Category: Nursing

Evidence Based Research Study

Identify, analyze, and discuss the components that comprise a valid evidence-based research study. Based on the information compiled above, interview a health care leader about his/her experiences related to using evidence-based research to drive changes in practices in his/her facility.

Write a report (1,000-1,250 words) of your findings. Include the following in your report:

1. The changes that the health care leader has been involved in implementing.

2. How strong did the leader feel the research on the topic was? Why?

3. Have they ever rejected research findings? Why or why not?

4. Include any concerns they have had or resistance they have experienced when implementing changes based on research.

5. Analyze your findings as they apply to the components of evidence-based research.

Ethical Issues General Electric (GE) Healthcare Faced on Low Cost Diagnostic Equipment

1.Determine two (2) specific ethical issues that General Electric (GE) Healthcare faced when implementing its strategy to introduce low cost diagnostic equipment to developing countries. Recommend two (2) actions that GE can take to resolve these ethical issues. 2.Analyze the concepts of professional and applied ethics and determine whether GE Healthcare breeched these concepts in the development of its low cost alternatives for diagnostic medical equipment. Provide one (1) specific example to support your rationale. 3.Determine whether GE Healthcare has any responsibility in resolving the issue of a preference for male children in cultures where its diagnostic ultrasound products are sold. Recommend one (1) strategy that would enable GE Healthcare to balance its responsibility of continued growth and development with any ethical or moral concerns investors and human rights groups might have regarding the use of its equipment in controlling the birth rates of male children in some cultures. Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

•Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions. •Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length. The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

•Analyze the roles of and the relationships among organizational mission, vision, values, and strategic goals, and why they are called directional strategies. •Apply analytic skills to define strategic problems, generate and evaluate strategic alternatives, and develop implementation tactics. •Use technology and information resources to research issues in the strategic management of health care organizations. •Write clearly and concisely about strategic management of health care organizations using proper writing mechanics.

Analysis of an Organization’s Social Media Presence

Note:
 The assessments in this course are sequenced in such a way as to help you build specific skills that you will use throughout your program. Complete the assessments in the order in which they are presented.

Preparation

Choose and conduct research on a company that you wish to focus on for this course. The company you choose should be of interest to you and have a robust social media presence that includes Facebook, Twitter, and at least one other social media platform.

Deliverable

Create a 1–2 page proposal, directed to the leadership of the organization that you chose, proposing that the company conduct an analysis of the organization’s social media presence with the goal of seeing how the organization compares to the competition and how social media might help the organization to better meet its business goals. Make the proposal convincing; specifically, propose that you conduct this research, and write in a way that will convince your audience to approve your work on the project.

Include the following in the memo:

Describe the importance of social media to your company and industry.

Explain the dynamic nature of social media, including how it has evolved in the last few years and why it is important to be current in practice and execution.

Describe a social media practice or platform that is either emerging or very recent and being used effectively by another company.

Outline your plan and the resources that you will require to conduct a proper analysis. It should include the research of at least two competitors. As always, be sure to keep your audience in mind as you write this section.

Additional Requirements

Formatting: 
Format the document to look like a professional proposal. Use current APA style for all citations and references.

Length: 
Write 1–2 pages.

Font and font size: 
Times New Roman, 12 point, single spaced.

Resources:
 Use a minimum of 3 professional or academic resources to support your proposal, including in-text citations.

Managing Health Records and Statistics

Identify a health care facility in your area. What type of disaster plan should this organization have in place? What are three specific events that an HIM professional should prepare to prevent? Think of the geographic location of your organization along with other geographic statistics that would impact the disaster plan’s design

Physicians Practice Administrators

Physician practices are a key component of the U.S. healthcare system. According to the text, a significant amount of revenue that the healthcare industry generates can be directly linked to the care that physicians provide for their patients. In addition, physicians in a medical practice add to this revenue stream by admitting patients to a hospital, prescribing prescription medication, ordering home health services and medical equipment, and referring their patients to other healthcare providers for care and treatment. As a future healthcare administrator, it is important for you to demonstrate an understanding of the challenges and opportunities that today’s physicians face in providing quality healthcare services.

Write a four to six page (4-6) paper in which you:

1.Compare the main various forms of medical group practice. Next, select the form that would be most attractive to a newly licensed physician. Justify your selection. 2.Analyze how the role of the physician in a medical practice has changed in the past twenty (20) years. Assess three (3) specific challenges that today’s physicians face as members of a medical group practice. Support your response. 3.Suggest three (3) specific competencies that a physician should demonstrate to be successful as a practice manager. Next, determine three (3) hurdles that a physician might face as the leader of a group practice. Provide rationale for your response. 4.Assess the value of effective Human Resources Management (HRM) in a medical practice. Suggest three (3) functions of HRM necessary to attract and retain the type of employees needed for the practice in order to achieve long-term success. Support your recommendations with specific examples of how each function impacts the overall success of the practice. 5.Determine three (3) aspects of consumer behavior that the physician’s practice management should consider as part of an effective marketing strategy for medical practices. Provide a rationale for your response. 6.Use at least three (3) quality academic resources. Note: Wikipedia does not qualify as an academic resource. 7.Format your assignment according to the following formatting requirements:

a.Typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides. b.Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length. c.Include a reference page. Citations and references must follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length. The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

•Evaluate the role of physicians as practice administrators and determine the administrative challenges facing today’s practice managers. •Develop an inventory of key competencies administrators need to effectively manage medical group practices. Develop a recruitment strategy to improve talent selection options for a medical practice. •Use technology and information resources to research issues in physician’s practice management. •Write clearly and concisely about physician’s practice management using proper writing mechanics.

Using Technology to Prevent Medical Malpractices

Use Internet and / or Strayer Learning Resource Center to research articles (no older than five [5] years) on using technology to prevent medical malpractices. Next, discuss the overall manner in which using technology can help prevent malpractices. Speculate on the most damaging consequences of a malpractice case on a physician practice. Support your rationale.

•Imagine that you are the manager of a multi-specialty medical practice that is opening a new office and that you are involved in planning the layout and design of the new office. Determine three (3) functional areas that you think should be given priority with regard to the amount of space needed for efficient operations and patient flow in the new office. Justify your response.

Physician S Clinic Management Discussion

Appraise the key functions of Human Resources Management (HRM) and state your opinion as to whether or not HRM should be part of the strategic planning process for medical group practices. Support your rationale with specific examples. • Evaluate the importance of effective marketing for medical practices. Recommend three (3) specific factors that a practice administrator should consider when creating a marketing plan for a medical group practice. Justify your recommendations.

Implementation of an Action Plan Strategy

Discussion 1

Imagine that you are the Director of the Admitting Department of a hospital, and your strategy to increase patient satisfaction is to hire additional staff to register patients. Outline the action plan (who, what, and when) that you would use in order to effectively implement your strategy. (Consider a time where you or someone you know visited the admitting department of a hospital.)

•From the scenario in part 1 of this discussion, determine two specific unit objectives that would help to ensure the success of your strategy. Provide a rationale for your response.

Discussion 2

Determine three barriers that could disrupt an action plan geared towards implementing a new strategy. Propose solutions to these foreseen barriers.

•Suggest three factors that are necessary to the successful implementation of an action plan strategy. Provide a rationale for your belief in the importance of the three factors that you have suggested.

Medical Practice Operations

Imagine that a group of physicians who are planning to open a single-specialty group practice has hired you as a consultant. Your job is to advise the physicians in creating a business plan that includes management strategies that will help ensure their success. The physicians have stipulated that the plan must promote medical excellence and limit their exposure to risks associated with the practice of medicine and the operational functions of the practice. In addition, they are aware that a public health emergency or natural disaster could have had a significant impact on their practice, and want to include a strategy for emergency preparedness as part of their plan so that they will be able to manage their patients and help serve the community as needed.

Write a four to six (4-6) page paper in which you:

1.Compare and contrast the two (2) main levels (i.e., internal comparison and external comparison) of financial benchmarking. Next, analyze the strategic purpose of each level of benchmarking and specify the overall importance of benchmarking as a financial planning tool for a medical practice. 2.Recommend a Health Information Technology (HIT) system that includes an Electronic Health Record (EHR) for the new practice to implement. Support your recommendation by determining three (3) main benefits of having this type of system for the practice. 3.According to the text (page 368), some of the main areas of risk exposure for a group practice include: property (general liability and safety), technology, and financial practices. Determine one (1) specific hazard associated with one (1) of these risk categories and propose a strategy to mitigate the impact this risk could have on the practice. Support your analysis with a real-life example. 4.Determine the main functions of the practice that will need to remain operational before, during, and / or after a natural disaster or public health emergency. Next, suggest a strategy that the practice should take to maintain communication with employees and patients, secure patient and financial records, and ensure that resources will available to care for patients during a disaster or emergency. Provide a rationale for your response. 5.Use at least three (3) quality academic resources. Note: Wikipedia does not qualify as an academic resource. 6.Format your assignment according to the following formatting requirements:

a.Typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides. b.Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length. c.Include a reference page. Citations and references must follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length. The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

•Evaluate the role of physicians as practice administrators and determine the administrative challenges facing today’s practice managers. •Examine ways in which health service administrators can help physicians prepare for disasters and facilitate recovery. •Apply benchmarking techniques for financial and operational efficiency. •Examine the legal and risk management issues affecting today’s physician practices. •Use technology and information resources to research issues in physician’s practice management. •Write clearly and concisely about physician’s practice management using proper writing mechanics. Click here to view the grading rubric for this assignment.