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Health Care Resources / Regulations And Agencies That Affect The Health Care Industry

Two assignments.

1. Assignment Answer the assignment attachment ( Please read it carefully and answer all the question and request )

Know Your Health Care Resources

With the abundance of health care resources available it is important to be able to locate and understand the resources that can be leveraged to improve your health as well as the health of the community.

Complete
 the Know Your Health Resources chart with resources that support your health as well as the health of the community. Research two resources at the federal, state, and local community level.

Federal resouces

State resources

Local community resources

Cite
 at least 5 peer-reviewed, scholarly, or similar resources.

2. Assignment (Have to be powerpoint software only, No pdf) Please read it carefully and answer all the question and request

Regulations and Agencies That Affect the Health Care Industry

Create
 a 7- to 10-slide Microsoft® PowerPoint®  presentation that identifies the major regulations and agencies that oversee the health care industry. A presentation format has been provided for this assignment; however, you may choose to format your presentation in another professional manner.

Include
 the following in your presentation:

Slide One: Title Slide

Title of presentation

Your name

Course and course number

Due date

Your faculty’s name

Slide Two: Introduction Slide

Describe the high-level details that will be covered during your presentation. Think of this as similar to a table of contents.

Slide Three: Health Care Agency

Identify one agency overseeing health care delivery within the health care industry.

Provide a website or alternative resource for this agency.

Provide an appropriate artifact that showcases this agency in action.

An artifact could be an image, video, or screenshot of the website’s homepage.

Slide Three: Health Care Agency

Identify whether the agency is available at the local, state, or federal level.

Identify an example of a health care structure that must comply with this agency.

Refer back to your Week Two assignment if necessary.

Slide Four: Health Care Agency

Describe the effect this agency has had on health care.

Slide Five: Health Care Regulation

Identify one regulation that has an impact on health care delivery within the health care industry.

Provide a website or alternative resource for the selected regulation.

Provide an appropriate artifact that showcases this regulation in action.

An artifact could be an image, video, screenshot of the website’s homepage.

Slide Six: Health Care Regulation

Identify whether the regulation is carried out at the local, state, or federal level.

Identify an example of a health care structure that must comply with this regulation.

Refer back to your Week Two assignment if necessary.

Slide Seven: Health Care Regulation

Describe the effect this regulation has had on health care.

Slide Eight: Conclusion Slide

Provide a summary of your presentation.

Review key points addressed in your presentation

Slide Nine: Reference Slide

Cite 3 peer-reviewed, scholarly, or similar references.

Format your references according to APA guidelines.

Note
: Speaker notes are to be provided for each slide. Refer to the  “Tutorial: Adding Speaker Notes to Microsoft® PowerPoint® Presentations” learning activity for more information on adding speaker notes.

Note
: The University’s Center for Writing Excellence provides samples of different deliverables. Under Samples you will find a sample Microsoft® PowerPoint® presentation to use as reference while creating your presentation.

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

Format
 your assignment according to APA guidelines. Include; a title slide, detailed speaker notes, and a reference slide.

Public Nutrition Program Essay

Traditionally, nutrition programs were targeted to the indigent and poor populations in developing countries. Many of today’s Americans are malnourished also, but they are inundated with unhealthy foods and require a multidisciplinary approach to nutrition education. What would be the three most important points to include in a public nutrition program? Provide current literature to support your answer and include two nutritional education community resource

Barriers to Evidence-Based Practice by 2020

The Institute of Medicine has stated a goal that 90% of practice be   evidence-based by 2020. According to HealthyPeople.gov, the United   States is currently at approximately 15%. Discuss two barriers that   might hold nursing practice from achieving this goal, and suggest ways   in which identified barriers may be addressed.

1. Discuss the increase in proportion of U.S. population in age 65 and older.

2. Describe key theories of aging that focus on how society shapes the social roles of older adults.

3. Analyze the effects of global economic competition on employment and how it will change over the coming years.

4. Discuss how sociologists define and describe families

5 Why has the U.S. prison population increased steeply over the past three decades?

Now  that you have decided which format (PowerPoint or instructional guide)  you will be using and you have some strategies for overcoming barriers,  it’s time to do some serious research and put together an outline of  your project. Think of that outline as the roadmap for the direction your project will take.

You should plan to do some research beyond your textbook.  Please create a Word document that lists at least four references (in APA format) for  sources that you plan to use with your project. It does not have to be  your final list, just intended to get you started, and it’s not set in  stone. But, please remember to use scholarly sources, which do not include Wikipedia.

In addition to your reference list, please submit an outline  showing the flow or order of your project. Spending time on the outline  really makes completing the project much easier, as many of you  probably already know. Your instructor will give you feedback on your  assignment to make sure that you are still heading in the right  direction. Keep up the good work!

Submit  your first short evaluation for a medical office software system to  compare with MedTrak. Your evaluation should address things such as  workflow features present (use the chart on page 11 of your textbook as  your guide); adherence to Meaningful Use objectives (see chart on page  24 of your textbook); statement about ease of use from your personal  perspective, and/or anything else you wish to include in your review  based on what you found on the company’s website or in the demo.

The Legal Implications of Acceptance or Refusal of an Assignment

After reviewing the ANA position statement on “Rights of Registered Nurses when Considering a Patient Assignment,” discuss the legal and ethical implications of accepting assignments. When delegating assignments to unlicensed personnel, what considerations need to be considered? What insurance issues come into play? Analyze the legal principle of Respondeat Superior.

American Nurses Association Nursing World. (2009). Patient safety: Rights of registered nurses when considering a patient assignment.

Retrieved from http://www.nursingworld.org/MainMenuCategories/Policy-Advocacy/Positions-and-Resolutions/ANAPositionStatements/Position -Statements-Alphabetically/Patient-Safety-Rights-of-Registered-Nurses-When-Considering-a-Patient-Assignment.html

APA Style, minimum of 200 words, times new romans, font 12, No plagiarism  3 References, scholarly.

Topic 2: Defenses to Malpractice and Risk Management 

Take the malpractice case assigned to your group and discuss the defenses that may be raised in that case. Discuss how the incident could have been prevented. What risk management techniques could have been used before and after the adverse patient occurrence? Respond to the other case scenario.

APA Style, minimum of 200 words, times new Romans, font 12, No plagiarism  3 References, scholarly.

Textbook Readings

Essentials of Nursing Law and Ethics

· Chapter 5: “Defenses to Negligence or Malpractice”

· Chapter 6: “Prevention of Malpractice”

· Chapter 7: “Nurses as Witnesses”

· Chapter 8: “Professional Liability Insurance”

· Chapter 9: “Accepting or Refusing an Assignment/Patient Abandonment”

· Chapter 10: “Delegation to Unlicensed Assisted Personnel”

· Chapter 37: “Staffing Issues and Floating”

Journal Readings

Please retrieve and read the following journal articles from the Library. Articles can be located through a search in the CINAHL database, OVID database, the Library (links to these are located under the Academic Tools), or by using the link at the end of the reference if provided.

American Nurses Association Nursing World. (2016). Patient safety: Rights of registered nurses when considering a patient assignment. Retrieved from

American Nurses Association Nursing World. (2009). Patient safety: Rights of registered nurses when considering a patient assignment. Retrieved from 
http://www.nursingworld.org/MainMenuCategories/Policy-Advocacy/Positions-and-Resolutions/ANAPositionStatements/Position -Statements-Alphabetically/Patient-Safety-Rights-of-Registered-Nurses-When-Considering-a-Patient-Assignment.html

In what way does managed care actually manage cost?

Does it do so without diminishing the quality of care? If so, how does it accomplish this?

APA Style, minimum of 200 words, times new Romans, font 12, No plagiarism

3 References, scholarly.

Identify health care policies that use cost shifting. Argue the benefits of cost shifting. How might the Affordable Care Act decrease cost shifting within hospitals?

APA Style, minimum of 200 words, times new Romans, font 12, No plagiarism  3 References, scholarly.

Risk Management and Natural Disasters Discussion Questions

1.What type of disaster is your local hospital likely to face?

2.Has this occurred in the past?

3. Was the hospital prepared to respond appropriately?

4. As a risk manager, what questions might you have about the hospital’s response plan?

 

Risk Management and Natural Disasters Reading

Disasters are not routine, but the ways to deal with them must be integrated into routine activities.

Though certain indications are available regarding an impending disaster, healthcare organizations may not be the first ones to know about them. For instance, initial information about a possible terrorist attack may reach the law enforcement and other government security agencies first. The meteorological service will know about a natural disaster first. There are standard responses such that information will flow to healthcare organizations. This may take a few minutes or a few hours depending on the nature of the disaster.

Emergencies are handled many times as codes, such as a code red for a fire. Conducting mock codes helps to prepare for these emergencies. Facilities now conduct emergency drills that prepare their staff for the threat of terrorism. Drills are very important, especially for those who do not have any experience with similar situations. Simulations go a long way in preparing providers for the situations they will encounter. Joint disaster drills conducted by hospitals and local agencies ensure that there will be a coordinated response to the emergency.

Advance warning about a threat quite often includes an estimate of the scale of the problem. For example, according to a news report, the United Nations bird flu coordinator has said that if precautionary measures are not taken, the death toll from the disease could be anything between five million and 150 million. Countries with sound healthcare infrastructure have already initiated measures to counter the threat (ABC News, 2005).

There is medical speculation (Columbia Center, 2011) that exposure to various toxic products and gases in the air around of the WTC after the attack may have negative effects on fetal development. Due to this potential harm, a notable children’s environmental health center is currently analyzing the children whose mothers were pregnant during the WTC collapse, and were living or working near the WTC towers. This study assesses the children every year using psychological testing and interviews the mothers every six months. The purpose of the study is to determine whether there is significant difference in development and health progression of children whose mothers were exposed versus those who were not exposed after the WTC collapse.

What does this mean for disaster management? Disaster management will have to include identification of pregnant women, application of preventive measures if any are available, and monitoring to detect signs of fetal damage or developmental problems.

Disasters have financial consequences, too. While the government steps in with emergency aid, rebuilding the economy takes time. There is fallout for the healthcare industry. Reimbursements may not be immediately affected. However, insurers, including health insurers, suffer losses.

Columbia Center for Children’s Environmental Health. (2011). 
10 years later, understanding the environmental health effects of 9/11
. Retrieved from  
http://ccceh.org/

ABC News. (2005, October 1). UN coordinator mulls avian flu threat. 
ABCNews
. Retrieved from 
http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Flu/story?id=1175727