Explain how financial analysis affects management decisions

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Unit 7 Assignment Unit outcome(s) addressed in this Assignment:
● Explain how financial analysis affects management decisions. ● Analyze the relationship between financial analysis, operations assessment, and
quality improvement. Course outcome(s) addressed in this Assignment: HA499-4: Operations: Apply best practices in decision making within the functional areas of healthcare management. HA499-6: Ethics and Professionalism: Analyze the professional, ethical, and legal standards of healthcare administrative practice. Instructions: For your Capstone Project, you will be performing research on a real-life healthcare organization. Drawing upon your learning in previous courses, you will be asked to analyze various facets and provide a detailed picture of the organization. The Capstone will consist of three sections. Each section is to be 1,600–2,000 words. Each section should have at least four references so there is a total of 12 references for the final Capstone Project submission in Unit 9.
Unit 7 Section II Financial management, quality, and marketing aspects of the organization Financial
• Analysis of the service reimbursement for the organization (state, federal, insurance, and private pay)
• Methods of funding Quality and Ethics
• Accreditation • Awards • Regulation • Ethical issues regarding who receives care at the organization
Marketing • Strategies • Branding • Community and employee involvement

Discuss ways that health care organizations can make the most of their electronic health record (EHR) investments in light of meaningful use.

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Why are many health care organizations hesitant to adopt electronic health records (EHR) when they have the potential to improve quality, increase access, and reduce costs? Some organizations are concerned with the ethical and legal issues that may arise in daily operations. In 2010, legislators noticed health care’s reluctant transition into full EHR integration, and began to provide financial incentives to those organizations that not only adopt EHRs, but also use them meaningfully to improve quality of patient care. As an advanced practice nurse, it is important to be aware of the challenges, policies, and incentives associated with integrating EHR systems. It is also critical that you understand the concept of “meaningful use” and how it plays out in today’s health care organizations.

To prepare:

In this Application Assignment, you analyze meaningful use criteria to determine the authentic legal, financial, and ethical issues that may surround it.

• Reflect on the information presented in the Learning Resources, focusing on meaningful use legislation and the “Ethics in Nursing Informatics” section of your course text.
• Investigate the legal, financial, and ethical issues surrounding meaningful use.
• Ask yourself: What are the goals of meaningful use?
write a 4- to 5-page essay in APA format with at least 5 references from my list of required readings provided below, in which you include the level one as per APA format guidelines:

1) A cover page.

2) An introduction ending with a purpose statement (e.g. “The purpose of this paper is…)

3) Summarize the legal, financial, and ethical issues that may arise as a result of meaningful use legislation.

4) Explain how these issues might present barriers to successful implementation within an organization.

5) Discuss ways that health care organizations can make the most of their electronic health record (EHR) investments in light of meaningful use.

6) Explain how EHR-related meaningful use legislation is being implemented in your organization.

7) A conclusion

Review this week’s media, which addresses the history of various diseases, national health over time, and determinants of health. Consider how socioeconomic status, gender, and geographic factors affect longevity.

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Throughout history, many trends, advancements, and diseases have impacted human longevity. For instance, the Plague, also known as the Black Death, led to a drastic decline in longevity during the latter part of the Middle Ages. Conversely, Louis Pasteur’s discoveries and experiments in the mid-1800s led to the development of the germ theory of disease, which increased longevity. One of the key concerns for public health professionals is addressing the impacts on longevity and identifying strategies to promote better health equality across genders, social classes, and geographic regions.
In this Discussion, you identify a factor (a trend, advancement, or disease) that has impacted longevity in the United States since 1900. Then you analyze the disparities of the trend, advancement, or disease among different genders, social classes, and geographic regions. Also, you provide recommendations for addressing those disparities.
To prepare for this Discussion,
• Examine the indicated pages of the articles, “Vital Statistics Rates in the United States 1900–1940” and “Deaths: Final Data for 2007,” listed in this week’s Learning Resources.
• Review Chapter 1 in the course text, focusing on the different factors that have changed public health and longevity over time.
• Review this week’s media, which addresses the history of various diseases, national health over time, and determinants of health. Consider how socioeconomic status, gender, and geographic factors affect longevity.
• Select a trend, advancement, or disease that has, in some way, impacted longevity in the United States since 1900.
a 300-word brief description of the trend, advancement, or disease you selected. Then analyze how it has impacted longevity among different genders, socioeconomic groups, and geographic regions in the United States. (Include any disparities of the trend, advancement, or disease including variant effects, distribution, or access.) Provide recommendations on how to address the disparities between the different populations you discussed.

Explore how greater understanding of a disease’s effects on the human body informs public health and disease prevention.

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From the battle to prevent the spread of AIDS to breakthroughs in cancer research, disease and its impact on the human body are everyday subjects for health organizations and the scientific community as well as the popular press. News articles, reports, studies, and other resources can provide insights into how disease affects the human body and its systems. These resources inform not only researchers and scientists, but also public health officials and the general population.
In this Discussion, you locate an article related to a human disease and you analyze the information the article provides. Also, you explore how greater understanding of a disease’s effects on the human body informs public health and disease prevention.

To prepare for this Discussion,

• Locate an article related to a particular human disease from the popular press (e.g., Time, CNN, Newsweek), a federal or global health organization (e.g., CDC, WHO, World Bank, UNAIDS), or a scholarly, peer-reviewed journal such as the Journal of Public Health and Epidemiology (search using the CINAHL database in the Walden library). This article should have been published within the last 2 years.
• Identify which body system(s) is/are impacted by the disease. Consider the implications of the subject matter discussed in the article on the body system(s).
• Reflect on how public health and disease prevention are impacted by the subject matter of the article.