health care workforce shortage and its implications on America’s hospitals

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Click here to read the health care workforce shortage and its implications on America’s hospitals, at the American Hospitals Association’s (AHA) website.

Select a hospital, which is not more than two hours away from your place of residence. Based on your readings and understanding, create a 3- to 4-page report in a Microsoft Word document, that includes:

A plan for a rural, medium-sized hospital to deal with short- and long-term workforce shortages.

Your plan should include the following elements:

  • An introduction.
  • A description of the health care workforce shortage and its implications.
  • The aspects that need immediate attention and aspects that need long term attention. Provide a rationale on why these aspects need attention.
  • A description of the financial implications for these issues.
  • An explanation of the risks associated with these problems.
  • Your recommendations to solve these problems.
  • An explanation of the methods to measure the success of the plan.
  • A description of the next steps, if the plan failed.
  • A conclusion and a reference list.

Children with Special Health Care Needs

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Find one public site within your own State/county and you can carry this data over to the Unit 8 assignment. Go to the public link chosen and choose a health issue i.e. Children with Special Health Care Needs. Review the data and evaluate it. Report your findings in a thorough, well-organized manner. For example, if you live in Los Angeles county, California, Ask yourself these questions as you gather your data: What can you assume from this health assessment? Take into consideration the population demographics used in Unit 4. What information contained in the report could help you in planning interventions in community health? What information could be used in public policy planning? Format your paper consistent with APA 6th guidelines. Be sure to list your sources of information at the end of your assignment. You should have at least 3 sources.Find one public site within your own State/county and you can carry this data over to the Unit 8 assignment. Go to the public link chosen and choose a health issue i.e. Children with Special Health Care Needs. Review the data and evaluate it. Report your findings in a thorough, well-organized manner. For example, if you live in Los Angeles county, California, Ask yourself these questions as you gather your data: What can you assume from this health assessment? Take into consideration the population demographics used in Unit 4. What information contained in the report could help you in planning interventions in community health? What information could be used in public policy planning? Format your paper consistent with APA 6th guidelines. Be sure to list your sources of information at the end of your assignment. You should have at least 3 sources.

 Determine the key reasons why change management in health care IT is a hot-button issue

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Analyze the process for developing an IT budget within a health care organization, and select one (1) aspect of the budgeting process which is the most difficult to execute. Next, suggest one (1) technique which you could use to overcome the difficulty that you selected.
Determine the key reasons why change management in health care IT is a hot-button issue. Next, among the eight (8) fundamental stages for the process of change described by Kotter, select the most significant stage, and suggest one (1) way to complete the stage in question. Analyze the process for developing an IT budget within a health care organization, and select one (1) aspect of the budgeting process which is the most difficult to execute. Next, suggest one (1) technique which you could use to overcome the difficulty that you selected.
Determine the key reasons why change management in health care IT is a hot-button issue. Next, among the eight (8) fundamental stages for the process of change described by Kotter, select the most significant stage, and suggest one (1) way to complete the stage in question.

How can verbal and nonverbal communication be perceived as defensive?

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As you learn more about the health care industry, you will find that it is a highly collaborative environment. All systems within health care must collaborate and communicate effectively to serve their consumers.Note: It is important to complete this assignment prior to working on the Importance of Communication: Part 2.Read the scenario provided.Write a 350- to 525-word paper that discusses the principles of communication presented in the scenario.Describe verbal and nonverbal cues from the scenario.Based on the description of each group member, speculate as to how well this group will collaborate.How can verbal and nonverbal communication be perceived as defensive?How can this affect relationships in the work place?As you learn more about the health care industry, you will find that it is a highly collaborative environment. All systems within health care must collaborate and communicate effectively to serve their consumers.Note: It is important to complete this assignment prior to working on the Importance of Communication: Part 2.Read the scenario provided.Write a 350- to 525-word paper that discusses the principles of communication presented in the scenario.Describe verbal and nonverbal cues from the scenario.Based on the description of each group member, speculate as to how well this group will collaborate.How can verbal and nonverbal communication be perceived as defensive?How can this affect relationships in the work place?