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Community And The Aging Adult

A community’s response to the physical and mental health needs of its aging population has become a highly publicized topic within recent years. Taking into account your community’s elderly residential facilities, apply the following Discuss what policies might a residential facility develop to minimize the chances that its residences will develop “institutionalism” Include whether or […]

use of social media for reviews and feedback

Healthcare, like other industries, requires consumer feedback. That feedback is used as part of their reimbursement criteria. As a result, healthcare is experiencing an increase in the use of social media for reviews and feedback. For your Competency Discussion, review two or three consumer review sites, including one dedicated to healthcare practitioners and facilities (i.e., […]

Bookkeeping Errors

As a medical administrative assistant, you have been employed with a group of occupational medicine facilities for over 3 years. You have been asked to go to another occupational medicine facility to fill in for a few hours because they are short-staffed. When you arrive you are asked to perform various bookkeeping services such as […]

New and Emerging Technologies for Patient Care

New and Emerging Technologies for Patient Care  Reflect on how this technology is used and how its use impacts the quality of care.  Consider cost and reimbursement. Consider how your identified technology tools might impact nursing practice if it were more widely used.  What are some barriers preventing increased usage?  How could wider implementation be […]

Legal and Ethical Dilemma in Healthcare Patients Rights

OVERVIEW Deciding to place a loved one into a long-term care facility can be extremely difficult. Even more difficult is the thought of your loved one’s rights being violated while in long-term care. Patient healthcare rights are not as clearly defined as one would expect. And there are long-term care and other healthcare facilities that […]

Integration of Individual & Population Health in Health Care

Short papers should be between 1000 and 1200 words (excluding references). The paper should be written in APA format. The short papers’ function is to permit you to synthesize facts that you have learned in the course. And apply critical reasoning to those integrated facts. Another role of the short papers is to help you […]

Advanced Optimization Techniques

Advanced optimization techniques are often necessary to solve real problems in health care. Techniques like goal programming and data envelopment analysis are often used to solve multiple objective problems. Such as minimizing cost while maximizing access measures. Other advanced techniques are often required for problems that sometimes seem straightforward. Although you may not encounter the […]

High Risk Pregnancy Analysis

A high-risk pregnancy is a pregnancy where there are potential complications that could affect the mother, the baby or both.  Research indicates that In the USA, high risk pregnancies can result in low birth rates in 8.2% of the 4.3 million babies born each year.  A high risk pregnancy if not properly managed, can lead to […]

Importance of Creating a Diverse Workforce

Research Project/Presentation: Students will conduct original research that investigates one or more aspects of health care human resource management.  The research project consists of a (1) project proposal, (2) an abstract, and (3) a PowerPoint Presentation posted in our Moodle course. The topic of the research paper should focus on an aspect of human resource […]

Data Stewardship and the National Health Information Network (NHIN)

HI300: Information Technology and Systems for Health Care TOPIC #1: Data Stewardship and the National Health Information Network (NHIN) Research health data stewardship and in your post show why it is important. Why does it matter in the discussion of a national health information network (NHIN)? Assess how the architecture of the NHIN permits this. […]