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    Medical Profession Responsibilities

    Identify the federal law that governs Protected Health Information (PHI) and briefly discuss the elements of compliance. Describe two specific examples of improper privacy disclosure and discuss the challenges of maintaining strict confidentiality in a medical office setting. There are several components: 1) Identify the

    Implications of Inaccurate Patient Data in Health Care

    How might inaccurate data captured during the inpatient encounter result in harm to the patient? How can such errors be minimized? For your organization, how is the data that is collected daily mainted to ensure it is of the highest quality possible?

    Change Process - Healthcare

    1. Discuss the most effective change process you have seen implemented. Why do you believe it was effective? What changes would you have made to make the change process even more effective? 2. Where does change originate? Does the point of origin have an effect on the degree of success of the change? If so, what are the res

    The organizational environment

    1. How do the governance models of health systems differ according to the context of the organizational environment? Please specify the environmental context and the governance model appropriate to it. 2. What are constraints or facilitating factors that hinder or help promulgate the vision, mission, and philosophy of your o

    Emerging Issues

    Need ideas and suggestions for the following: ------------------- Select an emerging issue that will pose new ethical dilemmas for healthcare. For example, technology integration, innovation testing, genetic mapping, stem cell research, etc. Using APA format, prepare a response analyzing whether global competition af

    Leadership in Health Services

    INSTRUCTION: 1. Please select a peer-reviewed journal and from it select an experimental research article that addresses the: Leadership in Health Services any model or theory. 2. Identify this article's Problem Statement and Purpose Statement. 3. Summarize the Problem Statement in your own words and describe its re

    Issues about health care

    1.In 2004, 32.7 percent of Hispanic families, 19.7 percent of black families and 11.3 percent of non-Hispanic white families had difficulty accessing care because of lack of health insurance (U.S. Government Census Data: http://www.census.gov). What do these figures tell us about how race and ethnicity affect access to healthca

    Health care administrative agencies

    We seem to live in fear of health care administrative agencies. Health care organizations cringe with the mention of governmental surveys, not to mention state and hospital sponsored surveys, such as JCAHO. Why should we even care about them?

    Conflict Between Personal Ethics & Organizational Policy

    As a Registered Nurse working the night shift at St. Whocare's Emergency Room, you have a comatose patient who needs immediate care, however, your supervisor reminds you of a policy that you are aware of but had just disregarded. How do you deal with a situation if caught in the middle of conflict surrounding a patient's need a

    HealthCare Reform Research.

    1. What kind of universal health care systems are available? 2. Is universal healthcare an economically feasible option for the United States? 3. Will the implementation of a universal health care system affect the level and quality of care we receive?

    Closing the gap on cultural competency

    In order to decrease disparities of care to minorities or those that are of different cultural heritage, the medical profession needs to learn cultural competency. Access the Internet and find resources regarding cultural competency. Write a paper on your findings on cultural competency. Be sure to address the following: (1)

    Workforce Shortages in Health Care

    I) There were several different reasons listed for workforce shortages in healthcare. List the top three reasons you believe there is a shortage and write a 500-750-word essay detailing your reasons. Remember to specifically address the following in your reasoning: (1) Consider some short-term solutions. (2) Consider some

    Health Care Bill and the Four Components of Heath Care

    Four Components of Health Care Select a current health care bill that addresses one on the four components of health care and write a 1,000-1,250-word paper on its impact on health services in your community. Include the following: (1) Identify and summarize which component of health care the bill addresses. (2) Descri

    The Process of Needs Assessment in Healthcare

    In healthcare industry how does the process of needs/ market assessment result in successful project planning and the development of new approaches to care? Please do not copy and paste from Internet or other sources.

    Methods of Performance Evaluation

    Please help with the following problem. Provide at least 200 words in the solution. You have been appointed to head the local division of a health care management organization. Your supervisor asks you to pick a method of evaluating the performance of the health care team. What method would you choose? What other methods co

    Health Care in the Early 1960s - 21st Century

    Read Stevens, Rosemary A. Health Care in the Early 1960s. Health Care Financing Review/ Winter 1996/Volume 18, Number 2, linked below: http://www.ssa.gov/history/pdf/HealthCareEarly1960s.pdf After reviewing the video clips and reading about healthcare in the 1960s, what do you think about the idea that technological and med

    Infection, Body's Immune System & Physicians

    1. Complete the chart by identifying six actions that decrease the risk of infection and strengthen the body's immune system. In the second column, describe how the action reduces the risk of infection and strengthens the body's immune system (see attached). 2. What does it mean when a physician is Board Certified? 3. Ex

    Court rules patients cannot sue insurance companies

    On jun 21, 2004, a unanimous US Supreme Court ruled that patients can't sue health insurance companies under state law for refusing to pay for doctor recommended medical care. Needless to say, this decision may affect millions of patients. Share your thought on this ruling.

    Distributive Justice

    Mickey Mantle, arguably one of the greatest American athletes of all time was a recovering alcoholic. He was given a liver transplant with little chance of long term success. Do you think because of his stature as an athlete and American hero he deserved such treatment or should that organ have gone to another patient who could

    Distributive Justice: Access,; Rationing; Futility

    One of the most difficult dilemmas to resolve relates to the allocation of valuable, but scarce resources. Setting standards by which resources are allocated is not an easy task. Please discuss the case of Todd Krampitz of Houston, Texas who found an effective way to cut in line for an organ transplant. Your discussion of Mr.

    Genetic discrimination (GINA) is explained.

    With scientific breakthroughs come new, unanticipated dilemmas that force us to rethink how we view the world, our culture and each other. One good example comes from the genetic discoveries science has made in the past fifty years; we now live in an era when we can test tissue samples or blood and determine whether or not a per