hand off o Staff fatigue o Staff incompetence
  • How does technology improve patient safety?
  • How does simulation improve quality?
  • What are your main take-a-way points from the video? Submission Requirements: Your presentation should meet the following requirements:
  • Be 12-15 slides in length, not including the title or reference slides.
  • Be formatted for a formal presentation including headings per slide, major points per slide, and presentation notes or embedded audio to supplement each slide provided as if you were doing the actual presentation.
  • Be formatted in APA 7 format
  • Cite at least eight scholarly references. Four of these references must be from outside sources, and four may be from course readings, lectures, and textbooks. Include citations to support the statements made and for each of the references listed on your reference slide(s). o Textbook: Applying Quality Management in Healthcare: A Systems Approach, Fifth Edition by Patrice L. Spath o ISBNs: 9781640552777, 9781640552777, 9781640552746
  • Must be submitted as a PowerPoint with notes
  • Review the grading rubric to see how you will be graded for this assignment.

Reference:

  • TMIT1. (2012, Aug 3). Chasing Zero: Winning the War on Healthcare Harm [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MtSbgUuXdaw