Aspen N502 All Assignments Latest 2019 September

N502 Health Care Systems

Unit 1 Assignment

Health care
planners could be more effective and efficient if they used the concept of the
natural history of disease and the levels of prevention to design services that
intervene at the weakest link in the chain of progression of specific diseases.
Instead, most focus on high-technology solutions to preventable problems.
Assess the characteristics of the medical care culture that encourage the
latter approach.

Hospitals
and other health care institutions, whether voluntary or for-profit, need to be
financially solvent to survive growing market pressures. Describe how this
“bottom line” focus has changed the nature of the US health care
system.

The
insurance industry plays a huge role in the American health care system and
absorbs a significant portion of the health care dollar. A single payer system,
whether it is a private company or the US government, would eliminate the
complex insurance paperwork burden and free substantial funds that could be
diverted to support care for the under-served. Why do you believe that so much
resistance to a concept used in every other developed country has continued in
the U.S.?

Please
submit one APA formatted paper between 1000 – 1500 words, not including the
title and reference page. The assignment should have a minimum of two scholarly
sources, in addition to the textbook.

N502 Health Care Systems

Unit 2 Assignment

Professional
Development Assignment

Based on
what you have learned so far this week, create a PowerPoint presentation with
detailed notes for each slide that addresses each of the following
points/questions. Be sure to completely answer all the questions. Use clear
headings that allow your professor to know which bullet you are addressing on
the slides in your presentation. Support your content with at least four (4)
citations throughout your presentation. Make sure to reference the citations
using the APA writing style for the presentation. Include a slide for your
references at the end. Follow best practices for PowerPoint presentations (an
example is located in the Resources tab) related to text size, color, images,
effects, wordiness, and multimedia enhancements.

Title Slide
(1 slide)

For a
hospital to operate efficiently and effectively, the three important influences
in its governance, medical staff, board of trustees, and administration, must
work together in reasonable harmony. What factors contribute to the tension
that usually exists among them? (4 slides).

Organizations
such as the LeapFrog Group represent a growing trend to survey and report on
the quality of hospital care and to make the findings available to the public.
What are your opinions about the public’s readiness to deal with having this
information available and using it to make choices about medical care? (2-3
slides)

Hospitals
are facing unprecedented financial challenges from entrepreneurial physician
initiatives that are establishing competitive, free-standing diagnostic and
treatment centers and specialty hospitals. What are the advantages and
disadvantages to these developments from a patient perspective? (2-3 slides)

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Unit 3 Assignment

Given the
increasing longevity of Americans and the costs of providing long-term care,
anticipation of the costs should be a major element of every family’s financial
planning. Current information suggests however, that very few families or
individuals give this consideration. What factors might impede this advance
planning? What measures might be effective in raising awareness among Americans
about this important matter?

Identify
the major factors that have resulted in the shift in utilization from inpatient
hospitalization to ambulatory care services. What are the implications of this
shift for hospitals, consumers, and the health care delivery system as a whole?

The
recipients of mental health services in the US represent only a small
percentage of those in need of services. Discuss the factors that impede access
to mental illness treatment.

Please
submit one APA formatted paper between 1000 – 1500 words, not including the
title and reference page. The assignment should have a minimum of two scholarly
sources, in addition to the textbook.

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Unit 4 Assignment

Professional
Development Assignments

Based on
what you have learned so far this week, create a educational presentation with
detailed notes and recorded audio comments for all content slides that
addresses each of the following points/questions. Be sure to completely answer
all the questions. Use clear headings that allow your professor to know which
bullet you are addressing on the slides in your presentation. Support your
content with at least four (4) citations throughout your presentation. Make
sure to reference the citations using the APA writing style for the
presentation. Include a slide for your references at the end. Follow best
practices for PowerPoint presentations (an example is located in the Resources
tab) related to text size, color, images, effects, wordiness, and multimedia
enhancements. Use the audio recording feature
with the PowerPoint. Alternatively, you may use a smartphone or tablet to
record yourself speaking, should you be unable to use the audio feature within
PowerPoint.

Title Slide
(1 slide)

The various
kinds of health professionals are educated in separate schools but with
considerable overlap in curricula and training requirements. They are, however,
expected to integrate their training and work together after graduation.
Identify the advantages and disadvantages of this approach to professional
education in terms of costs, educational efficiency, and patient care
quality.(4 slides).

An
oversupply of physicians in many urban regions contrasts with continuing
problems of access in rural and inner-city areas. Why does the mal-distribution
of physicians persist in spite of the number of physicians graduated? (2-3
slides)

The health
care delivery system now places increased emphasis on maintaining wellness and
on promoting disease avoidance through healthy behaviors and lifestyles. What
challenges does this new orientation pose for our existing system of medical
education and training? (2-3 slides)

References
(1 slide)

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Unit 5 Assignment

Compare and
contrast each of the three questions related to Managed Care Organizations,
Medicare, and Medicaid with one another and explain how they were similar and
different to each other.

Managed
care organizations emphasize physicians’ responsibilities to control patient
access to expensive hospitalization and specialty care, a principle dubbed
“gatekeeping.” Some argue that “gatekeeping” is unethical
because it introduces financial factors into treatment decisions. Others say it
improves quality by promoting the use of the most appropriate levels of care.

Medicare is
an area that often gets overlooked and is seen as a burden financially. Discuss
alternatives to ease the drain on Medicare resources.

Medicaid is
shouldering an ever-increasing burden of cost for long-term care for the
elderly, with enormous impacts on state budgets throughout the nation. Discuss
alternatives to ease this drain on Medicaid resources.

Please
submit one APA formatted table, (minimum 750 words) that highlights the above
content make sure to include a title and reference page. The assignment should
have a minimum of two scholarly sources, in addition to the textbook.

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Unit 6 Assignment

Professional
Development Assignments:

Public
health efforts and those of private medicine complement each other and together
serve the spectrum of health service needs of American society. Why, then, has
their relationship been so contentious?

The
Institute of Medicine report of 1999 cites two major studies that establish
medical errors as one of the leading causes of death and disability in the
United States. Should the federal government take the necessary steps to
monitor the status of this high-risk situation, as it does with other
epidemics, or should the government continue to trust the providers of health
care to deal forthrightly with the problem?

Analyze why
legislative attempts to address only one of the trio of rising costs, lack of universal
access, or variable quality of health care only worsens the remaining two.

Please
submit one APA formatted paper between 1000 – 1500 words, not including the
title and reference page. The assignment should have a minimum of two scholarly
sources, in addition to the textbook.

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Unit 7 Assignment

Definitions
of the quality of medical care are no longer left to clinicians who decide for
themselves what technical performance constitutes “good care.” What
are the other dimensions of quality care and why are they important? What has
changed since the days when “doctor knows best?”

Quality in
medical care may be defined as achieving the greatest benefit at the lowest
risk. How have the priorities of our health care system and the allocation of
resources addressed this goal?

Contrast
the definitions of implicit and explicit criteria in assessing health care
quality. How is each type of criterion useful in quality assessment?

Please
submit one APA formatted paper between 1000 – 1500 words, not including the
title and reference page. The assignment should have a minimum of two scholarly
sources, in addition to the textbook.

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Unit 8 Signature Assignment

Signature
Assignment: Improving Health Care Delivery

Presentation:

Among
various stakeholders, the registered nurse is an advocate for patients, their
health and the care delivered to them. There is a need to evaluate the health
status of vulnerable populations, to assess nursing’s role in health
initiatives, and to find ways that we can help improve health. This
presentation enables students to assess the role of organized efforts to
influence health care delivery, and the contributions of medical technology,
research findings, and societal values on our evolving health care delivery
system.

This
presentation will examine the role of the nurse as a health professional and
leader.

Choose a
high-risk risk population

Address a
health care need for this population

What
resources are provided for this population

What are
the economic priorities, challenges, and issues for this population

What are
the major ethical, societal, professional, and legal system-level issues
confronting providers, insurers, public policymakers, and organizations
regarding the care for this population

How could
nursing intervene or advocate to improve the health care delivery for this
population

This
PowerPoint® (Microsoft Office) or Impress® (Open Office) presentation should be
a minimum of 20 slides (maximum of 30 slides), including a title, introduction,
conclusion and reference slide, with detailed speaker notes and recorded audio
comments for all content slides. Use the audio recording feature with the
presentation software. Use at least four scholarly sources and make certain to
review the module’s Signature Assignment Rubric before starting your
presentation. This presentation is worth 400 points for quality content and
presentation.