Discussion question
Prepare a spreadsheet of cost savings data showing efficiency gains attributable to care coordination, and report your key findings in an executive summary, 3–4 pages in length.
The use of health information technology (HIT) has been upheld as having remarkable promise in improving the efficiency, quality, cost-effectiveness, and safety of medical care delivery in our nation’s health care system.
This assessment provides an opportunity for you to examine how utilizing HIT can positively affect the financial health of an organization, improve patient health, and create better health outcomes.
CONTEXT
Information plays a fundamental role in health care. Providers such as physicians and hospitals create and process information as they deliver care to patients. However, managing that information and using it productively poses an ongoing challenge, particularly in light of the complexity of the U.S. health care sector, with its many diverse settings for care and types of providers and services. HIT has the potential to considerably increase the productivity of the health sector by assisting providers in managing information. Furthermore, HIT can improve the quality of health care and, ultimately, the outcomes of that care for patients.
Questions to Consider
As you prepare to complete this assessment, you may want to think about other related issues to deepen your understanding or broaden your viewpoint. 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 your professional community. Note that these questions are for your own development and exploration and do not need to be completed or submitted as part of your assessment.
· What is the main focus of information-gathering in health care?
· How can care coordination efforts enhance the collection of evidence-based data and improve quality?
· What governmental entities are leading care coordination practices?
· What influence does data analysis have on the development and advancement of health care policy?
Suggested Resources
The resources provided here are optional. You may use other resources of your choice to prepare for this assessment; however, you will need to ensure that they are appropriate, credible, and valid.
HIT and Care Coordination
Note: The following articles address HIT and care coordination from different perspectives and in different situations. Select from this list the articles that are most interesting or relevant for you.
· Bates, D. W. (2015). Health information technology and care coordination: The next big opportunity for informatics? Yearbook of Medical Informatics, 10(1), 11–14.
. Identifies specific gaps in care coordination today, presents a framework for better coordinating care using HIT, then describes how specific technologies can be leveraged. Also discussed are the need to build and test specific interventions to improve HIT-related care coordination tools, and the key policy steps needed to accomplish this.
· Kravitz, R. L. (2015). Caring for the complex patient: The next hurdle for information technology is care coordination. Journal of General Internal Medicine, 30(8), 1043–1044.
. Asks whether technology is the answer to delivering care at the highest quality at the lowest cost.
· NewsEx. (2014). Patents; “method and system for automated healthcare care coordination and care transitions” in patent application approval process. (2014). Information Technology Newsweekly, 670.
. A news release containing information about a patent application for a method, computer-readable medium, and system for coordinating health care services.
· Piscotty, R. J., .Kalisch, B., & Gracey, T. A. (2015). Impact of healthcare information technology on nursing practice. Journal of Nursing Scholarship, 47(4), 287–293.
. Examines whether nurses’ perceptions of the impact of health care information technology on their practice mediates the relationship between electronic nursing care reminder use and missed nursing care.
· Richardson, J. E., Vest, J. R., Green, C. M., Kem, L. M., Kaushal, R., and the HITEC Investigators. (2015). A needs assessment of health information technology for improving care coordination in three leading patient-centered medical homes. Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association, 22(4), 815–820. Retrieved from https://academic.oup.com/jamia/article-lookup/doi/10.1093/jamia/ocu039
. An investigation of ways that patient-centered medical homes (PCMHs) are currently using health information technology (IT) for care coordination and what types of health IT are needed to improve care coordination.
· Rigby, M., Georgiou, A., Hyppönen, H., Ammenwerth, E., de Keizer, N., Magrabi, F., & Scott, P. (2015). Patient portals as a means of information and communication technology support to patient-centric care coordination – the missing evidence and the challenges of evaluation: A joint contribution of IMIA WG EVAL and EFMI WG EVAL. Yearbook of Medical Informatics, 10(1), 148–159.
. Discusses the potential contribution of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) to enable patient-centric and coordinated care. Explores the role of patient portals as a developing ICT tool, assesses the available evidence, and describes the evaluation challenges.
· Saillour-Glenisson, F., Duhamel, S., Fourneyron, E., Huiart, L., Jean, P. J., Langlois, E., . . . Salmi, L. R. (2017). Protocole of a controlled before-after evaluation of a national health information technology-based program to improve healthcare coordination and access to information. BMC Health Services Research, 17, 1–11.
. Examines the role of HIT in improving health care coordination and access to information for health care providers, patients, and the population.
· Wodarski, J. S., & Green, P. D. (2015). Health information technology: An expanded care coordination in rural Tennessee. Social Work In Public Health, 30(5), 431–442.
. Examines the efficacy of HIT in a substance abuse treatment program.
Preparation
As the senior care coordinator in your organization, your manager has asked you to examine and report on how care coordination can generate cost savings, improve outcomes, enhance the collection of evidence-based data, and improve health care quality. She would like you to compile cost savings data in a well-organized spreadsheet and present your key findings in an executive summary.
Note: Remember that you can submit all, or a portion of, your draft spreadsheet and executive summary to Smarthinking for feedback, before you submit the final version for this assessment. However, be mindful of the turnaround time of 24–48 hours for receiving feedback, if you plan on using this free service.
Requirements
Determine how care coordination can reduce costs. Compile your cost savings data in a spreadsheet, using Microsoft Excel or suitable application of your choice. Your spreadsheet should contain at least four cost-saving elements that you will discuss in your executive summary. Identify the cost saving element, current costs, and anticipated savings.
If you elect to use an application other than Excel, check with your instructor to avoid potential file compatibility issues. Report key findings from your analysis in an executive summary.
Executive Summary Format and Length
Format your executive summary using APA style.
· Use the APA Style Paper Template, linked in the Required Resources. An APA Style Paper Tutorial is also provided (linked in the Suggested Resources) to help you in writing and formatting your executive summary. Be sure to include:
. A title page and reference page. An abstract is not required.
. A running head on all pages.
. Appropriate section headings.
· Your summary should be 4–5 pages in length, not including the title page and references page.
Supporting Evidence
Cite 4–5 sources of credible scholarly or professional evidence to support your cost savings analysis.
Analyzing Cost Savings
Note: The requirements outlined below correspond to the grading criteria in the scoring guide. Be sure that your analysis addresses each point, at a minimum. You may also want to read the Cost Savings Analysis Scoring Guide to better understand how each criterion will be assessed.
· Describe ways in which care coordination can generate cost savings.
. What are your primary sources of information?
. Are your conclusions substantiated by the data?
. What assumptions, if any, underlie your analysis?
· Explain how care coordination can promote improved health consumerism and effect positive health outcomes.
. What evidence do you have to substantiate your claims?
· Describe at least five ways in which care coordination efforts can enhance the collection of evidence-based data and improve quality through the application of an emerging health care model.
. Choose any emerging health care model.
· Present cost savings data and information clearly and accurately.
· Support main points, claims, and conclusions with relevant and credible evidence, correctly formatting citations and references using APA style.
American history homework help
UncategorizedPart 1 Questions:
1. What do Document 1 and Document 2 reveal about economic and social changes experienced by many Americans during the Antebellum era (1815-1860)?
2. How do the experiences of both Harriets (Document 1 and 2) reflect the ideas presented in the Declaration of Sentiments (Document 3)? How would the resolutions presented at the end of the Declaration have improved the lives of either Harriet? Why, or why not?
3. How do the documents and Image 1 reflect the intersections between the abolitionist (anti-slavery) movement and the struggle for Women’s Rights?
Note: You DO NOT need to answer the questions at the end of Document 1 or Document 2.
>Nursing homework help
UncategorizedIf the nurse knows of Mr. Wilsons’ plan for rational suicide, would the nurse be obligated to intervene? If so, what actions could the nurse take at this point? Does a nurse have the right to try to stop a person from committing rational suicide (to act in the best interest of the patient)? Is a nurse supposed to support the person’s autonomous decision to commit rational suicide? even when that decision is morally and religiously incompatible with the nurse’s perspective? What is the nurse’s role?
The case study must be typed in APA format with a minimum of 750 words (excluding first and references page) with a minimum of 4 evidence-based references using the required Arial 12 font.
What is the main focus of information-gathering in health care?
Nursing HomeworksDiscussion question
Prepare a spreadsheet of cost savings data showing efficiency gains attributable to care coordination, and report your key findings in an executive summary, 3–4 pages in length.
The use of health information technology (HIT) has been upheld as having remarkable promise in improving the efficiency, quality, cost-effectiveness, and safety of medical care delivery in our nation’s health care system.
This assessment provides an opportunity for you to examine how utilizing HIT can positively affect the financial health of an organization, improve patient health, and create better health outcomes.
CONTEXT
Information plays a fundamental role in health care. Providers such as physicians and hospitals create and process information as they deliver care to patients. However, managing that information and using it productively poses an ongoing challenge, particularly in light of the complexity of the U.S. health care sector, with its many diverse settings for care and types of providers and services. HIT has the potential to considerably increase the productivity of the health sector by assisting providers in managing information. Furthermore, HIT can improve the quality of health care and, ultimately, the outcomes of that care for patients.
Questions to Consider
As you prepare to complete this assessment, you may want to think about other related issues to deepen your understanding or broaden your viewpoint. 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 your professional community. Note that these questions are for your own development and exploration and do not need to be completed or submitted as part of your assessment.
· What is the main focus of information-gathering in health care?
· How can care coordination efforts enhance the collection of evidence-based data and improve quality?
· What governmental entities are leading care coordination practices?
· What influence does data analysis have on the development and advancement of health care policy?
Suggested Resources
The resources provided here are optional. You may use other resources of your choice to prepare for this assessment; however, you will need to ensure that they are appropriate, credible, and valid.
HIT and Care Coordination
Note: The following articles address HIT and care coordination from different perspectives and in different situations. Select from this list the articles that are most interesting or relevant for you.
· Bates, D. W. (2015). Health information technology and care coordination: The next big opportunity for informatics? Yearbook of Medical Informatics, 10(1), 11–14.
. Identifies specific gaps in care coordination today, presents a framework for better coordinating care using HIT, then describes how specific technologies can be leveraged. Also discussed are the need to build and test specific interventions to improve HIT-related care coordination tools, and the key policy steps needed to accomplish this.
· Kravitz, R. L. (2015). Caring for the complex patient: The next hurdle for information technology is care coordination. Journal of General Internal Medicine, 30(8), 1043–1044.
. Asks whether technology is the answer to delivering care at the highest quality at the lowest cost.
· NewsEx. (2014). Patents; “method and system for automated healthcare care coordination and care transitions” in patent application approval process. (2014). Information Technology Newsweekly, 670.
. A news release containing information about a patent application for a method, computer-readable medium, and system for coordinating health care services.
· Piscotty, R. J., .Kalisch, B., & Gracey, T. A. (2015). Impact of healthcare information technology on nursing practice. Journal of Nursing Scholarship, 47(4), 287–293.
. Examines whether nurses’ perceptions of the impact of health care information technology on their practice mediates the relationship between electronic nursing care reminder use and missed nursing care.
· Richardson, J. E., Vest, J. R., Green, C. M., Kem, L. M., Kaushal, R., and the HITEC Investigators. (2015). A needs assessment of health information technology for improving care coordination in three leading patient-centered medical homes. Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association, 22(4), 815–820. Retrieved from https://academic.oup.com/jamia/article-lookup/doi/10.1093/jamia/ocu039
. An investigation of ways that patient-centered medical homes (PCMHs) are currently using health information technology (IT) for care coordination and what types of health IT are needed to improve care coordination.
· Rigby, M., Georgiou, A., Hyppönen, H., Ammenwerth, E., de Keizer, N., Magrabi, F., & Scott, P. (2015). Patient portals as a means of information and communication technology support to patient-centric care coordination – the missing evidence and the challenges of evaluation: A joint contribution of IMIA WG EVAL and EFMI WG EVAL. Yearbook of Medical Informatics, 10(1), 148–159.
. Discusses the potential contribution of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) to enable patient-centric and coordinated care. Explores the role of patient portals as a developing ICT tool, assesses the available evidence, and describes the evaluation challenges.
· Saillour-Glenisson, F., Duhamel, S., Fourneyron, E., Huiart, L., Jean, P. J., Langlois, E., . . . Salmi, L. R. (2017). Protocole of a controlled before-after evaluation of a national health information technology-based program to improve healthcare coordination and access to information. BMC Health Services Research, 17, 1–11.
. Examines the role of HIT in improving health care coordination and access to information for health care providers, patients, and the population.
· Wodarski, J. S., & Green, P. D. (2015). Health information technology: An expanded care coordination in rural Tennessee. Social Work In Public Health, 30(5), 431–442.
. Examines the efficacy of HIT in a substance abuse treatment program.
Preparation
As the senior care coordinator in your organization, your manager has asked you to examine and report on how care coordination can generate cost savings, improve outcomes, enhance the collection of evidence-based data, and improve health care quality. She would like you to compile cost savings data in a well-organized spreadsheet and present your key findings in an executive summary.
Note: Remember that you can submit all, or a portion of, your draft spreadsheet and executive summary to Smarthinking for feedback, before you submit the final version for this assessment. However, be mindful of the turnaround time of 24–48 hours for receiving feedback, if you plan on using this free service.
Requirements
Determine how care coordination can reduce costs. Compile your cost savings data in a spreadsheet, using Microsoft Excel or suitable application of your choice. Your spreadsheet should contain at least four cost-saving elements that you will discuss in your executive summary. Identify the cost saving element, current costs, and anticipated savings.
If you elect to use an application other than Excel, check with your instructor to avoid potential file compatibility issues. Report key findings from your analysis in an executive summary.
Executive Summary Format and Length
Format your executive summary using APA style.
· Use the APA Style Paper Template, linked in the Required Resources. An APA Style Paper Tutorial is also provided (linked in the Suggested Resources) to help you in writing and formatting your executive summary. Be sure to include:
. A title page and reference page. An abstract is not required.
. A running head on all pages.
. Appropriate section headings.
· Your summary should be 4–5 pages in length, not including the title page and references page.
Supporting Evidence
Cite 4–5 sources of credible scholarly or professional evidence to support your cost savings analysis.
Analyzing Cost Savings
Note: The requirements outlined below correspond to the grading criteria in the scoring guide. Be sure that your analysis addresses each point, at a minimum. You may also want to read the Cost Savings Analysis Scoring Guide to better understand how each criterion will be assessed.
· Describe ways in which care coordination can generate cost savings.
. What are your primary sources of information?
. Are your conclusions substantiated by the data?
. What assumptions, if any, underlie your analysis?
· Explain how care coordination can promote improved health consumerism and effect positive health outcomes.
. What evidence do you have to substantiate your claims?
· Describe at least five ways in which care coordination efforts can enhance the collection of evidence-based data and improve quality through the application of an emerging health care model.
. Choose any emerging health care model.
· Present cost savings data and information clearly and accurately.
· Support main points, claims, and conclusions with relevant and credible evidence, correctly formatting citations and references using APA style.
What is a Worldview?
UncategorizedWhat is a worldview? Define what the term “worldview†means. Use descriptive phrases to support your definition.
Articulate the biblical worldview (what is believed) for each of the following 5 questions. Support your biblical content with scriptural support. A minimum of 2 relevant Scripture references need to be included for each of the 5 questions below (do not write out the verses) to support why it is believed. Each of the 5 questions* must be answered in a separate paragraph.
*An overview of these specific worldview questions can be found in chapter 4 of Finding Your Worldview: Thinking Christianly about the World.
Choose 2 of the following questions below and answer them from a biblical worldview belief system. (Use Scripture to support your biblical content.)
How might/should a biblical worldview influence the way you…
Nursing homework help
UncategorizedPrepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide. An abstract is not required.
This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.
Management homework help
UncategorizedIndividual or group presentations will be on the supplementary reading chapters posted in the Behavioral Finance Tab. Each individual student or group will choose a topic of interest and put together a 20-minute presentation
1. summarizing the chapter,
2. detailing how the information can be used by the individual (typical consumer) to enhance personal financial planning, and
3. explaining how the information can be used by financial planners to enhance the work that they do with their clients.
Write about Focus on Personal Finance 6th Edition by Jack Kapoor , chapter 14.
example https://youtu.be/cn5Q0t1EVWY
Think Globally, Act Locally
UncategorizedHow Healthy is Your Community?
The expression “Think Globally, Act Locally” guides your Discussion this week. By accessing information from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, you will have the opportunity to learn how healthy your community is. You will identify the key health issues and vulnerable populations in your own county. Understanding the factors that influence the health status of residents in your county will provide you with a local perspective to compare to global health challenges you will examine in weeks to come.
To prepare for this Discussion, first learn a little about the health statistics for your county. If you are not located in the U.S., pick a state and county you might like to visit or know more about to complete this assignment. Go to the Community Health Status Indicators Report, and select your state and county to review your local report.
http://wwwn.cdc.gov/CommunityHealth/homepage.aspx?j=1
Then, go to the Walden Library and find at least one recent (within last 5 years) article in addition to your Learning Resources to document, and support, the concepts you include in your Discussion post. For suggestions to help with your search, visit the Library http://library.waldenu.edu/908.htm
By Day 4, post a comprehensive response to the following:
Using the information available on the Community Health Status Indicators Report, provide a summary of the following information in your county. Use the article(s) you located, as well as your Learning Resources, to support your answers to the following questions in your post:
1. Identify your county and state.
2. How healthy is your county? What evidence did you use to come to your conclusion?
3. What vulnerable populations are identified in your county? Are there groups of individuals who have health disparities? Are there issues related to access to care within your county? If so, what are they?
4. Highlight the risk factors for premature death and environmental health concerns seen in you county.
5. Where does your county excel or fall behind in preventive health? Provide examples.
Resources for files below:
History homework help
UncategorizedInstructions:
Papers should be approximately 2000 words.
All papers must be properly referenced using the MLA/APA format.
All essays must be typed following the following format: Times New Roman; Font size
12; Double Spaced; Margins Justified
All papers are due in Week 10. Late submissions will NOT be accepted.
All papers MUST be accompanied by a Declaration of Plagiarism form, properly
completed and SIGNED by the student.
You must submit your paper in soft copy (no hard copies are accepted) as a TURNITIN
Guidelines:
Your research paper must be written in the form of a Journal.
Your Journal must be recorded over a 3-5 days period. That is, you have to give details
of incidents, etc. for three to five days.
Your Journal must be written in the 1st person – that is, YOU are the person writing the
account.
Your account must be based on facts, therefore, you have to research the topic you
choose and based on the facts, imagine what things would have been like and write about
them.
You should write an account based in Trinidad and Tobago!!!
Question
DESCRIBE THE EVOLUTION OF INSPECTING AND IMPROVING QUALITY IN THE HEALTHCARE INDUSTRY.
UncategorizedHealthcare administration
Q2
GRETILLAT WORKED IN FOOD SERVICE AT A NURSING HOME
Nursing HomeworksGRETILLAT WORKED IN FOOD SERVICE AT A NURSING HOME.
After the surgery, she reported a lot of pain from standing for long periods. She said she could not squat, kneel, crouch, crawl, or stand for long times. Her manager told her she could resign or be terminated since she could no longer do physical acts needed for the job. She resigned and sued for disability discrimination for failure to accommodate her disability. The district court held for the nursing home. Gretillat appealed.1. The appeals court affirmed that Gretillat’s physical impairments did not rise to the level of a disability, so she had no case. Although she was “impaired,” why was she not considered “disabled”?
2. Suppose Gretillat’s condition was severe enough to be a disability. What would the employer have needed to do then?