Explain and describe cultural and/or ethical, legal or regulatory issues related to your topic.

Improving healthcare for transgendered people

This week, you will find three scholarly, peer-reviewed research articles on your topic. Remember that next week you will submit a paper on Cultural and/or Ethical perspectives of inquiry, so use this week’s assignment to prepare materials and collect information for that purpose.

Use articles that will help you explain and describe cultural and/or ethical, legal or regulatory issues related to your topic. You will analyze and evaluate these articles in your submission, which should include:

A brief introductory paragraph
Three separate paragraphs, one for each of the three articles, each presenting:
A brief 3–4 sentence summary of the article (use in-text citations)
An explanation as to what makes this source credible (in the WCU Library go to Research Guides > Research Basics > Evaluating Resources)
An explanation of why the article will be useful in addressing your problem or issue

Describe what my role will be in serving underserved areas as a future physician assistant.

Scholarship application

Here is the instructions. All applicants are required to write a 500 word or less essay discussing their commitment to the healthcare profession.
( Details to incorporate within the essay:1)am a second-year physician assistant student.am the only African American male student in the class of 2022. The scholarship is to provide support for students who are disadvantaged and from underserved areas.am the only person who pursues higher education from a family of 12 kids.Both my parents did not finish high school.want to work in underserved communities, mostly serving African Americans.
Want to lift my family out of the poverty line.Want to bridge the health disparity gap.)P.S Describe what my role will be in serving underserved areas as a future physician assistant.

Discuss why you think the incidence was low.Include the human and environmental factors that could have contributed.

Prompt 1: The outbreak of the novel H1N1 flu virus in 2009 caused widespread anxiety throughout the world. However, the incidence of this flu was lower than anticipated.Briefly describe the time line of this outbreak and the ways in which it was investigated. Discuss why you think the incidence was low. Include the human and environmental factors that could have contributed. Be sure to support your opinions with scholarly evidence from your readings.

Describe in detail measures you will take to improve hand hygiene practices among the staff and minimize outbreaks in your facility?

Hand Hygiene Program Proposal

This week, you will propose a hand hygiene program for a teaching hospital.Think about the role of hand hygiene in the healthcare setting. Proper hand washing is the safest and easiest thing to do to prevent the spread of infections; however, true hand hygiene rates in most hospitals are extremely low.You are the assistant to the CEO of a large academic teaching hospital. Describe in detail measures you will take to improve hand hygiene practices among the staff and minimize outbreaks in your facility? Be creative!

Discuss any specific actions that a medical professional can take to accommodate the beliefs of that category of individuals.

For this prompt, you will each choose one culture, religion, sexual orientation, or socioeconomic class from the following list: Muslim, Hispanic, Native American, Indian, Russian, Baptist, Catholic, Jewish, Jehovah’s Witness, Amish, Christian Scientist, Islamic, Buddhist, homosexual, transgender, low-income, middle class, or upper class.Choose one that has not already been discussed by a classmate.In your post, first educate your classmates on general knowledge of your category of patients. Next, discuss the specific beliefs of that category of individuals that a medical professional would need to know in order to provide proper care. Finally, discuss any specific actions that a medical professional can take to accommodate the beliefs of that category of individuals.

How do you feel you did as a professional communicator? Are there any areas of your communication skills that you need to work on improving?

Community research healthcare

Have a professional conversation with two healthcare workers at this event and ask them questions of your choosing about their career. If you are unable to locate a healthcare event, speak with a local healthcare professional in your community or at the school. You don’t actually have to have a real conversation with a healthcare worker you can just make it up. Now write a one page, double-spaced summary and answer these questions: What questions did you ask and what were the responses? How do you feel you did as a professional communicator? Are there any areas of your communication skills that you need to work on improving?

Evaluate the information you have gained from reading the journal articles you chose.

How Cultural Influences Shape Minorites Perceptions 

The purpose of this assignment is to conduct a review of the literature that currently exists on the topic you have chosen. The review must include at least eight research articles from peer-reviewed journals that you’ve collected that pertain to your topic. You will likely need to supplement your literature review with additional materials (i.e., other journal articles on your topic).

Review of the journal articles.In this section, you should synthesize and evaluate the information you have gained from reading the journal articles you chose. You must include a minimum of four research articles.Based on your research into the current literature about your topic, what is known about this topic? Where is the research on your topic weak? What is still unknown about this topic?

What are the goals for this project by which you will measure success? What ‘consequential metrics’ may be negatively impacted by this project? How are you currently measuring process performance? What are the metric baselines & goals?

Conversion of manual healthcare records to electronic data

Problem Statement

What is the problem/issue, and how does it impact the business and/or customer?  What is the gap between desired and actual performance? Include background details: what, where, when, how often & how do you know.

Project Definition/Scope

What is the purpose and scope of this project? What are the project boundaries (physical, organizational, program/hull, time, department, etc.)? Who, what, where, when does it include/exclude?

Goals & Metrics

What are the goals for this project by which you will measure success? What‘consequential metrics be negatively impacted by this project? How are you currently measuring process performance? What are the metric baselines & goals?

Business Impact

What operational/financial benefits will result from this project? What are the potential benefits to the customer? What other benefits (less measurable) are likely to result from this project?

Potential Barriers/Risks

Identify any circumstances/situations that may hinder the success of this project?

Identify three key drivers of labor costs within a specific health care service, facility, or other health sector-related occupation (e.g., labor supply, productivity improvement, technology, or personnel benefit design)

The Cost of the Health Care Workforce

Write a 350- to 525-word article that evaluates the cost of the health care workforce. Your article should:

Identify three key drivers of labor costs within a specific health care service, facility, or other health sector-related occupation (e.g., labor supply, productivity improvement, technology, or personnel benefit design)

Evaluate current industry solutions or remediation activities to address the identified labor costs

Predict future changes (e.g., policy, funding, or public support) that might exacerbate or accelerate the solutions

Publish the article on your own social media account (e.g., LinkedIn, Facebook, Pinterest, etc.), or post it on a health care message board of your choice.