Assignment 4: Current and Future Economic Issues Impacting Healthcare Sector Due Week 10 and worth 240 points Use the Internet or Strayer online databases to research five (5) of what you believe to be the most important and pressing economic issues that confront the United […]

1. In health care, change agents are faced with the challenge of engaging both employed staff and physicians in change initiatives. Frequently they have different perspectives and different agendas. Discuss your thoughts on how this can be managed so that everyone can feel that they […]

Discussion #1 Hello students: In previous weeks we have been reviewing the prevalence, mortality and morbidity associated with breast cancer. This is a topic of extreme public and personal interest. Primary care providers deal with the diagnosis, and the screening of breast cancer on a […]

1) As health care looks at continuous improvement (as done in manufacturing), one of the most prominent questions that has arisen is, “Can the principles that worked in manufacturing really transfer over to health care? Taking care of a patient is not like building a […]

Max Points: 5.0 Your hospital has been placed on alert for receiving patients from a local explosion at a large factory. Reports from the scene are spotty in terms of numbers killed or injured, and you do not know how many patients you may be […]

What are social determinants of health? How do social determinants of health contribute to the development of illness? What is a communicable disease chain? Are there steps that a nurse can take to break a link within the communicable disease chain? Give a specific example. […]

Select a global health issue impacting the international health  community. Briefly describe the global health issue and its impact on  the larger health care system (i.e., continents, regions, countries,  states, and health departments). How can health care delivery systems  work collaboratively to address global health […]

A. Windshield Survey  The Windshield Survey is comprised of general qualitative observations that give you a snapshot of the community that you can capture as you drive/walk through the community. The demographic data can be obtained online, through the public library, county or township administration […]

Windshield Survey Assignment Guidelines A. Windshield Survey The Windshield Survey is comprised of general qualitative observations that give you a snapshot of the community that you can capture as you drive/walk through the community. The demographic data can be obtained online, through the public library, […]

Increasingly patients are creating and maintaining personal health records (PHRs) with data from a variety of healthcare providers as well as data they have generated about their health. What provisions should be included in a model privacy and security policy that patients might use in […]