Prepare for interprofessional stakeholders a 10–12-slide presentation  (not including title and reference pages) explaining how nurse leaders  can use information technology to improve nursing practices that support  and sustain positive patient outcomes. You do not need to actually  present your assessment but be sure to include speaker’s notes for each  slide.

The dissemination of evidence-based practice outcomes helps nurses  build stakeholder engagement and support for the use of information  system and technology for health care delivery.

For this assessment, imagine a group of interprofessional  stakeholders involved with patient care in your health care setting  would like to increase positive patient outcomes. Nurse leaders have  recommended changes in the practice that incorporate informatics and the  application of new knowledge into your nursing practices.

You are asked to present a brief overview using PowerPoint (or some  other presentation software) to a small group of student nurses. After  the session has concluded, the training department would like to use  your presentation as a training resource.

Preparation

Select a nursing practice in your own health care setting that has changed for the better since you first began nursing.

Directions

Use the tools in your presentation software to develop a creative  and engaging presentation. Use the notes portion of PowerPoint to  capture your narrative script for each slide. Include the following in  your presentation:

• Describe briefly an example of a nursing practice that has changed in the last two years.
• Explain how theory development, research exploration, and information technology supports the changes you have described.
• Describe the basic differences between research (qualitative and quantitative) and evidence-based practice (EBP).
• Explain how nurse leaders use communication practices and  technology to build interprofessional stakeholder engagements in support  of the change you have identified.
• Describe how nurse leaders use evidence-based practice to support and sustain patient-care outcomes.

Additional Requirements

• Length: Submit a presentation of 10–12 slides  (not including title and reference slides). Include both a title slide  and a reference slide with 4–6 references to support your presentation  information and ideas.
• Formatting Guidelines: Create streamlined slides with minimal information.      
  • Be precise.
  • Keep bulleted content on one line.
  • Use images instead of words when appropriate.
• Narrative Script: Use the notes portion to create a detailed narrative for each slide.

Managed Care

In the United States, managed care is becoming an increasingly popular method of administering healthcare. It influences the clinical behavior of providers, as it combines the payment and delivery of healthcare into a single system, the purpose of which is to control the cost, quality, and access of healthcare services for a single bracket of health plan enrollees (Scutchfield, Lee, & Patton, 1997).

Yet, managed care often evokes strong or negative reactions from healthcare providers because they are paid a fixed amount for treating their patients, regardless of the actual cost, which may influence their level of efficiency. This can challenge the relationships between doctors and patients (Claxton, Rae, Panchal, Damico, & Lundy, 2012; Sekhri, 2000).

Research managed care’s inception and study some examples. Be sure to investigate the perspectives about managed care from the vantage of both healthcare providers and patients. You can use the following keywords for your research—United States managed care, history of managed care, and managed care timeline.

Based on your research, answer the following questions in a 8- to 10-page Microsoft Word document:

• What are the positive and negative aspects of managed care? Analyze the benefits and the risks for both providers and patients, and how providers should choose among managed care contracts. Conclude with your analysis and recommendations for managed care health plans. Your response should include answers to the following questions:
  • Summarize the history of when, how, and why managed care was developed.
  • Define and discuss each type of managed care organization (MCO)—health maintenance organization (HMO), preferred provider organization (PPO), and point of sale (POS).
  • Explain the positive and negative aspects, respectively, of managed care organization from the provider’s point of view—a physician and a healthcare facility—and from a patient’s point of view.
  • Explain the three types of incentives for providers for efficiency in the delivery of healthcare services. Explain who bears the financial risk—the provider, the patient, or the managed care organization.
  • Offer your recommendations, to accept or decline, for patients considering managed care health plans, with your rationale for each.

References:

Claxton, G., Rae, M., Panchal, N., Damico, A., & Lundy, J. (2012). Employer Health

Benefits Annual 2012 Survey. Retrieved from http://ehbs.kff.org/pdf/2012/

8345.pdf

Sekhri, N. K. (2000). Managed care: The US experience. Retrieved from http://www.

who.int/bulletin/archives/78%286%29830.pdf

Scutchfield F. D., Lee, J., & Patton, D. (1997). Managed care in the United States.

Journal of Public Health Medicine, 19(3), 251–254. Retrieved from http://

jpubhealth.oxfordjournals.org/content/19/3/251.full.pdf

Support your responses with examples.