Health & Medical

Reflect upon the Medicare and Medicaid programs to address the following: Describe the Quality Improvement Organization (QIO) and explain how the QIO improves policies and healthcare for Medicare beneficiaries.   Briefly define the qualifications for Medicare and Medicaid benefits. How can qualifications be modified to serve more people who are considered a vulnerable population? Discuss the impact (including at least two positive and two negative aspects) that the ACA has had on benefits and coverage for Medicare and Medicaid recipients.  Describe your role(s) as a healthcare leader as it applies to the practice of advocating for cost effective care for vulnerable populations.

An integral part of the strategic planning process is to gather information. One method of doing this is by conducting a strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats (SWOT) analysis. Now that you have reviewed your chosen standards, you will examine the impact of both internal and external forces on your chosen facility. Conduct a SWOT analysis for your chosen facility that examines the forces that may affect the facility. Be sure to pay particular attention to the issues of financing, productivity, and marketing, as well as others you feel have the potential to impact the facility. Present your SWOT analysis using a standard SWOT analysis matrix. Below your SWOT analysis, identify and discuss at least one issue from each section of your SWOT analysis in further detail in an effort to analyze why you feel the chosen issue may have the greatest impact on the facility. When discussing your weakness and threats, be sure to include: 1–2 goals that should be created to improve in these areas A brief description (1–2 paragraphs) of a plan of action to improve in these areas that includes how you will accomplish the goals that you set in the first bullet point. In an action plan, there is usually a time frame, steps to how you plan to meet the goals you set, and how you will measure the goals. Note: Use APA style to cite at least 2 scholarly sources.

1. Discuss two major areas where multicultural communications are essential to the African Community. 2. Part Two —  Layers of Culture  (Beliefs, Values and Artifacts). Discuss each of these concepts and how they play into communication in the African communities. 3. Part Three –  Relating Multicultural Communications to healthcare within Africa countries. Discuss what issues you should be aware of in Africa when communicating in the healthcare field. What issues might arise and how would you handle them?

Before this assignment, please make sure to review the notes from this week’s “Notes” folder. notes attached In this forum, discuss some of the most significant influences shaping the current and future health information technology landscapes in the United States. What do you think it will look like in 20 years?

As a health care manager, daily management tasks include financial management. Financial management includes items such as labor cost, equipment cost, and a budget that controls the operations. Proper operations requires planning and control. The budget is created using the basic financial information and accounting principles that an organization uses in its monthly, quarterly, and annual financial reports. After learning the basics of financial statements, it is very important for a health care manager to understand the basic five areas of performance that set the financial plan for the organization. Define and provide an example of what the following mean: Short-term solvency  Activity  Financial leverage  Profitability  Value  Define the following terms, and explain why they are important in a health care organization: Current ratio  Total asset turnover  Debt ratio  Profit margins  Include a minimum of 2 references.

Your colleagues develop a new theory about the social and behavioral aspect(s) of health. They ask for your opinion on whether it is useful before they share it with the academic community. Name and explain three criteria you might use to assess the adequacy of their new theory.

The purpose of this assignment is to develop data stewardship standards for clinical and public health entities. Data is essential to progress when it comes to health care information technology and HMIS. The collecting, interpreting, and modeling of data allows information technology specialists, health care administrators, and clinical practitioners to provide the highest quality patient diagnoses, treatment, and care. But the data are only effective when users have appropriate access and understand how to read the data, and when the integrity of the data is sound. Read the scenario “Aligning Clinical and Public Health Data Standards Through Partnership With the Public Health Data Standards Consortium,” located before Chapter 10 in the textbook. Using the information provided in conjunction with your own research, create a plan to enforce data stewardship standards across the clinical and public health sectors as a result of this AHIMA/PHDSC merger. In a 1,000-1,250-word plan, elaborate on the following points: Overarching goal for the alignment of both clinical and public data standards. Differences between clinical and public health data use and how this partnership will minimize those disparities. Similarities between clinical and public health data use and how this partnership will capitalize on those parallels. Your proposal for new data stewardship standards and guidelines. Action plan: What will be the first steps in standardizing these data stewardship guidelines and how do you plan to go about managing this process? How do you intend to ensure and maintain consistency in data stewardship standards across the clinical and public health sectors? Who will have access to what data? How will data be collected and stored? How will confidentiality be maintained throughout this process? How will this collaboration affect patients, health care practitioners, and both public and private health care organizations? How will this partnership strengthen the infrastructure of health information systems and technology? You are required to use at least two scholarly references in addition to your textbook for this assignment. Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. 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. Tan, J. (with Olla, P. & Tan, J.) (2021). Adaptive health management information systems: Concepts, cases, and practical applications (4th ed.). Burlington, MA: Jones & Bartlett Learning. ISBN-13: 9781284153897

I need help creating a video (speech) addressing two questions below. I have included my answers to questions in the application file, so you can base the essay on that. Thank you. Video (speech) should be 2-4 minutes.  Provide a link to a video of yourself addressing the following questions. 1. What are your professional learning and communication styles, and how will these be an asset to a career in athletic training?  2. Explain how you will LEAD and how you will FOLLOW as an athletic training student within your future classroom and clinical experiences.

Explain the process of evidence-based analysis. Highlight the major players and their roles in EBM policy (i.e., government, providers, patients, etc.). Explain the EBM “Levels of Evidence” as defined in your course text. Review the case “Constraints of the ACA on Evidence-Based Medicine.” (Attached) Provide a written analysis of the case “Constraints of the ACA on Evidence-Based Medicine” in Chapter 9 of your textbook. (Utilize the “Levels of Evidence and Grades of Recommendations” as defined by the University of Minnesota) Clearinghouse. Summarize the policy of EBM in your conclusion.

Research the generic substitution laws in the state where you live or intend to seek employment, and then address the following: In your initial post, indicate which state you researched, and then answer the questions below. Kansas should be the state. Do you think your state’s laws make it easier or harder for patients to obtain less expensive generic alternatives? Provide the rationale for your opinion, referencing your state’s law if applicable. Aside from generic medications, what are some other ways pharmacies can help patients save on costs?