What are some of the major influences and constraints governments currently face in designing and implementing public policy?

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Assignment

Select any four of the following questions to answer. Drawing on your readings and discussions with your tutor, write a 2-3 page response for each question.

  1. In the Pal textbook, the author writes about the new dynamics that public policy makers face. What are some of the major influences and constraints governments currently face in designing and implementing public policy?
  2. Why is “problem definition” so important in the public policy process?
  3. Think of a problem that has not yet attracted the attention of government. Why do you think government is unaware of this problem? What could be done to attract the attention of government?
  4. Was the Canadian health system to blame for the “affordability crisis” in the early 1990s? Explain why or why not.
  5. When government began closing hospital beds and withdrawing money from the health care system, critics claimed that the lives of individuals were being put in jeopardy. Initially, government did nothing. Why do you think government reacted that way?

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Determine the link between action plans, budget, and strategy.

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question 1.: Create service delivery strategies.

Directions

Strategy can take several forms. Healthcare organizations will use directional strategy, adaptive strategy, market entry strategy, and/or competitive strategy at any time. How do these strategies aid in achievement of a higher-level strategy? Using APA 6th edition format, write a two page paper summarizing the rationale behind each of the strategic alternatives. Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of each of the strategic alternatives. Include at least two references.

question 2.Adaptive Strategic Alternatives

This assignment will assess Competency 6: Determine the link between action plans, budget, and strategy.

Directions

Making decisions about the type or scope of operations is an adaptive strategy. This would be how a healthcare organization decides to recommend expansion, reduction or maintaining operations. Using APA 6th edition format, write a two page paper discussing adaptive strategic alternatives for a healthcare organization. Summarize the importance that the strategy selected needs to fit the situation. Include at least two references.

question 3. Strategy to Action Plan

This assignment will assess Competency 6: Determine the link between action plans, budget, and strategy.

Directions

The strategy selection is complete: now the organization must implement the strategy into an action plan. What budgetary impact could be involved in this process? Using APA 6th edition format, write a two page paper describing some of the difficulties involved in converting strategy into an action plan within a healthcare organization. Discuss some of the effective ways to overcome barriers when implementing an action plan. Include at least two references

question 4. Research Paper

. develop a Comprehensive Strategic Plan based on a health care facility of your choice.Please make every attempt to present your paper using APA writing style guidelines

Here are some tips for writing your paper:

Internal Data:

  • A good place to find internal data would be in the organization’s annual report.
  • These annual reports are public information so you will not be working with any “private” information.
  • Some annual reports give financial data for multiple years. This is ideal because you can then calculate trends.
  • Check to see whether the facility publishes their annual report on their web site.
  • Some organizations publish annual reports from a few years, so if one report does not include past year data, you can get it by researching past year annual reports.
  • You may find other documents on the web site that will help you with your internal analysis.

Analyze a patient-provider interaction regarding the legal and ethical issues involved

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APA format, 2 6 pages; excluding any title page, references, appendices, etc.

Analyze a patient-provider interaction regarding the legal and ethical issues involved.

Description: Analyze a healthcare situation(s) from the news or personal experience regarding the legal

and ethical issues involved. An actual or hypothetical situation may be used for example. Any actual

situation should be presented as a hypothetical one, with any names and other identifying information

changed to protect anonymity. Briefly and clearly summarize the situation. Your analysis should include

a) a discussion of the legal and ethical issues involved, including HIPAA and an indication of legal and/or

ethical adherence and violations and b) any implications for the healthcare provider(s) and patient(s). If

the situation was written in the news or a publication, also attach a copy of the written document to your

response. Your work needs to clearly demonstrate the ability to analyze the effects of values and ethical

reasoning on professional outcomes in terms of communication and conflict resolution.

Unit 8 Assignment Grading Rubric = 100 points

Assignment Requirements Points possible Points earned by student
Summarize and appropriate situation; document as appropriate 0 20
Discuss the 5 10 legal and ethical issues involved 0 40
Analyze the implications of the issues for patients and providers 0 40
Total (Sum of all points)
Points deducted for spelling, grammar, and/or APA errors.
Adjusted total points
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Describe telemedicine/telehealth technology

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HEALTH CARE MGNT/MED INFO SYS

Health Care Mgnt/ Med Ifo Sys,1. Define/Describe Client-Server Technology.

2. There are two types of signals, analog and digital, describe each.

3. What does the term interoperability mean in reference to computer technology and healthcare?

4. Differentiate between the internet, intranet, and extranet

5. Describe telemedicine/telehealth technology

Discussion Question
Data Administrator is a new role for the HIM professional. Using any methods available to you, the internet, journals, weekly/monthly magazines/publications (Advance, For the Record, etc.), your texts, describe 3 other new and expanding roles in the information technology field. Try to find these new roles within the areas of computer technology, data security and the electronic medical record. (HIM Director would not be a new role, but their responsibilities may have expanded. I don’t consider coders to be a new role) Give the title and a short description of what that person would be responsible for. Also tell me where you found your information.