What outside groups will assist in the marketing plan such as the health department,community agencies and associations.

Marketing Team
Who participates in the marketing efforts during the on-going marketing program?
What specialist are included (like social media specialist) to achieve the marketing goals?
How were they recruited, trained / is there a need to hire more staff?

Marketing with Community Agencies
What outside groups will assist in the marketing plan such as the health department,community agencies and associations, others etc.?

Referrals
What is the current referral strategy (like physician or discharge planners, etc.) used to maximize patient referrals to the organization?

What are the strategies to increase referrals?

Why might the loads be wet?What solutions can Kristine apply to ensure that the processed instrument sets aren’t moist?

Sterile processing case studies project

Sterilization Methods: Kristine, a technician in the sterile processing department, has noticed that after sterilization at least two out of every four loads sterilized for the day are moist. She has consulted with her supervisor on effective ways in which she could troubleshoot the concerns with wet loads, because it has now affected the department’s work efficiency and quality control. Why might the loads be wet?What solutions can Kristine apply to ensure that the processed instrument sets aren’t moist? Define a wet load. Discuss how this issue can affect both the operating room and the sterile processing department. How should Kristine handle the wet packages to ensure quality control?

Preparation of Medical Equipment and Supplies: Over the last month, the operating room has received rigid containers without filters, assembled instruments in sterilized sets, and closed versus open packaged and processed instruments. Why are all three of these occurrences an issue? Discuss the instrument preparation process. What can the sterile processing technician do to ensure that all items are prepared and packaged correctly? What might the operating room staff have to do if items are received closed, assembled, or without the appropriate filters, chemical indicators, etc.? How can it affect the patient if those items are used?

Inventory Control and Distribution: The sterile processing department at Hershey-Chocolate Medical Center has an excessive amount of inventory. Discuss what issues or concerns may occur due to this excessive inventwy. What inventory system may work well for their department? Discuss at least four types of inventory systems and how each could initiate a more controlled environment of inventory for the facility. How can distribution be affected by excessive inventory?

 

Determine who the stakeholders are,the HIM values at stake,and the obligations and interests of each stakeholder.

INTEROFFICE MEMORANDUM

You are the HIM Director in an acute care hospital setting. Your facility has purchased an electronic health record (EHR) system, and pressure is mounting to deploy this system as soon as possible by the chief information officer (CIO) and chief of the medical staff (CMS). However, during a testing period, you and your team discover that the EHR system does not comply with applicable federal privacy and security standards. It is your recommendation to stop the deployment until these issues can be resolved; however, the CIO and CMS disagree. Using the AHIMA Code of Ethics in the textbook outline your response as the HIM Director’s perspective to each of the steps as if you were writing the memorandum to the CIO and CMS. Consider your response from the legal, liability, and ethical perspectives.

Clearly define the issue.
Determine the facts of the situation.
Determine who the stakeholders are,the HIM values at stake,and the obligations and interests of each stakeholder.
Determine what options are available and evaluate them.
Decide what should be done.
Justify the decision made by identifying reasons that support the decision.
Implement the decision.
Evaluate the outcome of the decision.
Examine how to prevent the issue from recurring

Prepare a memorandum analyzing the key issues in this case and stating a recommendation. Be sure to address all steps. Guidelines for Submission: Your short paper should be a submitted as a Memorandum Microsoft Word document between three and four pages with double spacing, 12-point Times New Roman font, one-inch margins, and sources cited in APA 7th Edition format.

What are the key contributors to the problem being discussed?What insight regarding the problem was provided to you through the utilization of the selected tool?

3.2 Quality Tool Assessment

Details:

Select a quality issue in any organization or department. What are the significant factors that contribute to the problem? Conduct an assessment of the problem using one of the following tools:
Fishbone Diagram
Check Sheet
Histogram
Pareto Chart
Flowchart
Scatterplot
Run Chart

Provide a detailed critique of the problem based on your selected quality assessment. What are the key contributors to the problem being discussed?What insight regarding the problem was provided to you through the utilization of the selected tool?

Include a visual representation of the problem using the selected tool (handwritten or scanned copies are acceptable).

files (links):

https://primarycare.imedpub.com/using-quality-improvement-methods-for-evaluating-health-care.php?aid=1024

What is the discrepancy between operations and organizational strategy?Why don’t the two seem to work well together sometimes?

Discussion Questions

1. What is the discrepancy between operations and organizational strategy?Why don’t the two seem to work well together sometimes? Most operational managers know the direction the organization wants to head (strategy), however, they are unable to help meet organizational goals. Why not?

2. How does a balanced scorecard contribute to improved operations, if at all?

Discuss possible policy options to respond to the problem including a description of what others are doing in response to the problem, what is known about the policy options from peer review literature.

Heart Disease in Los Angeles County – Policy Brief

The purpose of this assignment is to prepare a policy brief on a current local public health problem, issue or concern for Heart Disease. You will be required to write a brief that addresses the questions listed below. The questions listed will guide the organization of your paper, including your APA headings. You can use tables, pictures, figures, graphs, etc in addition to text. The policy brief is not to exceed 4 pages (excluding your cover page and references). You must include at least 5 recent references (within the last 5 years). Please be sure to use titles/subtitles to organize your paper. This policy brief should be focused on a local health issue. Local in this case, refers to your individual state, county, or city. The following link can be used to research California legislative initiatives; however, each state has their own version that are easily found via google search. California Legislation- http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/

What is the Issue? State the health issue/problem that the policy change is designed to address.
What is the Background? Present the data describing the issue/problem to be addressed by the local policy change. Can include graphs, tables, figures, pictures, etc.

What are the Proposed Options? Discuss possible policy options to respond to the problem including a description of what others are doing in response to the problem, what is known about the policy options from peer review literature. As well as a brief discussion of the health, fiscal, administrative, legal, social and political implications of each policy option.

What is Your Recommendation? Recommendation focused on how to enact the policy option you are advocating.

All written submissions should reflect professionalism in grammar, spelling, writing style/format (one-inch margins, double spaced, typed in 12-point Times New Roman font), include APA 6th citations and references when appropriate, an appropriate title page, running heads and page numbers, and be uploaded as .doc or .docx documents.