Discuss the major challenges of implementing HIT in the U.S. healthcare delivery system

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This week’s lesson focuses on the use of HIT as an integral part of the U.S. healthcare delivery system. You have learned about the government’s contribuons, which include financial and legislave mandates to HIT. Despite the sizable investment and emphasis by public and private sectors, there is mixed scienfic evidence on the benefits of HIT when looking at quality and cost of care. Your assignment this week is to write a paper that includes the following:

Briefly discuss the history of HIT and how it has evolved in the U.S. since the early 1960s. Be sure to discuss the role of large academic health instuons in the development and implementaon of HIT.

Discuss the major challenges of implemenng HIT in the U.S. healthcare delivery system. Summarize strategies to overcoming these challenges.

Idenfy and discuss areas of opportunity for improving quality, effecveness, and efficiency of the healthcare delivery system using HIT.
Length: 2 – 3 pages excluding reference page.

References: Support your work with a minimum of 3 scholarly resources
Your paper should demonstrate thoughtful consideration of the ideas and concepts that are
presented in the course. As well as provide new thoughts and insights relating directly to this topic. Your response should reflect graduate‐level wring and APA standards.

Does economic growth necessarily lower the quality of the environment?

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Assignment:
1. Suppose every member of Congress genuinely believes that government expenditures are excessive and ought to be reduced by at least 10 percent. Why would this not be sufficient to assure a 10 percent reduction?
2. Why do so many members of Congress believe that the federal government should subsidize local projects, such as improvements in bus or subway systems in major cities?
A. Who would benefit from construction of a subway system in a large city?
B. Can you think of a public-interest argument for having taxpayers across the country pay for a local subway system?
C. If you knew that your taxes were going to go up $10 a year in order to finance a subway in some distant city, would you write a letter of protest to your legislator?
D. If your city were being considered for a large federal grant to subsidize an improvement in the local public transportation system, would you expect your local government officials to go to Washington and lobby actively for it? Would you expect your congressional representatives to support it? Would you form a more favorable opinion of local officials and congressional representatives if your city proved successful in its grant application?
3. Should countries with vast natural resources be required to help those with little-to-no natural resources? For example, oil-rich Qatar, which provides free health care to all its natural citizens, be required by law to provide health care to all of the citizens of Tanzania because its government doesn’t have the same type of natural resources? Explain your answer.
4. How important is economic growth? Does it really make people better off in the long run? Or, as the question is sometimes misleadingly put, “Can money buy happiness?”
A. Our desires and satisfactions are often relative not only to what others have but also to what we ourselves have become accustomed to. A small amount of tasteless food can be the source of immense satisfaction to a very hungry person. Is the marginal satisfaction gained by upgrading from codfish to jumbo prawns or from processed cheese to brie as great as the marginal satisfaction in going from one cup of rice per day to two? The marginal cost of the last improvement is surely far less.
B. Advocates of zero economic growth are principally concerned about the deleterious effects of economic growth on the environment. Does economic growth necessarily lower the quality of the environment?
C. The behavior of almost everyone indicates that people believe they will be better off if they earn a larger income, because a larger income means the ability to acquire more of what they want almost, but not quite, without regard to what it is that they want. But to what extent is this desire for more relative to what others have? If everyone else in the society is also acquiring more, how much satisfaction will I obtain from getting more? Will the marginal benefit exceed the marginal cost?

Barriers to Electronic Health Record Adoption

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After you read the module information regarding new technologies, answer the following questions: What are the issues surrounding selection and implementation of new types of technology? Focus on public demand, physician reaction, and issues of cost, among other concerns.
2)Discuss your thoughts and ideas about the newer trend of pharmaceutical and medical supply companies marketing directly to the consumer (e.g., ads about new medications, billboards for new hip and knee implants, etc.). What do you see as the pros and cons?
Use any of these as references
answer thes dqs in 250 words including intext cite and apa references
https://www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/ta/index.html
“Barriers to Electronic Health Record Adoption: A Systematic Literature Review,” by Kruse, Kristof, Jones, Mitchell, and Martinez, from Journal of Medical Systems (2016).
“Too Much or Too Little? How Much Control Should Patients Have over EHR Data?,” by Bhuyan, Bailey-DeLeeuw, Wyant, and Chang, from Journal of Medical Systems (2016).
“Use of Electronic Health Record Data for Quality Reporting,” by Abernethy, Gippetti, Parulkar, and Revol, from Journal of Oncology Practice (2017)

Discuss the signs and symptoms a patient may exhibit when experiencing liver cirrhosis

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QUESTION 1.

Compare and contrast neurotransmitters and hormones.
Your response must be at least 200 words in length

QUESTION 2.

Discuss the signs and symptoms a patient may exhibit when experiencing liver cirrhosis.
Your response must be at least 200 words in length

Analyze the case study found on p. 276 in your textbook by addressing the assigned questions below. While analyzing the case, be sure to identify the major problems and issues.
 Draft a response or strategy for addressing the major problems and issues.
 Make recommendations to improve the patient’s health.
 Discuss any negative consequences that may occur if the patient’s health issue is not addressed.
Your response should be at least one page in length. Include at least one reference to support your work in APA style. You are required to use at least your textbook as source material for your response. All sources used, including the textbook, must be referenced; paraphrased and quoted material must have accompanying citations.
Information about accessing the Blackboard Grading Rubric for this assignment is provided below.

The Maria story The case study

Maria is a 35 year old insulin dependent diabetic who currently takes good care of herself. She didn’t take good care of herself as a teenager. She is on an insulin pump to try to control her blood sugar, but has recently passed out in public several times.
What conditions causes her to pass out (hyperglycemia or hypoglycemia)
Why does this condition develop
What are the treatments for early stages of this condition
Given that she has been a diabetic for so long, why doesn’t Maria realize she is in trouble before she pass out