What are some examples of different population groups that must be considered when doing health care planning?

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  • What are some examples of different population groups that must be considered when doing health care planning? Are there subgroups of these populations? For example, populations can be studied in terms of male vs. female. What other ways can populations be broken down for study? What are the advantages of looking at subgroups in terms of planning for services?

 

  • The term “outcomes measurement” is very big in healthcare these days. What do we mean by this term? How does this term apply to specific services, and to populations? Give examples.
    • What are some examples of different population groups that must be considered when doing health care planning? Are there subgroups of these populations? For example, populations can be studied in terms of male vs. female. What other ways can populations be broken down for study? What are the advantages of looking at subgroups in terms of planning for services?

     

    • The term “outcomes measurement” is very big in healthcare these days. What do we mean by this term? How does this term apply to specific services, and to populations? Give examples.

Describe your routine health care

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NEED THIS ASSIGNMENT DONE MUST BE PLAGERISM FREE AND HAVE 3 REFRENCES

Choose one of the following roles as you imagine yourself as someone from a completely different background than yours:

  • African American in Chicago’s inner city
  • Someone in the rural Midwest
  • Immigrant new to the states in New York
  • Successful professional businessperson working in downtown Chicago
  • Older inmate located on Rikers Island

Create 900- to 1,050-word short story, describing health care utilization through time, birth to death, from this unfamiliar perspective.

Include the following:

  • Describe your routine health care.
  • What was health care like when you were young?
    • Did you get immunization shots?
    • Did your parents take you to a family doctor for an annual exam?
  • What was health care like when you were:
    • A young adult
    • An older adult
  • Describe at least one episode of acute care, such as your experience with bad fever, deep cut, broken bone, or the like.
  • Describe care for at least one form of chronic care, such as diabetes, asthma, or high blood pressure.

Submit your assignment to your instructor.

Discuss the impact of the roles on the health care organizations

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Resource: Health Care Careers Diagram and Summary Grading Criteria

Research mind mapping in the University of Phoenix Library or on the Internet.

Select a health care career within the managed care organization, pharmaceutical company, research organization, college, information technology company, the health care continuum (hospital, ambulatory, long-term care), the mental health continuum (diagnostics, outpatient, inpatient), and so forth.

  • Describe selected career.
  • Identify two or three services and products within the selected career.
  • Identify the workforce roles within the services and products.
  • Discuss the impact of the roles on the health care organizations.
  • Describe selected career.
  • Identify two or three services and products within the selected career.
  • Identify the workforce roles within the services and products.
  • Discuss the impact of the roles on the health care organizations.

Create a diagram with the career choice as the focal point and identifying the work roles within one of the services or product you identify.

Complete a 350- to 700-word summary of your findings and a diagram.

Format your summary consistent with APA guidelines.

How does an EHR impact the financial and billing side of health care management?

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Primary Task Response: Within the Discussion Board area, write 400–600 words that respond to the following questions with your thoughts, ideas, and comments. This will be the foundation for future discussions by your classmates. Be substantive and clear, and use examples to reinforce your ideas.

You are a member of the Electronic Health Record (EHR) Implementation Team. This team is made up of many key people who come together to pick the vendor for EHR and begin the process of implementation. As part of this team, you will be reviewing and discussing software applications, as well as data collection and standards, laws, and regulations that govern the EHR.

Step 1: As part of the EHR Implementation Team, you are given the task to research 3 of the following laws, standards, or regulations that govern the EHR. You will need to discuss what they are and what their importance is for the EHR implementation. Perform research as needed, and provide APA references. The standards that you may choose from are as follows:

  • Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act
  • American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)
  • Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) Security Rule
  • HIPAA Privacy Rule
  • National provider identifier (NPI)
  • Protected health information (PHI)
  • Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC)
  • National Health Information Network (NHIN)
  • Certification for Health Information Technology (CCHIT)

Step 2: While you are working on the EHR Implementation Team, you are meeting other members of the team. You would like to understand their roles in the team so that you can work better with them. Choose 2 of the following health care professionals who work with health informatics. Be sure to indicate what degree is required, and if the professional earns a certification or credential. Perform research as needed, and provide APA references. The professions that you may choose from are as follows:

  • Chief information officer (CIO)
  • Health informatics and health information
  • Health information specialty areas
  • Health care manager or administrator
  • Health systems administrator

Step 3: How does an EHR impact the financial and billing side of health care management?

Additional instructions:

  • The main post should address each of the major points of the question.
  • The main post should be 2–3 paragraphs of original information in 400–600 words
  • The main post should include at least 1 reference to research sources, and all sources should be cited using APA format.
  • There should be at least 2 quality responses to other students during the week with a minimum of 100 words for each response.
  • Grammar, spelling, punctuation, and format should be correct and professional.