Evaluate public health policies and practices as they relate to legal and ethical implications for individuals and populations.

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Competency
Evaluate public health policies and practices as they relate to legal and ethical implications for individuals and populations.
Instructions
You have recently been promoted to Health Services Manager at Three Mountains Regional Hospital, a small hospital located in a mid-size city in the Midwest. Three Mountains is a general medical and surgical facility with 400 beds. Last year there were approximately 62,000 emergency visits and 15,000 admissions. More than 6,000 outpatient and 10,000 inpatient surgeries were performed.
On your first day in the position, the CEO requested that you design a short in-service training session for employees on the importance of professional ethics and liability protections.
You will need to develop an information sheet that explains the similarities and differences between laws and ethics, and the impact of unethical practices on healthcare. An information sheet provides brief and clear information on the required subject. Often, bullet points are utilized in an information sheet; however, since employees will be expected to know and understand the material thoroughly, your information sheet should be more detailed and offer supporting evidence, including a reference list.
1. The information sheet should give your employees enough information to understand the differences and similarities between ethics and laws, the impact of unethical practices on healthcare, and the importance of professional ethics.
2. Make sure to use audience-specific language and tone in your information sheet. Remember, you are writing this information sheet for your co-workers; however, the CEO and the Board of Directors may attend.

Describe the major types and classifications of health care information standards and the specific organizations that develop and regulate these standards.

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In this assignment, you will condense information from Assignment 2 to create a PowerPoint presentation.
Faculty Note: If there is a hardship for any student in being able to secure a microphone to complete this assignment, allow the student to use the Notes section of PowerPoint to write a narrative of what he or she would say if actually presenting.
Create a seven to nine (7-9) slide PowerPoint Presentation in which you: 1.Provide a title slide (as indicated in the format requirements below), followed by a slide with an executive summary containing a brief statement of your proposal, as covered within Assignment 2. 2.Summarize your response to each of the criteria in Assignment 2—one (1) slide per criterion, for a total of six (6) slides. 3.Provide a summary slide which addresses your key points from Assignment 2. 4.Narrate each slide, using a microphone, indicating what you would say if you were actually presenting in front of an audience.
Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements: •Format the PowerPoint presentation with headings on each slide and three to four (3-4) relevant graphics (photographs, graphs, clip art, etc.), ensuring that the presentation is visually appealing and readable from 18 feet away. Check with your professor for any additional instructions. •Include a title slide containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The title slide is not included in the required slide length.
The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are: •Examine the impact technologies have on health care information systems. •Describe the basic components of a strategic information system plan. •Describe the major types and classifications of health care information standards and the specific organizations that develop and regulate these standards. •Discuss the need for, and identify methods of, accomplishing the security of information systems. •Evaluate the impact of strategic information system plans on organizational competiveness and performance. •Use technology and information resources to research issues in health information systems. •Write clearly and concisely about health information systems using proper writing mechanics

Write a 1,050- to 1,250-word paper addressing marketing and branding a heath care related product or service.

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Marketing plays an essential role in managing and growing a firm. To gain an in-depth perspective on marketing as it relates to entrepreneurship, complete the following instructions: Write a 1,050- to 1,250-word paper addressing marketing and branding a heath care related product or service. Select an existing health care related product or service and include the following in your paper: Target Market What is a target market? What is the target market of the product or service selected? What is the importance of selecting a target market? What issues and questions must be considered when selecting and managing a target market? Branding What is a brand? Why is branding important? After selecting a current, common health care brand, address the following: What images or thoughts do you relate to that brand? Does the branding appeal to the market? Do those images influence consumers’ decisions to buy or use that brand? Is the product successful? What is the profitability of the product and what is the effect on the bottom line? If this were your product or service, what might you do differently?

What is the difference between quality measures and performance indicators?

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As nurse practitioners continue to expand their role in delivering health care, it is imperative for NPs to provide the data and evidence to demonstrate the impact of NP care on patient outcomes. There are several challenges that advanced practice nurses face to provide quality care and meet productivity goals of an organization. This week it is important to explore the connection of quality care and performance measures. Some questions to consider as we discuss this topic are:
• Why are quality measures important?
• What is the difference between quality measures and performance indicators?
• What performance measures are used for NP productivity?
• Why are incentive plans used in clinical organizations?