The advantages and disadvantages of using traditional, electronic, and social media for health care communication

Option 2: Communications Coordinator

 

Consider the following scenario:

  • You are the communications coordinator for a national drug manufacturer. Recently, there have been reports of significant negative effects caused by one of your medications that is used by a significant population. News reports have alleged that one of the individuals affected is a well-known public figure. You are tasked with addressing the news reports and the general public regarding this situation.

 

Write a 1,050- to 1,400-word paper on different types of communication methods for the health care organization described in the scenario.

 

Include the following in your paper:

 

  • The advantages and disadvantages of using traditional, electronic, and social media for health care communication
  • The effects of HIPAA and other regulations on the use of these media for health care communication

 

Cite a minimum of two sources, one from the University Library and the other from the course textbooks or Electronic Reserve Readings, to support your position.

 

Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.

the different types of communication methods for the health care organization described in the scenario

Option 1: Nursing Home Administrator

Read the following scenario:

 

  • As the administrator of a local nursing home, you have just received notification that the organization is being purchased by a national group. Because of new policies to be implemented, many of the residents will be displaced. To make the situation more challenging, some of these residents have difficulty communicating, have no local family, and have not indicated that they approve the release of their medical information. Arrangements must be made for these individuals.

Write a 1,050- to 1,400-word paper on the different types of communication methods for the health care organization described in the scenario.

Include the following in your paper:

  • The advantages and disadvantages of using traditional, electronic, and social media for health care communication
  • The effects of HIPAA and other regulations on the use of these media for health care communication

Cite a minimum of two sources, one from the University Library and the other from the course textbooks or Electronic Reserve Readings, to support your position.

Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.

Discuss what steps you could take to manage conflict more effectively with someone who has a different style than your own

  1. How is your communication affected when you are surrounded by a culture that is different from your own? Recall conflicts that you have experienced and consider how communication either helped or hindered the situation. How would a different communication approach have affected the conflict?
  2. Have you ever been in a situation in which you have had to communicate with someone who did not speak the same language as you? How did you handle the situation? Please give two answers using examples and scenarios and try to relate it to health communication in 2a, 2b and 2c in 200 words each!
  3. Describe when you would use each of the response styles listed (Evaluating Judging and Advising, Interpreting, Supporting, Questioning, and Paraphrasing) and how you would know whether or not each was effective. Please give two answers and try to relate it to health communication 3a and 3b in 200 words each!
  4. Discuss what steps you could take to manage conflict more effectively with someone who has a different style than your own. Can anyone give an example of how they plan to apply this in either your professional or personal life? Please give two answers using examples and scenarios and try to relate it to health in 4a, 4b, and 4c in 200 words each!

 

 

 

Question 5

Health Care Communication Methods

 

The following assignment options provide the opportunity for you to explore communication methods for different kinds of health care scenarios. The assignment options also allow you to examine the effects of HIPAA and other regulations on health care communication.

 

Select and complete one of the following assignments:

 

Option 1: Nursing Home Administrator

Option 2: Communications Coordinator

Explore the functions of communication in the strategic and program planning processes for a health care organization

Assignment Three

Explore the functions of communication in the strategic and program planning processes for a health care organization. Consider the topics discussed thus far and clearly integrate at least five key concepts related to an effective and efficient strategic plan for organizational communication dissemination. Identify three challenges with organization-wide strategic plan communication dissemination and recommend communication strategies to ameliorate these challenges. Your paper must be three to five double-spaced pages (excluding title and reference pages) and formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center. Utilize a minimum of two scholarly sources that were published within the last five years Explore the functions of communication in the strategic and program planning processes for a health care organization. Consider the topics discussed thus far and clearly integrate at least five key concepts related to an effective and efficient strategic plan for organizational communication dissemination. Identify three challenges with organization-wide strategic plan communication dissemination and recommend communication strategies to ameliorate these challenges. Your paper must be three to five double-spaced pages (excluding title and reference pages) and formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center. Utilize a minimum of two scholarly sources that were published within the last five years