Practicum Experience Journal

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Practicum Experience Journal 
write a minimum of 550 words essay in APA format with a minimum of 3 scholarly references. Include the level 1 headers as numbered below:

1) Describe the observed activity (See attached file in file section)

2) Using an evidence-based approach, analyze the problem, issue, or situation. 
Address questions posed in the weekly practicum pages if appropriate.

3) Reveal how the real-world might mirror or diverge from program-related evidence, concepts, and/or theories. 

Analyze the key agencies and organizations that regulate the administration of safe health care and the roles each play in the risk management oversight process.

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Details:

For this assignment, you will research risk management programs for health care facilities or organizations. Review the criteria below in order to select an exemplar that applies to your current or anticipated professional arena. (Note: Select an example plan with sufficient data to be able to complete the assignment successfully.)
In a 1,000-1,250 word paper,, provide an analysis that includes the following:

Brief summary description of the type of risk management plan you selected (new employee, specific audience, community-focused, etc.) and your rationale for selecting that example.
Description of the recommended administrative steps and processes in a typical health care organization risk management program contrasted with the administrative steps and processes you can identify in your selected example plan. (Note: Select an example plan with sufficient data to be able to complete the assignment successfully.)
Analyze the key agencies and organizations that regulate the administration of safe health care and the roles each play in the risk management oversight process.
Evaluation of the selected exemplar risk management plan regarding compliance with the American Society of Healthcare Risk Management (ASHRM) standards relevant to privacy, health care worker safety, and patient safety.
Proposed recommendations or changes you would make to your selected risk management program example to enhance, improve, or to secure compliance standards.

In addition to your textbook, you are required to support your analysis with a minimum of three peer-reviewed references.
Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.
This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.
You are required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite. Please refer to the directions in the Student Success Center. Note please follow the risk management grading file for maximum point for this paper.

Describe management and accountability tools and procedures used to manage health delivery services and patient outcomes.

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 Write a 3–4 page evidence-based resourcing plan for one component of the Heart Failure Clinic. 
 
Instructions
Deliverable: Develop one component of an evidence-based resourcing plan.
Scenario:
The hospital leadership team has already allocated the major capital expenditures for the heart failure clinic, such as the facility, legal services, IT, and security services. However, as a member of the nurse team, you have been asked to develop onecomponent of a resourcing plan for the next leadership meeting.
You may use any combination of documents (for example, a spreadsheet or a table) in addition to explanatory information to convey information clearly and succinctly.
Choose one of the following:
Budget:

Apply evidence-based management strategies and best practices for resourcing health care services.

Identify the business plan budget categories and subcategories (not necessarily the actual cost) to establish a new clinic.
Start-up expenses.
Examine fixed and variable costs.
Capital budget items.

Examples: salary and benefits, staffing mix, specialized equipment or materials, et cetera.

Contingency fund and parameters.

Apply legal and professional standards for resourcing outpatient services.

Explain the alignment to best practices and professional standards for cost effective outpatient services.
How will uninsured or underinsured patients be managed?

Describe management and accountability tools and procedures used to manage health delivery services and patient outcomes.

What data resources and tools analyze costs, health insurance, and hospitalization services?
How will billing be handled?
How will you determine if outpatient management is cost-effective?
How does transparency impact the consumer?

Staffing Plan:

Apply evidence-based management strategies and best practices for resourcing health care services.

Identify the disciplines and skill mix needed for appropriate staffing.
Estimate staffing requirements by discipline and staffing ratios (evidence-based).
Develop a sample staffing schedule.
How will you staff to meet corporate diversity goals or the needs of diverse patients?
Explain how delegation, collaboration, negotiation will affect staffing plan.

How does a union contract affect the staffing plan or schedule?

Examine the Nurse Practice Act for your state.

How does the Nurse Practice Act affect your staffing plan?

Apply legal and professional standards for resourcing outpatient services.

Align your staffing plan to best practices, the Nurse Practice Act for your state, scope of practice, and the Joint Commission standards for outpatients.

Describe management and accountability tools and procedures used to manage health delivery services and patient outcomes.

How will you know if staffing is cost-effective?
How will you know if staffing mix or schedule impacts patient outcomes?

Additional Requirements

Written communication: Written communication should be free of errors that detract from the overall message.
APA formatting: Resources and in-text citations should be formatted according to current APA style and formatting.
Length: The plan should be 3–4 pages in content length, double-spaced.
Font and font size: Times New Roman, 12 point.
Number of resources: Support your plan with a minimum of three peer-reviewed resources, in addition to professional standards
Grading rubric attached**

Examine the systems development life cycle of a custom application and the selection of proprietary systems.

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Assignment 1: Critical Factors in Implementing an IT System in Health Facilities 

Write a six to eight (6–8) page paper in which you:

Provide at least three (3) various reasons why some health care organizations have been reluctant to implement electronic medical records.
Discuss the essential manner in which the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) impacts patient’s medical records. 
Determine the main advantages and disadvantages of the adoption of The HITECH (the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health) Act for health care professionals. Next, suggest one (1) strategy that the medical staff members could use in order to mitigate the main disadvantages in question.   
Review the typical workflow processes within health organizations, and decide the single most significant process that the health organization must eliminate in order to improve the service. Provide a rationale to support your response.
Analyze the primary ways in which the key federal initiatives impact the standards of health care information for patient privacy, safety, and confidentially.
Specify the fundamental advantages of applying an IT system within health care organizations. Predict new IT developments in the health care industry for the next two (2) decades. Justify your response.
Use at least three (3) quality academic resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and similar websites do not qualify as academic resources.

Your assignment must follow these formatting guidelines:

This course requires use of new Strayer Writing Standards (SWS). The format is different than other Strayer University courses. Please take a moment to review the SWS documentation for details.
Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow SWS 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.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

Examine the impact technologies have on health care information systems. 
Examine the systems development life cycle of a custom application and the selection of proprietary systems.
Use technology and information resources to research issues in health information systems.
Write clearly and concisely about health information systems using proper writing mechanics.