Analyze the extent to which this emergency might affect the quality of care provided to the patients and the unimpeded operation of the organization

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You have just been hired as a new Vice President of quality and safety for a full-service 600-bed government healthcare organization.  Within your first month on the job, the national security threat level has been raised to Imminent, which means there is a credible, specific, and impending terrorist threat against the United States, and your facility may be directly impacted. The Chief Executive Officer has requested an immediate six to eight-page report of your proposal for handling such a situation.
Note: You may create and /or make all necessary assumptions needed for the completion of this assignment.
Write a 6 page paper in which you:

Examine the existing procedures related to at least four (4) of the ten (10) essential public health services. Focus on the principal effects that these procedures will have on your hospital during the emergency.
Specify the importance of continuing to evaluate patients, as stipulated by the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act (EMTALA), during the emergency.
Detail three (3) measures that you would use in order to maintain the electronic medical record system during the emergency.
Defend your position on the decision to accept health insurance during the emergency as a potential source of income for the facility. Provide support with at least three (3) examples that illustrate your position.
Analyze the extent to which this emergency might affect the quality of care provided to the patients and the unimpeded operation of the organization.
Use at least three (3) quality references. Note: Wikipedia and other Websites do not qualify as academic resources.

Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length.

What is the difference between public health and individual health?

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The main goal of public health is to prevent diseases and promote health of a population level.
Using the South University Online Library or the Internet, identify, research, and read about a public health issue of your interest. Based on your research, express your views on the following:

What is the difference between public health and individual health?
How does the system of health care delivery in the United States support the goals of public health?
Is the health issue identified by you during the research being adequately addressed? Why or why not?
What initiatives are in place to address your identified public health issue? Explain at least two such initiatives.
What are the risks or social factors associated with your identified health issue?
How are the three levels of government (national, state, and local) working together to address your identified health issue?

To support your work, use your course and textbook readings and also use the South University Online Library. As in all assignments, cite your sources in your work and provide references for the citations in APA format.

What differences do you see between the patient and the clinician?

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Case Study: Traditional Healers

You are the clinician.You are seeing Erik Gbodossou, a 38-year-old West African man, who is HIV infected and has just been released from the hospital after successful treatment with pneumonia. He has improved clinically since being treated; however, he is having trouble eating because of a persistent candida infection and also has struggled with early to moderate periodontal disease, especially in the mandibular arch that has not responded to non-surgical therapy even though he has been compliant with dental visits and home care procedures. He was willing to take the antibiotics prescribed for his pneumonia, but is balking at taking antiretroviral therapy which you know may help improve his life expectancy and his oral condition. You are frustrated that this patient is not interested in treatment that can help him. You’ve checked and his insurance will pay for most of the cost of his medications. You are the patient.You are a 38-year-old man named Erik Gbodossou. You are originally from West Africa. You have just been released from the hospital after being treated for pneumonia. You feel much better than when you first came to the hospital. You found out 2 years ago that you are infected with the AIDS virus. You have been seeing a traditional healer who is well respected in your community. He has successfully treated you with diarrhea, gum, and skin problems in the last 6 months by mixing special herbs and medicines for you. Using divining bones, the healer has helped you understand that your illness has happened in part because you have been distant from your family and community since leaving Senegal. Now, this doctor is telling you that you must take western medicines to keep you HIV infection from getting much worse. You are not convinced that this is the right thing to do. You want to talk this over with the healer.Discussion Questions1. What differences do you see between the patient and the clinician? 2. What are these…

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Do you know of a treatment process that is governed by specific practice guidelines in many HCOs, but where physicians continue to use an outdated treatment process?

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Changing the System

Read:

Institute of Medicine. (2001). Crossing the quality
chasm: A new health system for the 21st century (Report Brief). Institute of
Medicine of the National Academies [Web page]. Retrieved from http://www.iom.edu/CMS/8089/5432/27184.aspx.

The IOM Report Brief, published in 2001, begins by stating: “The
U.S. health care delivery system does not provide consistent, high-quality
medical care to all people” (p. 1). The report discusses the problems with the
U.S. healthcare system and outlines recommendations for achieving a high quality
healthcare system in the future.

Since this report was written, how has progress been made? Provide
four specific examples that are evidence of whether or not progress has been
made in moving toward “a new health system for the 21st century.” Two
of the examples must be from your personal experience and two examples from
documented references.

The examples may relate to the Six Aims for Improvement, Ten Rules
for Redesign, or the four main areas in regard to changing the environment. Some
possible areas to consider:

  • One of the six aims is timely care. Do you know a hospital that has a
    significant problem with patient waiting time in the emergency department? What
    has the hospital done to solve the problem and what is the result.
  • The first rule for redesign is: Care is based on continuous healing
    relationships. Do you know an HCO that has implemented a system of electronic
    communication between the patient and the provider?
  • One of the four main changes discussed is: Applying evidence to health care
    delivery. Do you know of a treatment process that is governed by specific
    practice guidelines in many HCOs, but where physicians continue to use an
    outdated treatment process?

Write a conclusion about whether progress has been made based on
your chosen examples. Present the examples and the conclusion in a 4-page paper
as a Word document formatted in APA style.

Grading Criteria Maximum Points
Wrote two examples from personal experience
describing problems, steps for improvement, and results.		 12
Wrote two examples from references describing
problems, steps for improvement, and results.		 12
Wrote a conclusion about improvement based on the
examples.		 8
Selected and cited reliable sources of
information.		 4
Applied APA standards for writing style, spelling,
grammar, and citation of sources.		 4
Total 40