Analyze the transition of health care from the 18th Century leading up to the 21st Century

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“Development of U.S. Health Care in Hospitals Based on the Foundation of U.S. Law”  Please respond to the following:

 

  • * From the scenario, relate the basic steps in the development of U.S. health law, leading up to the present, to you or an employer’s need for health insurance coverage in light of the provisions that the Affordable Health Care Act sets forth. Rationalize the fundamental way in which these laws play a pivotal part in understanding the roles that today’s health care administrators play.
  • Analyze the transition of health care from the 18th Century leading up to the 21st Century. Evaluate the degree and quality of care established within 18th Century U.S. hospitals, as compared to the level of care seen in today’s hospitals. Examine the primary roles of progressive health care law in shaping the current modern environments.

Week 2 Disscussion Question :

“Application of Tort Law in Health Care Project Management Protocols”  Please respond to the following:

  • * From the scenario, analyze the development of health care project management predicated on tort law. Ascertain the major ways in which tort law provides solutions to health care concerns, in light of the complexities of 21st Century health care administration roles.
  • Analyze the development of tort law from the concept and degree of negligence to the application of the law to strict / product liability. Evaluate the success of tort law in providing solutions to 21st Century health care disputes. Rationalize your answer by using any applicable legal precedents.

Week 3 Disscussion question

“Contracts and Antitrust Protocols Based on the Criminal Aspects of Health Care”  Please respond to the following:

  • * From the scenario, differentiate between the concepts of criminal law, antitrust, and health care as they apply to U.S. health law in the 21st Century. Conceptualize the primary ways in which these laws apply to U.S. health care administrators.
  • Analyze the general transition of U.S. health laws based on criminal misconduct in health care to the creation of contract laws, as predicated within the Sherman Antitrust Act. Evaluate the efficacy of the measures that the new contracts in question afford, and rationalize whether or not these improvements have provided optimal solutions to today’s complex concerns of integrity in health care performance

Consider how the structure and organization of the U.S. health care system affects delivery of services

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The U.S. health care delivery system is often described as a kaleidoscope, puzzle, or patchwork quilt—descriptions that emphasize the fact that health care delivery in this country involves multiple, loosely coordinated components, and does not function through one integrated system. The organization and structure of this “system” have a tremendous impact on the delivery of services. As such, health care professionals, consumers, advocates, and policy makers face tough choices with regard to health care costs, quality, and access.

To prepare for this Application Assignment:

  • Consider how the structure and organization of the U.S. health care system affects delivery of services.
  • Reflect on the interrelationships between and among health care costs, quality, and access in this country.
  • Bring to mind a specific example that illustrates potential trade-offs.

To complete this Application Assignment, write a 1- to 2-page paper that addresses a specific situation or issue that illustrates the trade-offs involved in decisions related to cost, quality, and access. Be sure that your paper includes answers to the following questions:

  • How could current and future efforts to contain costs affect quality and access?
  • How might measures to ensure the provision of high-quality care influence costs and accessibility?
  • How could efforts to promote universal access to care impact cost and quality?
  • How can the structure and organization of the U.S. health care delivery system bring about or impact cost, quality, and access to health care.

Be sure to support your work with specific citations from this week’s Learning Resources and additional scholarly sources as appropriate. Refer to the Essential Guide to APA Style for Walden Students to ensure that your in-text citations and reference list are correct.

Required Resources

Media

 

  • Video: Laureate Education, Inc. (Executive Producer). (2009). Context of health care delivery. Baltimore: Author.Note: The approximate length of this media piece is 12 minutes.

    In this media program, health care experts will introduce the topics to be discussed in this course. Dr. Jeffrey Levi offers insight into the patchwork system of health care in this country. Dr. Donald Arthur explains the critical balance between cost, quality, and access to health care. Todd Linden describes how health care is financed and Dr. Donald Berwick explains the six dimensions of quality in health care.

    Note: As a reminder, additional Learning Resources for the week are listed below the Media Player. Be sure to scroll to the bottom of the web page to view the complete list of Required and Optional Resources.

What happens when people apply differential standards (all valid) to health care decisions?

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You are a paramedic arriving at an emergency scene. A group of scouts have entered a cave that is now filling with water. They were led into the cave by a rather large scoutmaster. Unfortunately, while leading them out of the cave, the scoutmaster somehow managed to get stuck in a narrow opening with only his head and shoulders protruding out. With his upper torso stuck outside the cave, it appears the scoutmaster will survive, but all the boys below will drown if they cannot escape.

After you have checked all possible escape routes and have attempted to extricate the scoutmaster, it becomes clear that the only way to save the boys is to sacrifice the scoutmaster and remove him from the hole so the rest of the scouts can escape.

What is the correct action for this case? Justify your decision using each of the following:

  • Duty-oriented reasoning (1 to 2 Paragraphs)
  • Consequence-oriented reasoning (1 to 2 Paragraphs)
  • Virtue-ethics reasoning (1 to 2 Paragraphs)

Based on your analysis, consider what might be the ultimate dilemma of ethics and include your answer to each of the following questions:

  • What happens when people apply differential standards (all valid) to health care decisions? Explain with supporting examples. (2 to 3 Paragraphs)
  • How does an individual determine who is ultimately right when different decisions are reached? (2 to 3 Paragraphs)

Your assignment will be graded in accordance with the following criteria. Click here to view the grading rubric.

Please submit your assignment.

The U.S. health care system has numerous known issues that affect the overall quality, access, and cost of services available

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The U.S. health care system has numerous known issues that affect the overall quality, access, and cost of services available. For your Final Paper, you will create an eight- to ten-page proposal (excluding the title and reference pages) on your solution to one of these issues. In the proposal, you will describe the nature of the issue, trace the history of its development, describe what has and has not been done to address it thus far, provide a set of recommendations on what should be done to address it in the future, and discuss how major stakeholders should be involved to make your proposed changes.

 

Select  the following issues in health care for the topic of your Final Paper:

  1. The health care workforce.

You are encouraged to break your proposal up into sections to be sure you address each of the questions below. Specifically, you should address the following in your proposal:

  1. Executive Summary: Introduce the topic that you chose. Provide a brief overview of content of your proposal.
  2. Statement of the problem: Clearly describe the topic that you chose. Define and explain the major problems related to this issue.
  3. History of the problem: Review the major developments in the evolution of this problem in the U.S. How did this issue develop historically? How did we get to where we are now?
  4. International context: Compare and contrast this problem in the U.S. to that of other countries. How does this issue in the U.S. compare to other countries? Is the issue more common here or in other countries and why?
  5. Stakeholders: Describe the role of major stakeholders in the problem. How have federal and state governments and the health care industry worked to address this issue so far? What have been the successes and failures of their attempts?
  6. Policy: Provide examples of how the P.P.A.C.A. and other federal policies have attempted to address this issue. What has been the impact of their action or non-action?
  7. Recommendations: Provide a set of recommendations on what should be done to address this issue in the future. What should the major stakeholders, such as the government, the health care industry, and health care consumers do to implement these recommendations and how? Provide a justification for why you believe each recommendation will address one or more of the problems related to this issue.
  8. Conclusion: Construct a brief conclusion that highlights the key points from your proposal and describes the expected outcomes if your recommendations were to be implemented.

 

Writing the Final Paper

The Final Paper:

  1. Must be eight to ten double-spaced pages in length, and formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.
  2. Must include a title page with the following:
    1. Title of paper
    2. Student’s name
    3. Course name and number
    4. Instructor’s name
    5. Date submitted
  3. Must begin with an introductory paragraph that has a succinct thesis statement.
  4. Must address each of the eight points listed above.
  5. Must address the topic of the paper with critical thought.
  6. Must end with a conclusion that reaffirms your thesis.
  7. Must use at least five scholarly sources, all of which must be from the Ashford University Library.
  8. Must document all sources in APA style, as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.
  9. Must include a separate reference page, formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.