Category: Healthcare

Prompt
For your final project, you will research a gap in access to quality, equity, or efficiency of healthcare (including existing initiatives in place to address the gap and economic and regulatory factors that are currently in place to address the gap). To begin this project, you must first conduct some background research into the gap and the impacted population.
Select a healthcare delivery process gap and population affected from the list below. This will be the basis of your final project, the healthcare delivery systems research paper.
Option One: A gap in quality related to care coordination for individuals with chronic illnesses
In this annotated bibliography, you will choose resources to help you explain why the chosen topic is a gap in healthcare and analyze the specific population impacted by the issue. Specifically, you should select resources that will help you address the following:
Describe a specific gap in the delivery of healthcare. Include the specific population affected by the gap.
Briefly describe the history of this gap in access to healthcare. Has this been an issue historically, or is it a modern issue?
Explain the impact that the socioeconomic background of the population has on their access to healthcare.
Describe how the healthcare delivered to the population is affected by the gap in access.
Predict any potential implications if this gap in access is not addressed.
Information concerning the creation of annotated bibliographies may be found on Purdue’s Online Writing Lab (OWL) website, Annotated Bibliographies.
Specifically, you must address the critical elements listed below.
Annotated Bibliography
Provide evidence of your research in an annotated bibliography. Include a minimum of one peer-reviewed research articles for each critical element to ensure that your research will produce factual, authentic, and relevant content. It is possible that a single resource may be applicable to more than one critical element.
Record the bibliographic information accurately utilizing APA formatting.
Compose a paragraph after each instance of bibliographic information where you:
Briefly summarize the content of the source.
Concisely explain the source’s relevance to the topic.
What to Submit
Your annotated bibliography should be submitted using the Module Two Annotated Bibliography Template in 12-point Times New Roman font and follow the most current APA formatting guidelines. Include a minimum of 3 factual and relevant peer-reviewed resources in support of your topic.

Within the Discussion Board area, write 400-600 words that respond to the following questions with your thoughts, ideas, and comments. This will be the foundation for future discussions by your classmates. Be substantive and clear, and use examples to reinforce your ideas.
Preparing for Data Collection and Analysis
Focus your discussion on the following:
Your reflections on the work that you have done this term
Your plans for meeting the milestone of RES866 (i.e., complete data collection, data analysis, study closure form submission, and research supervisor-approved Chapter 4 of the dissertation)

Week 7 Discussion – Financial Risks
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If managers could have just one wish, many would ask for a crystal ball. With this tool, there would never be any worry about risk. The manager could look into the crystal ball and know exactly what will happen with each decision. Unfortunately, we do not have this luxury and must use other tools and techniques to determine the risks we face for the decisions we make. Understanding the financial risks will be the focus of this week’s discussion question.
In what ways do you believe the trade-off of Risk-Return might influence organization and individual investment decisions?
Be sure to respond to at least one of your classmates’ posts.

In this module’s readings and on the Baldrige website, it is suggested that a commitment to quality begins and ends with leadership. Discuss the steps that a leader would need to take to implement a change in overall quality. As a suggestion, some of the steps covered in your paper could include initial identification of poor quality, who should be involved in the improvement process (management, customers, consultants, etc.), how to get employee buy-in, level of oversight required and by whom, implementation, etc. 

Please see attached assignment and slides. Make sure to show your work so that partial credit can be given.

I need 4 credible sources for my persuasive paper.One 5-10 sentence paragraph per source discussing and assessing the topic. My topic is the need for more mental resources for college students, particularly in Nebraska. I think I already have 2 sources. I have attached some information that will be helpful. My thesis is also attached, but it needs to be revised a little.

APA Format 
References
Prompt
For this short paper, you will analyze the Terri Schiavo case through the lens of the bioethical issue(s) related to the case. You will analyze the case to address what the bioethical issue is and what role end-of-life issues, such as self-determination and advanced directives, played in the case. Using your analysis, you will determine how this bioethical issue impacted the decisions made by the healthcare professionals involved in the case.
Your short paper must address the following critical elements:
Introduction: Describe the provided case, including information on the stakeholders involved, the bioethical issue, and the time period of the incident that occurred.
Bioethical Analysis: Analyze the bioethical issue for the role end-of-life issues played in the case. Be sure to use appropriate terminology and support with secondary research.
Conclusion: Describe how the bioethical issue influenced the decisions of healthcare professionals involved in the case. Be sure to use specific examples.
What to Submit
Your bioethical short paper should be a 1- to 2-page Microsoft Word document formatted with 12-point Times New Roman font and one-inch margins. All citations and references should be formatted according to the most recent APA guidelines.

Use the PowerPoint Template below to enter your food intake for two typical week days and one typical weekend day. Upload your filled in PowerPoint file to complete this assignment. Also upload a word document containing your reflective statement. Make sure to follow the directions in the Project Workbook to complete the reflective statement with all components necessary to receive full credit. 

Assignment Title: Developing an Ideal Healthcare System (Final Project)
Assignment Instructions:
Based on the key components of a healthcare system, create your ideal healthcare system for a country.
For each of the 10 components:
Explain the component.
Discuss how you will implement it in your ideal system.
Required components include:
Physical access to care
Prevention, screening, and monitoring
Palliative care
Promoting health behaviors
Mental health
Technology
Financing the healthcare system
Cultural competence
Public health
Global perspectives
Include an introduction and summary of your healthcare system.
Assignment Directions
Your paper is to be 5–7 pages in length.
It is to be written in APA format, with a cover page and reference page of at least five references.
Your work should follow the conventions of Standard English (correct grammar, punctuation, etc.). Your writing should be well ordered, logical and unified, as well as original and insightful. Furthermore, all sources used should be properly cited using APA formatting.
Be sure to validate your information with course material.

For this assignment, use the Project Charter Template to complete the following items found in Part 3:
Intervention & Measurement: Now that you have your team members and a plan, it is time to consider the intervention for the “change” and how you will measure the impact.
Describe the planned intervention.
What will you do that is different from the current condition or state? This is the “change strategy” that will address the identified gap.
Who will be involved with implementing the change? 
Process for implementation including when, where, and how. The planned intervention should address the specific gap you identified in Part 1.
Develop Outcome, Process, and Balancing Measures.
Outcome: What is the desired outcome in measurable terms.
Compare to the SMART objective you developed that is stated in measurable terms.
State the desired outcome after the intervention has been implemented. This should be stated in very specific and measurable terms with time parameters.
Process: State 1–2 process measures that address: 
Are you doing the right things to achieve the outcome? 
Are the steps in the process leading to the planned outcome?
These should be specific and in measurable terms.
Counter/Balancing: As you are not implementing the project, develop counter/balancing measures that might be anticipated if the planned intervention is implemented: 
Consider the potential for the changes being made causing problems in other areas that may not be anticipated.
Develop a data collection and management plan: Use the div provided to input your data collection and management plan. This plan should explain how information is collected, managed, and protected. Include the following:
Describe the data that will be collected.
Describe who will collect the data. Explain their role and why this person(s) is selected.
Describe when the data will be collected. Provide a beginning and ending time frame.
Describe how the data will be stored/protected. Consider security, de-identification, confidentiality, and anonymity.
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion: How will the data be interpreted?  Do you have any concerns about how bias might affect data collection, interpretation or application? 
Provide 1–2 citations/references as needed to support your conclusions (cited using the most recent edition of APA style).
Ethical Considerations/Diversity, Equity, Inclusion: As a leader in the field, evaluate how you might address the following within the context of the Quadruple/Quintuple Aim: 
Who may benefit from the project?
Who may be harmed by the project?
Who is included and who is excluded?  Consider vulnerable populations
How does this align with ethical leadership?
How might you leverage power as a leader toward equity?
Will you utilize different leadership styles or approaches?
What specialized skills or best practices might be utilized?
How will the well-being of those taking part in the project be addressed?
Include 1–2 citations/references published within the last five years, using the APA format..
Complete a SWOT Analysis:
Strengths: Project strengths: What are the assets of the organization that will help it achieve a successful outcome, e.g., knowledge, support, resources, funding, etc.? Some examples might include things your organization does well, qualities that make you different from others, internal resources and assets (loyalty, retention, et cetera).
Weaknesses: Potential obstacles or challenges—limitations that may affect success. What are the potential barriers that might interfere with success? In the past, what factors were aligned with lack of success and obstacles to change. Some examples might include lack of resources, lack of personnel, organizational commitment, et cetera.
Opportunities: Opportunities to facilitate project success—factors that might be utilized to increase the likelihood of success. Some examples might include accessing external resources, opportunities for training and education to meet the needs, needs assessment for underserved groups, et cetera.
Threats: Potential threats to the project—factors and events that may disrupt goal attainment. Some examples might include increased competition, changes in regulations or policies, changes in populations, attitudes, et cetera.
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