What is meant by the statement that “AIDS is a disease that the world cannot afford?” List and describe three programs that have been created to assist AIDS patients?

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Directions: Using your textbook and at least two additional resources (Wikipedia sources are not permitted), write a four to six page paper addressing the following prompts.  Your submission should comply with APA guidelines for formatting and citations.Be sure to list each resource used at the end of paper in the reference list section.  Please remember that you may utilize LIRN to help you search for resources.  You can visit the Academic Resource Center for a guide on how to utilize LIRN successfully.

 

 

 

Part I

 

 

 

1.      What kind of impact has technology had on the history of warfare?

 

 

 

2.      Define and give examples for the following terms: Dominant Client; Dominant Regulator; Monopolistic Maker.

 

 

 

3.      The article on the F-22 indicates it is a controversial piece of technology.  In essay form, identify at least two reasons why the author thinks the most expensive technology isn’t always the most effective.

 

 

 

4.      What is meant by the statement that “AIDS is a disease that the world cannot afford?” List and describe three programs that have been created to assist AIDS patients?

5.      What are ethical drugs?  Provide a few examples.

 

 

 

 

 

Part II

 

 

 

Write a one to two page reaction paper on telemedicine.  How do you think that telemedicine will change the ways that doctors treat patients?  How will telemedicine help soldiers at war, pregnant mothers isolated in remote areas, and patients without local doctors?

 

 

 

 

 

Part III

 

Write a one to two page reaction paper on what is meant by “making well people better?”

Identify a healthcare organization that has been significantly impacted due to low quality organizational performance in one or more areas.

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Health Information Management: Clinical and Service Quality

 

Part 1:

Identify a healthcare organization that has been significantly impacted due to low quality organizational performance in one or more areas.

Write a 700- to 1,000-word paper that integrates standards of the field and ethical principles into the problem solving process by including the following aspects:

  • In what area did the organization display a less than desirable quality of performance (financial, operational, clinical)?
  • From what you read, what type of organizational culture seemed to exist?
  • What strategic planning efforts would you put into place as the leader, to help reorganize?
  • What performance measurement tools would you use?
  • Who would be your stakeholders in the reorganization efforts?

Include a minimum of three peer-reviewed references, not including the textbook.

Format your paper consistent with APA 6th guidelines.

 

Part 2:

Write a 400- to 600-word paper and include the following:

You are the business manager of a fifteen-physician group practice in family medicine that has proposed to open a satellite clinic on the periphery of its current market area in order to increase the number of families that it serves. The clinic will be located in an area of somewhat older, rundown homes that seem to be undergoing slow but steady gentrification. The clinic initially will be staffed with three physicians and has a maximum capacity of ten doctors.

 

One of your responsibilities under the strategic plan to create the clinic is to establish a modest program for keeping track of the factors and variables that might affect the success of the clinic. Prepare a list of ten quality indicators ( 5 financial and 5 operational) that you purpose to monitor, including the sources you will use to gather the necessary data. For each one of the metrics, indicate the directions in which they might change and the adjustments in the plan for the new clinic that would be necessary.

Take care to iintegrate standards of the field and ethical principles into the problem solving process.

Include a minimum of two peer-reviewed references, not including the textbook.

Format your paper consistent with APA 6th guidelines.

Identify a chronic disease or condition and describe the disease or condition from the CAM perspective.

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The Final paper requirement are:

For the Final Paper, you will:

  • Choose one of the complementary and alternative medicines (CAM) systems studied in the course, provide a brief discussion of the protocols, and provide details of historical events that shaped the practice.
  • Identify a chronic disease or condition and describe the disease or condition from the CAM perspective.
  • Include potential cultural challenges faced by the afflicted patient population as well as the practitioner.
  • Describe how the CAM practitioner diagnoses and treats the condition.
  • Identify potential questions or skepticisms other health care providers and potential clientele may have regarding the CAM selected, and address the questions, supporting your responses with a minimum of two sources of research for the health condition and system chosen.
  • Identify and substantively describe a minimum of two other CAM practice interventions that could be suggested to assist in minimizing the impact of the illness/condition. Justify implementation of the two interventions you are recommending.

Consider how the structure and organization of the U.S. health care system affects delivery of services.

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The U.S. health care delivery system is often described as a kaleidoscope, puzzle, or patchwork quilt—descriptions that emphasize the fact that health care delivery in this country involves multiple, loosely coordinated components, and does not function through one integrated system. The organization and structure of this “system” have a tremendous impact on the delivery of services. As such, health care professionals, consumers, advocates, and policy makers face tough choices with regard to health care costs, quality, and access.

To prepare for this Application Assignment:

  • Consider how the structure and organization of the U.S. health care system affects delivery of services.
  • Reflect on the interrelationships between and among health care costs, quality, and access in this country.
  • Bring to mind a specific example that illustrates potential trade-offs.

To complete this Application Assignment, write a 1- to 2-page paper that addresses a specific situation or issue that illustrates the trade-offs involved in decisions related to cost, quality, and access. Be sure that your paper includes answers to the following questions:

  • How could current and future efforts to contain costs affect quality and access?
  • How might measures to ensure the provision of high-quality care influence costs and accessibility?
  • How could efforts to promote universal access to care impact cost and quality?
  • How can the structure and organization of the U.S. health care delivery system bring about or impact cost, quality, and access to health care.

Be sure to support your work with specific citations from this week’s Learning Resources and additional scholarly sources as appropriate. Refer to the Essential Guide to APA Style for Walden Students to ensure that your in-text citations and reference list are correct.