...in which the concepts of “God,” “Person,” “Environment,” “Health,” and “Nursing” would be defined according to Colossians 1. HLT 310V Week 3 Topic 3 DQ 2 What tensions do you think you might experience arising from the differing worldviews of administrators, health care providers, and patients? Base your response from the GCU introduction and the textbooks. Cite references from your reading to support your answer. HLT 310V Week 3 Assignment Health Care Provider and Faith Diversity: First Draft Max Points: 100 Details: The practice of health care providers at all levels brings you into contact with people from a variety of faiths. This calls for knowledge and acceptance of a diversity of faith expressions. The purpose of this paper is to complete a comparative analysis of two faith philosophies towards providing health care, one being the Christian perspective. For the second faith, choose a faith that is unfamiliar to you. Examples of faiths to choose from: Sikh, Baha’i, Buddhism, Shintoism, etc. In a minimum of 1,500-2,000 words, provide a comparative analysis of the different belief systems, reinforcing major themes with insights gained from your research. In your comparative analysis, address all of the worldview questions in detail for Christianity and your selected faith. Refer to chapter 2 of the Called to Care for the list of questions. Be sure to address the implications of these beliefs for health care. In addition answer the following questions that address...
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...Paper that’s due Sunday Some different Health care Administrators problems Ideals for research paper that I need to look into more information on. 1. Medicare/Medicaid Payments 2. Changes in Pay Structure 3. Shortage of Healthcare Professionals 3 challenges facing Hospital Administrators? In 500 words or less, describe the specific health care administration problem that you intend to address in your research project (include a single-sentence problem statement and a single sentence hypothesis at the end of this section). 1. Discuss how you determined your research problem. 2. Explain how your research question will influence your research design. 3. Describe and justify the various resources that you plan to use in development of your resource project. While APA format is not required for the body of this assignment, solid academic writing is expected and in-text citations and references should be presented using APA documentation guidelines, which can be found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. This assignment uses a grading rubric. Instructors will be using the rubric to grade the assignment; therefore, students should review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the assignment criteria and expectations for successful completion of the assignment. You are not required to submit this assignment to Turnitin, unless otherwise directed by your instructor. If so directed, refer to the Student Success...
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...Health Reform Essay for Concepts in Health Admin Graduate Course With the 2010 passing of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), health care leaders are facing increased pressure to meet the demands of the reform. The implementation of the ACA expanded healthcare coverage to millions of Americans. This expansion of coverage meant that health care facilities needed to be equipped with enough workers to meet the large number of patients who would now be seeking medical care. However, prior to the ACA, the health care force was already facing a shortage of providers, such as physicians and nurses (Anderson, 2014). So, while health care reform was necessary, it came at a time when health care systems were already in a fragile place. In order for health care institutions to meet the challenges of the ACA and be successful in today’s society, it is imperative that they are equipped with administrators and leaders who “…have diverse skills and a different intellectual approach, as well as creativity, adaptability, and flexibility” (Cicatiello, 2000, p. 21). Prior to the implementation of the ACA, barriers to health insurance left approximately 47 million Americans uninsured (Garfield et al., 2014). At that time, quality health insurance was very costly. Many Americans were too poor to afford health insurance, but made too much to qualify for Medicaid. Additionally, many of America’s largest companies did not offer health benefits to their employees, even if they...
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...Methodology of the Research Process to Problems in Health Care Background and Methodology of the Research Process Abstract Childhood obesity over the years has grown by more than 9 million and that number is expected to grow even more. Parents do not always get a say in the way schools are run, but this article has given parents the opportunity to give their opinions on what they feel is important for their children’s health. The researchers in this article surveyed parents on what can be done in schools to help fight the growing number of children becoming obese. Problem to Solve The problem that this article focuses on is childhood obesity. This paper gives parental perceptions of the schools' role in addressing childhood obesity. Childhood obesity has risen dramatically over the past few years. Approximately over 9 million children are obese and that number continues to rise (Murphy & Polivka, 2007). More than ever schools play an important role in a child’s life. Obesity can cause many more health issues if not treated. This can be treated with more physical activity and better eating habits. Unfortunately, more children are doing less physical activities and eating unhealthy foods. Myers and Vargas decided to survey 200 people to get their views on childhood obesity (Murphy & Polivka, 2007). This article discusses how they feel and what can be done to fix the issue. Health Care Administrators This problem is very important for health care administrators to study...
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...Executive Health Care Management William Alson MGT/521: MANAGEMENT September 13, 2010 Jerry Davis Executive Healthcare Management This is an exciting time for healthcare management. Healthcare is changing more rapidly than almost any other field. The field is changing in terms of how and where care is delivered, who is providing those services, and how that care is financed. The world as we know is changing incredibly fast. Because of the rising costs many hospitals have downsized utilizing more acute care centers. What really have happened to healthcare management are the institutions required talented people to manage the changes taking place. In their roles, healthcare executives have an opportunity to make significant contributions to improving the health of the communities their organizations serve. With growing diversity in the healthcare system, executives are needed in many settings, including but not limited to clinics, consulting firms, health insurance organizations, healthcare associations, hospitals, nursing homes, physician practices, mental health organizations, public health departments, rehabilitation centers, skilled nursing facilities, universities and research institutions. As we move into the 21st century an estimated 100,000 people will occupy health management positions at numerous organizational levels, from department head to chief executive officer. Requirements for senior-level positions in healthcare organizations are...
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...Brochure: The Health Care Law & You (PDF – English 8.99 MB, Spanish 8.3 MB) This brochure is design to accompany the www.healthcare.gov website. Its sole purpose is to provide readers with a little incentive on what to look forward to when visited the website. So one would wonder why I would then go to the website, and the reason or answer to that would be to get more information. The brochure is mainly used to introduce the company or organization, and to inform or provide you with The Healthcare Law, The Law Makes Healthcare More Affordable, and Law Increases You Access to Affordable Care. It’s like almost having the website in you hand. I think this brochure is helpful because it has information that small business could get insight on regarding getting help. Also show anyone can save money on affordable healthcare. 2-Nicholas Bakalar (2013). New York Times Newspaper. Safer Hospital Rooms. This article geared toward showing how some hospital really tries to help improve the safety of others. Also how the cleaning process take place to make you stay a clean and health one by committing to effectiveness. In the article it states that studies that were develop to understand why this was happen in the first place. This is clearly a helpful and useful article to read to let people know wonder you’re a visitor or patient not all hospitals are clean but some are try to make it save and clean for all. 3-Jsaacson Kailes (2013). MSW, LCSW. Health Promotion: Disability...
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...The Evolution of Health Care Paper Abdallah Muqedi, Ashall Smith, Brandi Bevely, Karla Hopkins, Kendrick Bogan, Latasha Cormier HCS/531 June 9, 2014 Dr. Rachael Kehoe Abstract The Evolution of Health Care Paper The health care industry has changed dramatically as the years have passed. One major way that health care has evolved is the use of technology. Technology has helped health care expand in a major way. It has changed simply from the way people can be seen by a doctor to the technology doctors use to diagnose and treat the patients. One way in particular has changed the health care system is Health information technology. The United States Department of Health and Human Services defines Health information technology as “the exchange of health information in an electronic environment. Widespread use of health IT within the health care industry will improve the quality of health care, prevent medical errors, reduce health care costs, increase administrative efficiencies, decrease paperwork, and expand access to affordable health care. It is imperative that the privacy and security of electronic health information be ensured as this information is maintained and transmitted electronically” (Health Information Technology, 2014). With this improvement it is easier for the patients, nurses, physicians, insurance companies, billing departments and health care administrators to look at a patient’s information and access their needs, diagnose and treat, bill the insurance...
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...| My Research Proposal | English 215 with Dorothy Hoerr | | Shaquinta Ford | 10/21/2013 | | For my persuasive paper due in English class, we were given a list of topics, to choose one to write about. The topic I choose was should laws governing nursing homes be changed? Working in a nursing home for the past three years, has influenced my thinking about them. As a result, from working in a health care facility, I’ve learned that the staff is unheard. Majority of Nursing Home Administrators don’t consider their staff’s ideas to improve their facility. Another reason I choose this topic is because many people forget that even though someone is in a nursing care facility, that doesn’t mean overlooking them. They still have a voice that should be heard and an opinion that should be considered. The quality of life through nursing homes should be improved by helping to turn a “disabled” into a “capability”. One of the things I will include in my paper will be some of the laws of nursing homes. In this paper, I will explain the meaning of my thesis. I intend to focus on one of the major goals of any nursing care facility, which is to rehabilite. In this paper I intend to show how this goal is sometimes not achieved, and ways it can be achieved. I also intend to write about several problems nursing homes face and ways to help solve them. The audience I will be writing for will be a mixed audience. Half of the audience will be people that already know about...
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...Importance of Research HCS/465 6/13/16 Introduction Health care is based off of the research of those who have questions or researchers searching for answers. A young lady, who is not a physician but had a question about something she read wanted an answer to her question. This paper will discuss her question, research method and her results from conducting her research. A young lady, Lauren Hodge, researched topic was about carcinogens, “a substance that causes cancer” and which substance causes the cancerous cells to develop (merriam-webster, 2016). The topic of carcinogens first intrigued Lauren while visiting the doctor’s office as she read a lawsuit. She also knew that grilled chicken is a healthier choice to prepare chicken but the marinades that is used to season the chicken is the reason why the cancerous cells grow on the chicken. Her mother cooked for dinner grilled chicken and noticed that there was change in the meat; the meat turned whit around the edges. She wanted to know how and why these changes occur in the process. Lauren used different kinds of marinades to help with the research which included lemon juice, salt water, brown sugar, soy sauce and olive oil. She first baked the chicken without any marinades, she then baked more chicken using each of the above marinades. Lauren used qualitative research to conduct her hypothesis. Her choice of using this research methodology helps proves the reasons and motivation for the chemical changes...
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...GAMES: A TRIFOCAL VIEW OF ORGANIZATIONAL POLITICS* PATRICIA BRADSHAW-CAMBALL AND VICTOR V. MURRAY York University, 4700 Keele Street, North York, Ontario, Canada Despite recent and growing interest in organizational politics, conceptual thought in this area tends to be dominated by a single theoretical perspective. In this paper we describe and contrast three views of organizational politics (functionalist, interpretive and radical) according to their differing structures, processes and outcomes. Each view, or lens, directs attention to some aspects of politics and away from others, and each has strengths and weaknesses embedded in it. In order to assess whether multiple perspectives on politics can be fruitfully applied simultaneously, we describe and analyze a case of a hospital administration engaged in budgeting games and illusion making. The data for the case were collected using naturalistic inquiry and multiple methods including structured and unstructured interviews, review of documents, observation of meetings and casual interaction facilitated by frequent visits over a ten-month period. The case revolves around the hospital administrators' attempts to deal with what they termed a "disastrous deficit" and the most serious financial situation in the hospital's history. Strategies for dealing with the funding agency and board of directors included the management of meaning and communications about the term "deficit." The three perspectives on organizational...
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...Kerry Ann Brown South University Due to the changing health care environment, the nursing profession is currently in a process of evolution. Scopes of practice and role expansions are being prepared. Some of these roles are traditional, such as nurse practitioners who have been fighting for equality and recognition since the early 19th century. With the advent of technological advancements in health care new roles such as nurse informaticists, recognized as a specialty in the later part of the 20th century, are being put into practice and defined. More responsibilities are being given to the nursing profession due to its knowledge base within the constructs of organization, implementation, and evaluation skills with a human approach. During the context of this class much knowledge was gained in respect to the nurse practitioner (NP), nurse administrator, nurse educator, and nurse informaticist (nurse informatics specialist). Because health care is changing, the aforementioned roles are also evolving, this paper will explore the commonalities with each advance practice role and analyze the roles and contributions of the nurse informatics specialist. The nurse practitioner is a postgraduate prepared registered nurse, who has either a master’s degree or doctorate. Upon graduation, NPs possess a wealth of knowledge allowing them to independently manage direct clinical aspects of patient-centered holistic care (Hamric, Hanson, Tracy, & O’Grady, 2014). NPs empower...
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...Journal of Management and Marketing Research Hospital management reform: a step to healthcare reform R. Peter Heine Stetson University E. Nick Maddox Stetson University Abstract Recent intensive dialogue and debate regarding healthcare reform has led provider administrators to renew their search for “best practices” around the country. Many organizations, particularly hospitals, because of their complexity, are seeking new paradigms that will improve their efficiency and effectiveness regardless of the outcome of the current reform debate. This paper suggest that implementing an organizational change model, specifically, socio-technical systems design, can lead to more teamwork, communications and improved patient service delivery in all areas of hospital operations. Within the STS frame, staff records detailed steps or unit operations in their patient care processes, and then engage physicians in determining what could go wrong in each of these unit operations. Finally, changing what happens or improving the way these steps happen can become a team effort involving both social (people) and technical solutions. The authors acknowledge the extreme difficulty of changing the dominant physicianfocused culture which would be the result of such a successful OD intervention. Keywords: hospital management, healthcare reform Hospital management reform, Page 1 Journal of Management and Marketing Research Introduction The healthcare industry is the subject of intense debate. Forces...
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...Outline In deciding to become a Medical Administrative Specialist, a person should research the job description, the requirements to become one, and the job outlook for the future. 1. Job Description A. physician practices; large healthcare and allied health organizations such as clinics, hospitals, and foundations; insurance companies; medical publishers; research organizations; and medical product manufacturers 2. Requirements A. Education 1. Associates Degree 2. Total of 68 credits B. Training 1. Internships 2. On-the-job 3. Job Outlook A. Various fields 1. Medical Transcriptionist 2. Insurance Billing B. Expected growth Medical Administrative Specialist In today’s job market of limited opportunities, it is necessary to choose a career path wisely. One sector of the economy with high growth prospects is the medical field. As such, a career in Medical Administration would appear to be a promising choice. However, there are many important aspects that must be taken into account before choosing to follow this career path. These aspects include salary, the large number of available jobs, and the job outlook for the future. When choosing a career, salary isn’t always the first thing to look at, but of course, should be considered. The pay varies greatly in the Healthcare Administration category, since there is a wide range of jobs. An entry-level professional who possesses an Associate’s in Healthcare Administration...
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...Health care Industry Paper Shantelle Price HCS/449 Health Care Administration Capstone May 5, 2013 Tionna Jenkins Abstract The health care industry has evolved to increase the quality of health care and to increase patient satisfaction. Also the performance of health care facilities will be a vital aspect of the health care industry as well as the design of health care facilities. This paper will show how health care has changed within the last 10 years, what changes the health care industry is expected to see within the next ten years, and what role will I play as a consumer in the health care industry and how I will adapt my health care skills to evolve with the health care industry’s needs. This paper will explain my perception of health care changes over the course of this program, what has had the most significant impact, what role will technology play in health care organizations in the coming decade and what financial and economic issues will affect the health care industry within the next 10 years? Health care Industry Paper How has health care changed in the last 10 years? The health care industry has evolved drastically over the last 10 years; health care is more patient-centered and patient friendly (Harrington & Voehl, 2010, p. 15). The goal of the health care industry over the last 10 years was to embrace consumerism and encourage consumerism to allow patients to be responsible for their own health care decisions (Harrington & Voehl...
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...EVOLUTION OF HEALTH CARE INFORMATION SYSTEMS PAPER EVOLUTION OF HEALTH CARE INFORMATION SYSTEMS PAPER 2 THE PATIENT RELATIONSHIPS WITH HEALTH CARE TECHNOLOGY My grandfather would often share stories of the neighborhood Doctor coming to visit the family home and providing medical care or just stopping in to say hello. They were extremely thorough, knew the entire family's history and actually became a part of the family. Over the years, the Doctor's relationship has evolved from the family member/neighborhood doctor to the world of physicians make diagnosis based on the available CPT code and patient visits are conducted via tele-medical devices. Medical relationships first transitioned from the family physician to neighborhood Doctor offices, then to company doctors and now Insurance Companies who act as puppet masters for physicians. I spoke with a friend whom is a physician over the weekend and she said, Medical care is very different than what she pictured it to be. As a doctor, she is as concerned about the times outlined by insurance companies and CPT codes as she about the patient’s health. I am sure my grandfather could have never imagined this type of relationship with his family doctor. To bridge the gap between the physician patient relationship of yesterday and today, technology savvy healthcare providers are using personal digital assistants (PDA) to act as the provider memory bank. The advancement of PDAs is just one of the many revolutionary advances that...
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