What does U.S. health care have in common with an exotic in-ternational bazaar?

POLICY & POLITICS IN NURSING AND HEALTH CARE
Financing health care in the United States
Joyce A. Pulcini, Betty Rambur

“What does U.S. health care have in common with an exotic in-ternational bazaar?.The prices at one are almost never posted, whether for a heart bypass operation or antique rug. And the final price will almost certainly have little to do with the seller’s opening bid.”
Susan Dentzer

Health care financing in the United States is fragmented, complex, and fuels the most costly care in the world. Des-pite this expense, the United States consistently ranks low in quality and the last in health outcomes among 11 wealthy
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Explain whether this healthcare organizations work is gruonded in EBP and why or not.

WHERE IN THE WORLD IS EVDENCE- BASED PRACTICE?

WHEN THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT WAS PASSED, IT CAME WITH A REQUIREMENT OF EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE. RESEARCH ON EBP INCREASED SIGNIFICANTLY. APPLICATION OF EBP SPREAD TO ALLIED PROFESSIONAL HEALTH PROFESSIONS, EDUCATION, HEALTHCARE TECHNOLOGY, AND MORE. HEALTH ORGANIZATIONS BEGAN TO ADOPT AND PROMOTE EBP. IN THIS DISCUSSION , YOU WILL CONSIDER THE ADOPTION. YOU WILL EXAMINE HEALTHCARE ORGANIZATION WEBSITES AND ANALYZE TO WHAT EXTENT THESE ORGANIZATIONS USE EBP.
TO PREPARE:(A) REVIEW AND REFLECT ON THE DEFINITION AND GOAL OF EBP.

CHOOSE A PROFESSIONAL HEALTHCARE ORGANIZATION’S WEBSITE( E.G., A Reimbursing body, an accredited body, or a national initiative).

EXPLORE THE WEBSITE TO DETERMINE WHERE AND TO WHAT EXTENT EBP IS EVIDENT.

ASSIGNMENT INSTRUCTION:

(1) POST A DESCRIPTION OF THE HEALTHCARE ORGANIZATION WEBSITE YOU REVIEWED. DESCRIBE WHERE, IF AT ALL, EBP APPEAR( e.g., the mission, vision, philosophy, and/ or goals of the health care organization, or in another location on the website).

Then, EXPLAIN WHETHER THIS HEALTHCARE ORGANIZATION’S WORK IS GROUNDED IN EBP AND WHY OR WHY NOT. FINALLY, EXPLAIN WHETHER THE INFORMATION YOU DISCOVERED ON THE HEALTHCARE ORGANIZATION’S WEBSITE HAS CHANGED YOUR PERCEPTION OF THE HEALTHCARE ORGANIZATION. BE SPECIFIC AND PROVIDE EXAMPLES. GIVE THREE CREDIBLE REFERENCES.

WRITE CLEARLY AND CONCISELY WITH NO GRAMMATICAL ERRORS OR SPELLING TO CURRENT APA WRITING RULES AND STYLE. PLEASE ANSWER ALL PARTS OF THE QUESTIONS EXPECTATION WITH CRITICAL ANALYSIS.

(2) RESPOND TO AT LEAST TWO COLLEAGUES POSTS AND OFFER ADDITIONAL EXAMPLES OF EBP OR ALTERNATIVE VIEWS/ INTERPRETATIONS TO THOSE SHARED IN YOUR COLLEAGUES POSTS. GIVE TWO REFERENCES EACH FOR THIS SECTION.

Identify a bill that relates to health care, a social issue, or nursing practice.

Tracing a Piece of Legislation

In order to influence policy, you have to understand how a bill is started, moves through the legislative system, and final enacted. In this assignment, you will trace a piece of legislation from the introduction to how it impacts health care or nursing practice. Develop a 2-page assignment.

Step 1: Identify a bill that relates to health care, a social issue, or nursing practice.

Step 2: Develop a poster presentation, infographic, FAQ document, or pamphlet which outlines how a bill is introduced and passed by including answers the following questions:

State the legislation.
Who introduced/sponsored the bill?
Why did the person introduce it?
Where was it introduced?
Who helped to draft the legislation?
Was nursing involved?
Which committees were involved?
Was it authorized?
Was it appropriated?
Did it make it out of committee?
Was it enacted?
What is the impact on health care or nursing practice?

Identify an organization that provides health promotion or health care services to your at-risk population, or that facilitates access to those services.

Asset Based Assessment and Interview

Complete an asset-based assessment using this template: Practicum Step 3 Asset Based Assessment Worksheet(1).docx Download Practicum Step 3 Asset Based Assessment Worksheet(1).docx

Based on your research, identify an organization that provides health promotion or health care services to your at-risk population, or that facilitates access to those services.

Describe the services provided,and the impact on the population

Arrange to interview someone at that organization in person or by phone.

Develop 6-8 interview questions related to the organization’s services and programs, including plans for the future.

Conduct the interview, and based on the comfort of the interviewee, either audiotape or write a transcript summary of the interview

Identify the pros and cons of the ethical incident or what the opponents or proponents have to say about the incident and why.

Instructions for Final Project

Preparation of the Presentation

1. Find an article that discusses an ethical incident involving a nurse. The article must be about an RN. http://www.nursinglaw.com/

2. Identify the pros and cons of the ethical incident or what the opponents or proponents have to say about the incident and why.

3. Apply the ABCDE model of the decision making process to the ethical issue.

4. Analyze the ethical incident using the four principles of ethical decision making (beneficence, nonmaleficence, justice and autonomy). Figure out which of the four principles comes to bear as primary of the situation. Rank the order of the remaining 3 principles and explain your reasoning for the order. Present the analysis, evaluation, and explanation of each the principles and how they relate to the case.

5. Discuss the Standards of Practice and Code of Ethics and how those provisions relate to this case.

6. Find 2 Evidenced-based Practice articles that are relevant to the article and incorporate these in your presentation and be sure to cite your references.

7. Conclusion- what happened to the nurse in this incident.

Describe the process of how they were carried out, the outcomes, why they were successful, or not successful, and the “lessons learned”.Describe what makes these early projects so important?

Health Informatics class

1. Introduction
Give an overview of your paper and what you plan accomplish by writing this paper.

2. History of Health Informatics
Give an overview of the history of informatics. Your report should state the facts concisely, describe the context and background. You should provide detailed information including the below topics:
• Early medical records systems
• Very early decision support
Describe the process of how they were carried out, the outcomes, why they were successful, or not successful, and the “lessons learned”.Describe what makes these early projects so important?

3. Current issues
Identify ONE real-world project from one of the categories below: your report should include a brief history of the project/topic, what support it has, any evaluation that has been carried out, an assessment of the importance of the project, and the future direction of the project.
• An integrated hospital records system
• A project which uses routinely-collected data to increase knowledge
• The role of IT in any specialist area of medicine
• A clinical procedure which wouldn’t be possible without IT (other than Computed Tomography)
• Computer-controlled pain management

4. Future Prospects for Medical Informatics
Identify a project-in-progress that fits one of the categories below: your report should describe what the project is trying to achieve, how it is going to do it,what are likely to be the obstacles to that achievement and how far it is in the process.
• 24 hour access to patient / client information – what will assist its achievement?
• Any website which empowers patients/clients
• A support group for any disease, e.g. diabetes, or asthma
• Citizens involvement in their own record keeping
• Virtual reality education about health matters (either for a patient or as professional staff training)
• The convergence of health and social welfare information (e.g. here)

5. Conclusions
Your report should draw on available published information and course notes to consider the impact of or need for a strategy.

6. Reference Page
You must use proper APA citation in your reference page.

What electronic communication strategies are used at your organization to communicate with patients?

Communication Strategies & HIPPA

What electronic communication strategies are used at your organization to communicate with patients?

Based on your organization’s HIPAA policy, how is patient privacy and confidentiality protected?

Your initial post should be at least 500 words, formatted and cited in current APA style with support from at least 2 academic sources (WITHIN THE LAST 5 YEARS).