Category: Nursing

Funding preventive health care services

Although preventative services such as routine well-care visits and immunizations have often shown to be beneficial in terms of preventing future, more expensive, health care encounters, not all insurance plans offer reimbursement for such things. In addition, health care policies have only recently begun to recognize the “worth” of funding prevention-related services.

Why do you believe that funding preventive health care services has taken so long to become a major component of health plans?

What do you think will need to happen to change the prevailing mindset of funding health care services reactively versus proactively from a third-party payer’s and a provider’s? Why?

Epidemiology is the study of epidemics. More specifically, it is the study of the occurrence and distribution of health problems. Using any of the epidemiological techniques outlined in the chapters from this week’s reading, address the questions for one of the case studies outlined below.

Epidemiological Case #1: Gastroenteritis at a University in Texas Epidemiological Case #2: Norovirus in Vermont

There are two parts to this assignment:

Part I: Provide a brief statement of the investigative issue. Describe the epidemiological steps you would take by addressing the questions asked within the case study you select.

Part II: Address the questions noted at the end of your selected case study. Your paper should be at least four pages in length, but can exceed this depending on how much detail you provide on the epidemiological steps you take for your case. You should use at least one additional scholarly source in addition to the textbook. Format your paper and all citations according to APA style guidelines as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.

The Role of a Health Care Manager

Health care management is a growing profession. These managers are expected to manage inpatient and outpatient care facilities as well as non-direct care settings. Therefore, it is important for health care managers to understand the complexity of its roles and functions to build the necessary skills to help them be successful.

 

Complete
the following table in which you identify and discuss the role of the health care manager in the following functions: organizing, planning, controlling and leading. In the spaces provided, ensure you identify and discuss them according to these guidelines:

 

Define each of the functions listed. You must define the function in your own words; do not copy the definition from a textbook.

Identify and discuss the role of a health care manager in the given function.

Provide an explanation that illustrates the role of a health care manager as it applies to the function in the health care Industry.

Save
the completed worksheet as a Microsoft
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Word document with your name in the file name.

 

Click
the Assignment Files tab to submit the file to your facilitator.

 

Submitted by:
Marilyn Gonzalez

 

Function

Identify the role of a health care manager in the function stated.

Provide an explanation that illustrates the role of a health care manager as it applies to the function in the health care Industry.

Organizing

The primary role of a healthcare manager in organizing is to ensure that the facilities are available for out-patient, in-patient and emergency units of the healthcare centre. The healthcare manager must be able to organize the administration of the functions and services forth customers in an efficiently way which is not time consuming activities.

The manager must be able to organize the budget for each unit and ensure its proper management to meet the needs of the units and the customers. The healthcare manager must be able to arrange not only for the required supplies but also create relationships with alternative suppliers for back up supplies. The information technology functions have to be well developed and the latest technology in healthcare should be installed  to make the treatment and training processes for all medical professionals of high quality and provide a competitive edge though proper management of all the resources.

 

Planning

The role of the health care manager in planning entail creating the budget for the health care organization, developing strategic plans to met competition and to meet the business goals of the organization. Planning for a healthcare manager means taking the business decisions to make the health care organization profitable, efficient and be in a position to deliver high quality healthcare services and treatment in view of the cost of treatment which patients have to pay.

 

The plans that are developed by the healthcare manager provide the vision and the direction for the entire human resources of the healthcare organization. The purpose of planning all the activities is to make sure that the goals and the activities to achieve the business goals are suited to the need of the organization, the medical professionals and the community needs. His role in planning is to manage the healthcare business of the organization.

 

Controlling

The role of the health care manager in controlling is to establish an acceptable level of performance for all the medical professionals which need to be followed by all those working in the healthcare organization. The Manager places the controls on the standards of performance and puts into place the key performance – indicators by which each employee receives a feedback. The control includes taking corrective and preventive actions.

 

The healthcare manager sets the standards of performance to measure the quality of performance, the performance measurements are taken and compared with the set standards, take corrective action in all areas of management to, ensure that the supplier power is low, the investors understand the business logic of the control functions which provides them with returns and all the patient safety measures and staff safety measures are in place. The Manager also has to ensure regulatory compliance and reporting to avoid penalties.

 

Leading

The role of a healthcare manager in leading is to inspire the employees in the healthcare organization, the motivate them to performance to the best of their ability, to use ethical means of treatment and ethical behavior within the organizational culture and to provide the leadership by example of integrity, honesty and ethical standards for personal performance.

 

While leading the team the Manager needs to be able to connect to all the employees and medical professionals to give them the confidence of being able to work creatively to cure a patient not just prevent a disease. The right type of leadership needs to be provided as all healthcare managers may not be leaders. The inspiration and the urge to follow should come from within each individual in the healthcare organization. The manager’s role in leading is to sow them the goal and the objectives and provide the strategy for achievements.

Leadership theories

Context

How important is it that we develop bench strength to increase the number of effective global leaders in today’s world? An article in the OD Practitioner noted that, “Out of 900 multinational organizations surveyed, 52% were planning to expand their operations within the next few years, but only 16% reported having enough globally ready leaders to fill their crucial roles” (Salicru, Wassenaar, Suerz, & Spittle, 2016, p. 12). This is clearly a shortage, and if you are the CEO of a global firm, the statistics just might keep you up at night worrying about filling that void.

The playing field for leaders has changed, and it is imperative that leaders develop solid global competencies that meet the ever-expanding worldwide needs. Bishop (2013) advocates that: “To be effective on a global stage, leaders must transcend international and cultural boundaries. They must become global leaders” (p. 78). The global leader must be the “best of the best,” and operate in many different arenas. In order to do this, they need to develop to meet those challenges. To be effective as a leader, it is essential to understand your personal leadership strengths, as well as the areas where improvement is needed.

Leadership theories and models give us a way to examine effective global leadership. As leaders, it is important to select appropriate leadership models which align the individual, the organization, the economic reality, and society not only as they are today, but as they can be in the future. There is no one “right” theory of leadership; but without theory, leaders would have nothing against which to weigh their decisions and actions when dealing with difficult situations in the global business environment. “Theory-building is important because it provides a framework for analysis, facilitates the efficient development of the field, and is needed for the applicability to practical real world problems” (Wacker, 1998, p. 361).

Some theories provide better fits among practitioners, organizations, societies, and the evolving global economy than others. Some of the practitioner competencies embedded in these theories align with Gardner’s (2008) five minds. For example: respect for people (respectful mind), a global mindset (synthesizing mind), the capacity to see forward into the future (creating mind), a willingness and ability to define common ground across boundaries (synthesizing mind), and a dedication to transformative change to bring in a new world (creating mind). These theories address the complexity, diversity, and competitive environment today’s leaders face as they move into markets, innovate, and globalize—competing everywhere with everyone.

Analyzing emerging leadership theories is a process that requires an examination focused on the flat, nonlinear, and dialogical nature of work that deals in part with capacity building, innovation, and integration of both local and global views to express a better self and a better future. In other words, the emerging theories differ from some of the traditional theories because they are not linear in nature. The complexity of the global conditions and emerging trends does not lend itself to linear or hierarchical approaches. Instead, emerging theories often take the learner into new world views and new views of relating work, person, place, culture, and future together. They include such theories as transformational leadership, servant leadership, shared leadership, integrated leadership, transcendent leadership, spiritual leadership, and more.

References

Bishop, W. H. (2012). The elements of leadership in a Global environment. Wiley Online Library: Global Business and Organizational Excellence, 78–85.

Gardner, H. (2008). The five minds for the future. Schools: Studies in Education, 5(1/2), 17–24.

Salicru, S., Wassenaar, E., Suerz, E., & Spittle, J. (2016). A case study of global leadership development best practice. OD Practitioner, 48(2), 12–20.

Wacker, J. G. (1998). A definition of theory: Research guidelines for different theory-building research methods and operations management. Journal of Operations Management, 16, 361–385.

The Role of a Health Care Manager

As you finish the Health Care Management course, refer back to The Role of a Health Care Manager worksheet. As you create your reflection, think about the following proposed topics as well as how your opinion and definitions have changed as a result of the material covered in class.

Write a 350- to 700-word paper summarizing your thoughts and reflection on your perspective of what are the roles and responsibilities of a health care manager. It may help to reflect on the following:

Has your definition of a health care manager changed based on this course? Why or why not? Discuss your rationale. What skills and knowledge do you need to develop to prepare yourself to become a health care manager?

Format your summary according to APA guidelines.

Descriptive Statistics

Overview

Use a provided data file to create a summary table, a histogram, and a scatter plot in response to a given scenario. Write a brief report that details your findings and recommendations.

Note:
The assessments in this course build upon each other, so you are strongly encouraged to complete them in sequence.

This assessment allows you to demonstrate practical application of the techniques used to generate and present descriptive statistics.

By successfully completing this assessment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following course competencies and assessment criteria:

Competency 1: Evaluate the quality and fit of data for use in business analysis.

Create a summary table for examining data for use in business analysis.

Apply descriptive statistics techniques to accurately compute mean, median, mode, range, and standard deviation.

Competency 2: Analyze business decision opportunities using descriptive statistics.

Analyze data in a prepared histogram to use in decision making.

Analyze data in a scatter plot to use in decision making.

Competency 5: Apply data analysis to general business management planning and decision making.

Compile findings into a management report with details for recommended actions.

Competency 6: Communicate in a manner that is professional and consistent with expectations for members of the business professions.

Communicate in a manner that is professional and consistent with expectations for members of the business professions.

Context

Throughout this course, you will research basic statistical concepts as well as how to perform descriptive statistics and how to interpret them. Managers make sense of data by using graphing techniques, and graph analyses are useful in making better business decisions. It is important to be able to demonstrate how managers transform data into useful information for making managerial decisions.

Questions to Consider

To deepen your understanding, you are encouraged to consider the questions below and discuss them with a fellow learner, a work associate, an interested friend, or a member of the business community.

Suppose that you are a real estate agent in Florida, working with a retired couple from out of state. They are considering purchasing a retirement home in Boca Raton, as they wish to be near family members in Delray Beach. In order to make informed decisions about buying a house, they first need to understand the Boca real estate market.

What home parameters (price mean, price mode, home size mean, home size mode, and so on) would be most useful (or
descriptive
) in giving your potential clients an understanding of the Boca market?

Developing Hypothesis and Data Analysis

 

Overview

Write a 1–2 page analysis of an approach to gather data and statistically test a hypothetical assertion.

Note:
The assessments in this course build upon each other, so you are strongly encouraged to complete them in sequence.

This assessment provides you with the steps required to confirm that your product has the best price in the marketplace compared to your competition.

By successfully completing this assessment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following course competencies and assessment criteria:

Competency 1: Evaluate the quality and fit of data for use in business analysis.

Determine the null hypothesis and alternative hypothesis for making decisions regarding pricing comparison.

Identify a sample selection technique to gather data for testing a price comparison hypothesis.

Competency 3: Analyze business decision opportunities using basic inferential statistics.

Analyze statistical tests for a price comparison hypothesis.

Competency 6: Communicate in a manner that is professional and consistent with expectations for members of the business professions.

Communicate in a manner that is professional and consistent with expectations for members of the business professions.

Competency Map

Context

After developing a hypothesis, you need to determine what data to collect and how to collect the data to be used in your analysis. Consider the type of analysis you will be performing on the data, the difficulty in obtaining the data, and the degree of confidence required in the data analysis and your conclusions. For example, will you be performing a random probability sampling for making statistical inferences about the sampled population or a non-probability sampling based on convenience, voluntary, or judgment sampling?

Questions to Consider

To deepen your understanding, you are encouraged to consider the questions below and discuss them with a fellow learner, a work associate, an interested friend, or a member of the business community.

What is a dependent sample and when will you use it? What are the advantages of dependent sample design compared with independent sample design?

Resources

Additional Resources for Further Exploration

The following resource is a tutorial that walks through statistical scenarios.

Statistical Technique Scenarios
|

Statistics Tutorials

Capella University partners with Sophia Learning to provide tutorials and other learning resources online. For this assessment, you are encouraged to study the following Sophia tutorials:

This tutorial explains how to select the best team consisting of ten players (from a randomly generated list of 25) and be able to calculate specific statistical values according to the following criteria:

Barsness, B. (n.d.).
Creating the best fantasy baseball team
| Retrieved from http://www.sophia.org/creating-the-best-fantasy-baseball-team-tutorial

This tutorial explains the usefulness of the different sampling methods.

Varela, A. (Producer). (n.d.).
Contrasting sampling methods
[Video] |
Transcript
. Retrieved from https://www.sophia.org/tutorials/contrasting-sampling-methods–5

Additional Statistics Tutorials

This website offers resources that cover many topics in statistics, including presentations that illustrate how to use software to implement statistical methods.

com (Producer). (n.d.).
Independent and dependent samples
[Video] |
Transcript.
Retrieved from http://www.statisticslectures.com/topics/independentdependentsamples/

com (Producer). (n.d.).
Null and alternative hypotheses
[Video] |
Transcript.
Retrieved from http://www.statisticslectures.com/topics/hypotheses/

com (Producer). (n.d.).
Independent samples t-test
[Video] |
Transcript.
Retrieved from http://www.statisticslectures.com/topics/independentsamplest/

com (Producer). (n.d.).
Independent and dependent samples
[Video] |
Transcript
. Retrieved from http://www.statisticslectures.com/topics/independentdependentsamples/

Assessment Instructions

You are the manager of the Blander Mountain store in Frogtown, Illinois. Recently, a customer mentioned that he believed your prices for ammunition were lower than the prices of Blander’s primary competitor in the hunting equipment market. You would like to be able to include that statement in a forthcoming print advertisement, so you need statistical evidence to support this assertion.

Identify the null and alternative hypotheses needed to test the contention.

Analyze the most appropriate sample selection technique to gather data for testing the hypothesis.

Identify what statistical test you should use to test this hypothesis with the data you will collect.

Compile your work in a 1–2 page Microsoft Word file, pasting in any graphics or tables you used in your analysis.

Statistical Inference

 

Overview

Use a provided data file to resolve statistical questions presented in a scenario. Summarize your findings and recommendations in a 1–2 page report for management.

Note:
The assessments in this course build upon each other, so you are strongly encouraged to complete them in sequence.

When product improvements are made, there is an assumption that the new product will perform better than the previous product. It is important to understand how to select the appropriate statistical tests to determine with a degree of certainty if an improvement has increased the performance of a product.

By successfully completing this assessment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following course competencies and assessment criteria:

Competency 1: Evaluate the quality and fit of data for use in business analysis.

Determine the null hypothesis and alternative hypothesis for making a product performance comparison.

Competency 3: Analyze business decision opportunities using basic inferential statistics.

Compute the appropriate statistical test to determine acceptance or rejection of a null hypothesis.

Compute the p-value to indicate acceptance or rejection of a null hypothesis regarding a product performance comparison.

Competency 5: Apply data analysis to general business management planning and decision making.

Compile findings into a management report with details for recommended actions.

Competency 6: Communicate in a manner that is professional and consistent with expectations for members of the business professions.

Communicate in a manner that is professional and consistent with expectations for members of the business professions.

Competency Map

Resources

Required Resources

The following resource contains the data needed to complete the assessment.

Suggested Resources

The following texts provide instruction in Statistics.

Bowerman, B., O’Connell, R., & Murphree, E. (2014). Business statistics in practice (7th ed.). New York, NY: McGraw Hill.

Chapter 10, “Comparing Two Means and Two Proportions,” in Business Statistics in Practice, pages 380–404.

Chapter 11, “Statistical Inferences for Population Variances,” in Business Statistics in Practice, pages 412–424.

Chapter 12, “Experimental Design and Analysis of Variance,” in Business Statistics in Practice , pages 426–453.

Additional Resources for Further Exploration

The following text provides instruction for statistical analysis in Microsoft Excel.

Salkind, N. J. (Ed.). (2013). Excel statistics: A quick guide (2nd ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage

The following text provides instruction for SAS one of the most commonly used statistical analysis tools in business.

Slaughter, S. J., & Delwiche, L. D. (2010). The little SAS book for Enterprise Guide 4.2. Cary, NC: SAS Institute. Available from the

The following resource is a tutorial that walks through a number of statistical scenarios.

Statistics Tutorials

This tutorial explains how to select the best team consisting of ten players (from a randomly generated list of 25) and be able to calculate specific statistical values according to the following criteria:

Barsness, B. (n.d.).
Creating the best fantasy baseball team | Transcript.
Retrieved from http://www.sophia.org/creating-the-best-fantasy-baseball-team-tutorial

This tutorial introduces Z-scores and their relevance to variance and distribution in data sets.

Fitz (Producer). (n.d.).
Z-scores
[Video] | Retrieved from http://www.sophia.org/tutorials/z-scores–6

This tutorial introduces standard error (s) for both sampling distribution models for proportions and means when we do not know the populations parameters p and σ. Demonstrates how to calculate standard error for a proportion.

Greene, A. (Producer). (n.d.).
Standard error
[Video] |
Transcript
. Retrieved from http://www.sophia.org/standard-error-tutorial

This tutorial explains the usefulness of the different sampling methods.

Varela, A. (Producer). (n.d.).
Contrasting sampling methods
[Video] |
Transcript
. Retrieved from http://www.sophia.org/contrasting-sampling-methods/contrasting-sampling-methods–5-tutorial

Additional Statistics Tutorials

This website offers resources that cover many topics in statistics, including presentations that illustrate how to use software to implement statistical methods.

com (Producer). (n.d.).
Independent samples t-test
[Video] |
Transcript.
Retrieved from http://www.statisticslectures.com/topics/independentsamplest/

com (Producer). (n.d.).
Z-test for proportions, two samples
[Video] |
Transcript
. Retrieved from http://www.statisticslectures.com/topics/ztestproportions/

com (Producer). (n.d.).
Independent and dependent samples
[Video] |
Transcript
. Retrieved from http://www.statisticslectures.com/topics/independentdependentsamples/

Assessment Instructions

Use the Golf Ball Distance Test file, linked in the Resources under the Required Resources heading, to complete the calculations for the scenario for this assessment.

Practical Application Scenario

Your love of golf has brought you back to the range as the new product manager for UniDun’s “Straight Flight” (SF) line of golf balls. The company’s research and development group has been experimenting with dimple patterns that promote straight flight and have achieved some degree of success. You, however, are worried about the effect that the new pattern might have on driving distance.

The Golf Ball Distance Test file contains test results that compare the driving distances for the two different kinds of balls: 40 balls of the new SF type, and 40 of the old UniDun type. Your job is to determine if the old UniDun balls can be driven further than the new SF balls. To resolve this question, you need to appropriately address the following:

Identify the null and alternative hypotheses you should form for this test. State each both as a written explanation and as a math equation.

Identify the appropriate statistical test to accept or reject the null hypothesis.

Calculate the p-value.

Summarize your findings and recommendations about the new golf ball product to the vice president of marketing. Your report should not be a statistical analysis of the testing but a summary of the testing results. Assume that your audience is unfamiliar with statistical analysis.

Additional Requirements

Compile your work and report in a 1–2 page Microsoft Word file:

Paste in the tables you used to make your calculations.

Clearly title your tables, including each row and column.

Highlight the results of your data calculations within each table.

Impact of Personalities and Diversity

Each team member will complete the Big Five Personality Assessment at the end of Ch. 5 of Organizational Behavior (4th ed.).

As a team, write a 700- to 1,050-word paper that discusses the following:

Describe the results of each member’s personality test. Explain how this information could impact the work of a team. Explain the impact of personality and abilities on an organization’s performance.

Part 2:

Justin has been working at the local medical waste management company for many years. His company is piloting a new program that would benefit the health care community. Recently, he was assigned to the team that will be responsible for creating the new program. As Justin works with the team, he finds that there is a lot of diversity within the team members that may eventually affect the success of the project. Justin often wonders what type of collaboration will be considered to help work through some of the challenges the team is facing.

As a team, write a 700- to 1,050-word paper that discusses the following:

Identify different diversities that may be found within groups. Explain the impact of diversity on an organization. Identify the collaboration between a manager and human resources (HR) within organizational behavior.

Format your paper according to APA guidelines.

Cite 4 peer-reviewed, scholarly, or similar references to support your paper.

Part 1 and Part 2 should be submitted in the same Microsoft® Word® document.

Strategic role and purpose of organizational behavior

Imagine you have been working for a company for several years. Your company is planning to make some significant changes and one of the areas being considered to explore is the company’s organizational behavior. To spark discussion among colleagues, you have been asked to create a presentation that outlines the organizational behavior within a health care company.

Using the company selected in Week One, create an 8- to 10-slide Microsoft® PowerPoint® presentation that addresses the following:

Describe the strategic role and purpose of organizational behavior for the company selected in Week One. Identify the organizational factors of organizational behavior for the company selected in Week One. Identify the impact, including the strategic approach and application of organizational behavior for the company selected in Week One.

Format your PowerPoint® according to APA guidelines. Include a title page, detailed speaker notes, and a references page.

Cite 3 peer-reviewed, scholarly, or similar references to support your presentation.