Capella BUS3026 All Units Discussions Latest 2020 April

BUS3026 Foundations and Future of Health Care Delivery Management.

Unit 1 Discussion

DQ1 Current Informational Resources

Read the Discussion Participation Scoring Guide to learn how the instructor will evaluate your discussion participation throughout this course.

In preparation for your coursework, you have accessed and subscribed to the list of five required resources, as outlined in your second study for Unit 1. In addition, you have selected one or more of the resources that provide news on the latest innovations and trends in the health care industry. For this discussion, you will share specific information you discovered from these resources.

In your initial post:

List the online resources you chose to connect with and support your learning in this course so far.

Discuss a specific example of information you found interesting as you investigated these resources.

Identify the source of the information and provide a direct link or citation in current APA style to ensure your peers can access it as well.

Response Guidelines

Read and respond to the main posts of at least two peers as early in the week as possible to ensure the development of quality conversation and depth of learning.

Comment on the resource choices and information shared by your peers. Relate your own findings with those of your peers.

Learning Components

This activity will help you achieve the following learning components:

Identify valuable learning experiences related to unit content.

Record knowledge, awareness or skills that may be applicable to career path.

Record information about valuable resources for future reference.

DQ2 The Future of Leadership in Healthcare

Refer directly to your Niles text readings and the Collections: Films and Videos from the U.S. National Library of Medicine to complete your main post.

Browse the video collection to choose one film or video to discuss in depth. In your post:

Share information about the video: the date, content, intended audience, and the relationship of the video to a historical milestone from Chapter 1 in your Niles text.

Discuss how the content or topic covered in the video relates to healthcare in today’s world.

Be sure to include a direct link to the film or video in your post, using current APA style and format.

Response Guidelines

Read and respond to the main posts of at least two peers as early in the week as possible to ensure the development of quality conversation and depth of learning.

Preview the films or videos discussed. Comment on the choice and the insights of your peers, and further discuss its relationship, both historically and currently, to the healthcare industry.

 

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Unit 2 Discussion

Compare and Contrast

You have read how healthcare has changed over the last century. In two or three paragraphs, identify what you think is the most significant or important change. In your response, consider the effects on both individual and population health.

Response Guidelines

Read and respond to the main posts of at least two peers as early in the week as possible to ensure the development of quality conversation and depth of learning.

Respond to your peers’ thoughts and suggest other effects on individual and population health that may not have been considered.

Learning Components

This activity will help you achieve the following learning components:

Identify valuable learning experiences related to unit content.

Record knowledge, awareness or skills that may be applicable to career path.

Select ideas, material, research, and topics of interest to revisit in the future.

Record information about valuable resources for future reference.

Select pertinent information to include in an introduction to a specific component of the U.S. healthcare delivery system.

Examine reliable information sources on four components of the U.S. healthcare delivery system.

 

 

 

 

 

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Unit 3 Discussion

DQ1 Leadership and Management

Per your text readings, you are preparing for a challenging leadership role in the ever-changing healthcare industry. Developing your own leadership style, as appropriate for the sector of the healthcare system in which you work or plan to work, begins by exploring leadership theories and concepts, and choosing and developing what works best for you. This discussion is designed to jump start your thinking about your own leadership style.

In your main post, address the following topics:

Identify a sector of the healthcare system that you are interested in for your healthcare management career.

Share brief descriptions of the different types of professionals you will be responsible for leading and interacting with. Refer to your Niles text and your own outside research for information and descriptions.

Reflect on your career experiences to identify the leadership styles and behaviors of those you have worked for. Choose and discuss an example of a positive experience related to personal power and effective leadership. Refer directly to concepts and theories from your Healey text to explain and support your ideas and insights.

Describe what you might learn from this experience as you develop your own leadership style and behaviors, specifically with the professionals you will lead and interact with in your chosen sector of the healthcare system.

Response Guidelines

Read and respond to the main posts of at least two peers as early in the week as possible to ensure the development of quality conversation and depth of learning.

Comment on the learning experiences of your peers. Compare and contrast your ideas on developing your own personal leadership style and behavior with those of your peers.

Learning Components

This activity will help you achieve the following learning components:

Identify valuable learning experiences related to unit content.

Record knowledge, awareness or skills that may be applicable to career path.

Select ideas, material, research, and topics of interest to revisit in the future.

Record information about valuable resources for future reference.

Define change management theories and skills. Recognize the role of the healthcare manager in relation to global healthcare.

DQ2 Sharing and Discussing Historical Milestone Presentations

Submit the Historical Milestone Presentation you created in Unit 2 as your main post. This discussion is an opportunity to learn about historical milestones in depth by viewing each others work, and is designed primarily for you to increase your awareness and discuss the Unit 2 content.

Your feedback to your classmates’ efforts should concentrate on the depth of what they are sharing and the value you derived from viewing it. In addition, if you have suggestions for improving the use of the virtual software or of the recording hardware, be sure to share helpful tips and information.

Note: You are required to view and provide detailed feedback to at least four main posts in this discussion. Everyone should make a group effort to make sure everyone else’s presentations receive feedback by the end of the week.

Response Guidelines

Review How to Give Constructive Criticism: 6 Helpful Tips to ensure your feedback to your peers is helpful and constructive.

Respond to the main posts of at least four peers as early in the week as possible to ensure the development of quality conversation and depth of learning.

Preview the Historical Milestone Presentations. Comment on interesting aspects of the content, how the presentation increased your awareness or knowledge, and share any tips related to virtual presentation.

 

BUS3026 Foundations and Future of Health Care Delivery Management.

Unit 4 Discussion            

The Current State of the Agency

In the second study in this unit, you used the Wall Street Journal, newsletters you subscribed to in Unit 1, IHI Triple Aim framework, and the Internet to research current information regarding changes, concerns or issues, legislative actions, or proposals related to a particular U.S. government healthcare agency. Use the information you found to complete this discussion.

For your main post:

Identify the U.S. federal agency you researched, and briefly summarize its role.

Describe the information you discovered regarding current changes, concerns or issues, legislative actions, or proposals related to this U.S. healthcare agency.

Share your personal insights about this agency, relating your findings to the overall U.S. healthcare system and your healthcare management career.

Include references in current APA style and format for all your sources.

Response Guidelines

Read and respond to the main posts of at least two peers as early in the week as possible to ensure the development of quality conversation and depth of learning.

In your responses, address the following questions:

What did you find interesting or helpful in your peers’ discussion post?

How do you think the agency issues your peers discussed impact the sector of the healthcare system in which you currently work or plan to work?

Learning Components

This activity will help you achieve the following learning components:

Identify valuable learning experiences related to unit content.

Record knowledge, awareness or skills that may be applicable to career path.

Select ideas, material, research, and topics of interest to revisit in the future.

Record information about valuable resources for future reference.

Use the Internet to explore U.S. Government resources related to global health care.

Compare political, economic, and consumer driven forces impacting U.S. and selected international healthcare systems.

Identify political, economic, and consumer driven forces impacting the selected healthcare systems.

Recognize similarities and differences in structures, approaches, and concepts of the selected international healthcare systems.

Use the study resources provided to identify structures, approaches, and concepts of the U.S. Healthcare System.

Compare the political, economic, and consumer driven forces impacting the U.S. Healthcare system and the selected international healthcare systems.

Examine current online resources for what works and what doesn’t work in the U.S. healthcare system.

Identify political, economic, and consumer driven forces impacting the U.S. Healthcare system and the selected international healthcare systems.

DQ2 Population Health and Population Health Management

To complete this discussion, refer to the following:

Caron (2017) text readings in the first study in this unit, discussing the concepts of population health and population health management.

Research you completed in the second study in this unit, in which you identified an initiative in the U.S. healthcare system that is implementing the principles of population health management, using the Wall Street Journal, newsletters you subscribed to in Unit 1, resources on IHI Web site, or other current and credible sources.

Information you reviewed on the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) Web site about the Triple Aim framework.

For your main post, prepare a short essay (use a minimum of 400 words), addressing the following:

Evaluate an example of a current initiative implemented in the U.S. healthcare system based on the principles of population health management (PHM).

Identify Institute of Medicine (IOM) Core Measures and the PHM approaches involved.

Discuss the barriers involved in PHM planning and implementation.

Share the outcome or current state of the implementation and success of the initiative.

Response Guidelines

Read and respond to the main posts of at least two peers as early in the week as possible to ensure the development of quality conversation and depth of learning.

Comment on the connections your peers made to population health management (PHM) principles, barriers to PHM, and its outcomes. How do you think the initiative they discussed might impact the sector of the healthcare system in which you currently work or plan to work?

Learning Components

This activity will help you achieve the following learning components:

Identify valuable learning experiences related to unit content.

Record knowledge, awareness or skills that may be applicable to career path.

Select ideas, material, research, and topics of interest to revisit in the future.

Record information about valuable resources for future reference.

Compare political, economic, and consumer driven forces impacting U.S. and selected international healthcare systems.

Identify political, economic, and consumer driven forces impacting the selected healthcare systems.

Use the study resources provided to identify structures, approaches, and concepts of the U.S. Healthcare System.

Compare the political, economic, and consumer driven forces impacting the U.S. Healthcare system and the selected international healthcare systems.

 

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Unit 5 Discussion

DQ1 Where Does My Career Plan Fit into the U.S. Healthcare System?

Now that you have studied so many aspects of the structure of the U.S. healthcare system, it is important to consider where in this intricate and complicated framework your career choice may be centered. For your main post, address the following:

Explain where your managerial healthcare career fits in the healthcare industry. View the Stakeholders diagram on page 59 of your Niles textbook and the Capella Health Care Management Career Exploration Guide linked in your studies.

Briefly discuss how the U.S. healthcare financing system impacts your healthcare industry stakeholder sector.

Briefly discuss how the managed care structure impacts your healthcare industry stakeholder sector.

Refer to the resources you subscribed to in Unit 1 to:

Share a specific example of information and a perspective on healthcare reform options or efforts.

Describe how efforts related to that example might affect your career in the healthcare stakeholder sector you currently work in or hope to work in.

Response Guidelines

Read and respond to the main posts of at least two peers as early in the week as possible to ensure the development of quality conversation and depth of learning.

Comment on the insights of your peers. Discuss how your healthcare industry stakeholder sector interacts with or is affected by theirs. Explain how the researched information on healthcare reform your peer shared might impact your own sector.

Learning Components

This activity will help you achieve the following learning components:

Identify valuable learning experiences related to unit content.

Record knowledge, awareness or skills that may be applicable to career path.

Select ideas, material, research, and topics of interest to revisit in the future.

Record information about valuable resources for future reference.

Identify countries that are part of the OECD. Use the study resources provided to examine the U.S. Healthcare System.

Compare political, economic, and consumer driven forces impacting U.S. and selected international healthcare systems.

Identify political, economic, and consumer driven forces impacting the selected healthcare systems.

Recognize similarities and differences in structures, approaches, and concepts of the selected international healthcare systems.

Use the study resources provided to identify structures, approaches, and concepts of the U.S. Healthcare System.

Identify how political, economic, and consumer driven forces in the U.S. would allow for and be impacted by the recommended changes.

DQ2 Healthcare Statistics

After learning about these organizations in your text readings, further investigate current health indicators and outcomes from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), Healthy People.gov, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Choose one disease or disorder to explore in depth. Be sure to also research current, related information on this disease or disorder within the resources you subscribed to in Unit 1.

Address the following in your main post:

Explain the data related to the disease or disorder.

Compare U.S. indicators and outcomes for the disease or disorder to those of a country from within the OECD or of another country, and discuss the possible reasons for the differences. Refer to political, economic, cultural, and consumer driven forces.

Discuss the role of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in attempting to treat and prevent the disease or disorder. Share current information on curative, control, and prevention research efforts.

Response Guidelines

Read and respond to the main posts of at least two peers as early in the week as possible to ensure the development of quality conversation and depth of learning.

Comment on the findings of your peers and how it might relate to your healthcare management career and personal life.

Learning Components

This activity will help you achieve the following learning components:

Identify valuable learning experiences related to unit content.

Record knowledge, awareness or skills that may be applicable to career path.

Select ideas, material, research, and topics of interest to revisit in the future.

Record information about valuable resources for future reference.

Identify countries that are part of the OECD. Use the study resources provided to examine the U.S. Healthcare System.

Use the Internet to explore U.S. Government resources related to global health care.

Compare political, economic, and consumer driven forces impacting U.S. and selected international healthcare systems.

Identify political, economic, and consumer driven forces impacting the selected healthcare systems.

Recognize similarities and differences in structures, approaches, and concepts of the selected international healthcare systems.

Use current informational resources to structures, approaches, and concepts of international healthcare systems.

Use the study resources provided to identify structures, approaches, and concepts of the U.S. Healthcare System.

Use the study resources provided to examine the selected international healthcare systems.

Compare the political, economic, and consumer driven forces impacting the U.S. Healthcare system and the selected international healthcare systems.

Identify political, economic, and consumer driven forces impacting the U.S. Healthcare system and the selected international healthcare systems.

 

 

BUS3026 Foundations and Future of Health Care Delivery Management.

Unit 6 Discussion

DQ1 Compare and Contrast Health Indicators and System Structures

Your main post for this discussion begins your coursework for completing the second assignment in Unit 7, Analyzing and Recommending Healthcare System Reform Options. (Review the requirements for that assignment before completing this discussion).

For your main discussion post, choose a country that is a member of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), and compare and contrast the healthcare system in that country with the healthcare system in the United States by addressing the following:

Compare and contrast U.S. indicators and outcomes to those of one other OECD member country.

Describe the current structure of the healthcare system of each country.

Using the online resources you subscribed to in Unit 1, research and select one current professional or industry opinion or study related to your work in steps 1 and 2.

Identify and defend the credibility of the source of information you selected.

Summarize two major points or ideas from the information you have gathered.

Response Guidelines

Read and respond to the main posts of at least two peers as early in the week as possible to ensure the development of quality conversation and depth of learning.

Share your personal thoughts and opinions on the most interesting aspect of the information in your peers’ posts. Compare and contrast your own findings with that of your peers.

Learning Components

This activity will help you achieve the following learning components:

Identify valuable learning experiences related to unit content.

Record knowledge, awareness or skills that may be applicable to career path.

Select ideas, material, research, and topics of interest to revisit in the future.

Record information about valuable resources for future reference.

Identify countries that are part of the OECD. Use the study resources provided to examine the U.S. Healthcare System.

Use the Internet to explore U.S. Government resources related to global health care.

Use the study resources provided to examine the selected international healthcare systems.

Compare political, economic, and consumer driven forces impacting U.S. and selected international healthcare systems.

Identify political, economic, and consumer driven forces impacting the selected healthcare systems.

Recognize similarities and differences in structures, approaches, and concepts of the selected international healthcare systems.

Use current informational resources to structures, approaches, and concepts of international healthcare systems.

Use the study resources provided to identify structures, approaches, and concepts of the U.S. Healthcare System.

DQ2 Global Aspects of Healthcare Management

For this discussion, refer to your studies on the different aspects of global healthcare.

Choose the aspect of global healthcare you found most relevant to your current management career or the career you plan to pursue. For your main post, prepare a short essay (use a minimum of 400 words), discussing your choice of:

Describe past or current experience(s) you have had in relation to this aspect of global healthcare.

Describe how it is related to your career.

Share interesting, current information you discovered from your Unit 1 subscribed resources in relation to this aspect of global healthcare.

Response Guidelines

Read and respond to the main posts of at least two peers as early in the week as possible to ensure the development of quality conversation and depth of learning.

Share personal insights gained from reading your peers’ essays. Share your own ideas and experiences related to the aspect of global healthcare they chose to discuss.

Learning Components

This activity will help you achieve the following learning components:

Identify valuable learning experiences related to unit content.

Record knowledge, awareness or skills that may be applicable to career path.

Select ideas, material, research, and topics of interest to revisit in the future.

Record information about valuable resources for future reference.

Compare political, economic, and consumer driven forces impacting U.S. and selected international healthcare systems.

Identify political, economic, and consumer driven forces impacting the selected healthcare systems.

Recognize similarities and differences in structures, approaches, and concepts of the selected international healthcare systems.

Use current informational resources to structures, approaches, and concepts of international healthcare systems.

 

 

 

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Unit 7 Discussion            

Identifying Forces and Change Management Processes

For this discussion, choose a major example of change from your studies related to the segment of the healthcare system you currently work within or plan to pursue in your healthcare management career. Locate and refer to current related information from your subscribed sources from Unit 1 to complete your work.

In your post:

Describe the example and the forces related to this change (forces could be technological advances, disruptive innovation, health indicators, political, economic, or consumer driven).

Discuss how leaders might approach managing this change by using the four leadership skills required in the process of change (Healey, pages 161–162).

Share an insight you derived from the text readings by James Dallas (Forward, pages 8–9, and Chapter 1, “Set a Course for Change,” pages 16–29).

that might prove important to consider in the change process for this example.

Share information and insights related to your chosen example that you gained from your subscribed online resources from Unit 1.

Response Guidelines

Read and respond to the main posts of at least two peers as early in the week as possible to ensure the development of quality conversation and depth of learning.

Comment on your peers’ choice of change examples and their application of study materials on how leaders might approach managing this change. Suggest additional change management skills or processes that might be helpful. Share how the management approaches your peers’ shared might relate to your own example and discussion.

Learning Components

This activity will help you achieve the following learning components:

Identify valuable learning experiences related to unit content.

Record knowledge, awareness or skills that may be applicable to career path.

Select ideas, material, research, and topics of interest to revisit in the future.

Record information about valuable resources for future reference.

Describe change management skills a manager in a specific sector might use to manage these changes.

Identify effective change management knowledge and skills.

 

 

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Unit 8 Discussion

DQ1 Applying Change Management Concepts to Population Aging

As evidenced from your studies in this unit, the aging of the U.S. population is a strong force for system change. Leaders in the healthcare system must develop excellent critical thinking and change management skill sets to prepare and navigate their sector of the industry through these changes. Managerial understanding of the Vagaries of Change Acceptance (Healey, 2018, p. 162) concept in strategic planning is vital for leading successful change efforts.

In your first discussion post this week:

Describe how the healthcare sector you work in, or plan to work in, is presently and will in the future, be impacted by an aging population. Include health indicators, political, economic, and consumer driven factors, as applicable.

Using your subscribed sources from Unit 1, research and describe an example of disruptive innovation related to the impact(s) that you describe.

Apply the Vagaries of Change Acceptance (Healey, 2018, p. 162) considerations to analyze how rapidly this innovation might or might not be accepted.

Response Guidelines

Read and respond to the main posts of at least two peers as early in the week as possible to ensure the development of quality conversation and depth of learning.

Share what you learned from your peers’ research and ideas. Comment on how the changes they described might also be related to, or impact your sector of the healthcare delivery system.

Learning Components

This activity will help you achieve the following learning components:

Identify valuable learning experiences related to unit content.

Record knowledge, awareness or skills that may be applicable to career path.

Select ideas, material, research, and topics of interest to revisit in the future.

Record information about valuable resources for future reference.

Examine the process of change in healthcare organizations.

Investigate the role of the healthcare manager in managing change and inspiring others.

DQ2The Long Term Care Continuum

The increased longevity of the U.S. population, and resulting changes in health concerns and quality of life challenges, demand substantial change in the structure of the long-term care continuum.

In your second discussion post for this week:

 

Briefly describe the current and forecasted demographic breakdown of an aging population of your community.

Research and summarize the options available within your community for this population related to the long-term care continuum.

Include resources to support aging in place in the home, as well as adult care homes, intermediate care, assisted living, and skilled nursing facilities.

Analyze your community’s ability to meet the needs of the current population.

Evaluate your community’s ability to meet the needs of the population over the next decade.

Focus on one specific change required to meet current or future needs related to your findings, and research and recommend a creative and innovative option—of U.S. or global origin—to meet this need.

Response Guidelines

Read and respond to the main posts of at least two peers as early in the week as possible to ensure the development of quality conversation and depth of learning.

Contrast and compare your peers’ community and aging population findings to your own. Identify differences or similarities in needs, trends, and options for change between your peers’ long-term care evaluations of the communities and your own community evaluation.

Learning Components

This activity will help you achieve the following learning components:

Identify valuable learning experiences related to unit content.

Record knowledge, awareness or skills that may be applicable to career path.

Select ideas, material, research, and topics of interest to revisit in the future.

Record information about valuable resources for future reference.

Use current online information sources to investigate creativity and entrepreneurship in healthcare.

Use the study resources to investigate creativity and innovation in healthcare and healthcare entrepreneurship.

 

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Unit 9 Discussion

Creative Innovation in Employees/Health Entrepreneurship

Fostering creativity in yourself as a manager and in your staff are vit