Applied Sciences

CompetencyApply the foundational principles of population health management to patient care.Scenario W. Edwards Deming, who many consider the father of quality management, espoused the importance of using data for decision making. As a healthcare leader responsible for managing your healthcare organization’s population health management program, you will find that relevant, accurate, and current population health data is an essential part of your management toolkit. The exploration of data sets not only deepens your understanding of population health but also expands your awareness of the role of data in both the healthcare delivery system and in the way healthcare leaders can prioritize community needs. Data sets from federal and state resources, as well as from private foundations and academic medical centres are critical components for promoting evidence-based population health management programs. For this assessment, you will explore and assess the impact of data and information on population health programs and initiatives. Instructions Based on the knowledge you acquired about your local population healthcare in the module 01 summative assessment, your health system Board of Directors is requesting that you prepare an executive summary. This executive summary should identify the data sets needed to support your health system PHM program and assess the role information and data sets play in empowering your health system population health management program.Conduct a review of your local health system or any regional health system. Familiarize yourself with the relevant population healthcare needs. In your executive summary, provide a few reasons why successful health management programs need relevant, current, and accurate data sets.You should use five quality references to support your assessment and findings in this assessment.ResourcesThis link has information for creating an executive summary.

What developments in healthcare have encouraged the use of more direct marketing techniques? References Thomas, R. K. (2015). Marketing health services (3rd ed.). Health Administration Press.After clicking the link above, click on chapter 10 and chapter 11 to read them.Genchev, E. & Todorova, G. (2017). Sales promotion activities: Effective tool of marketing communication mix. Trakia Journal Of Sciences, 15(Supp1), 181-185. doi:10.15547/tjs.2017.s.01.033Silvia, M., & Veronica, P. (2017). Few Marketing Tools to Communicate and Promote the Vaccination Campaigns. Ovidius University Annals, Series Economic Sciences, 17(1), 330-335.In two diferent paragraph give your personal opinion to  Felita Daniel-sacagiu and  Marivette Bedoya Felita Daniel-sacagiu Healthcare marketers implement marketing strategies and target their audiences by advertising in a defined geographical radius (geo-fencing) to focus, specifically on the targeted audience.  By targeting based on location, healthcare marketers improve the likelihood that their efforts reach an optimal audience (Druckenmiller, 2018). Marketers use geographic location(s) to understand consumers and personalize their marketing outreach to successfully find, guide, and keep patients for life.  They should take advantage of technology and the digital experience to support hyper-targeting efforts that drive high-value service like growth, and improve network utilization (Druckenmiller, 2018).Before the development of geo-fencing, marketers depend on mass media to reach their customer base, with the hopes that enough people were watching resulting in potential customers.  Location-Based Marketing is another marketing used by healthcare marketers.  Marketers use the elected GPS features on smartphones to locate and target potential customers based on the proximity to a hospital or facility in “real-time”.  CVS uses location-based marketing by sending coupons to customers.  When customers who use the store’s mobile app pass by a store, electronic coupons are pushed to their phones based on their previous purchase(s).  This technique is implemented to promote store sales Druckenmiller, G. (2018, June 26). Stay Ahead of the Competition: 5 Healthcare Marketing Trends to Know. Retrieved July 05, 2020, from https://www.evariant.com/blog/5-healthcare-marketing-trends-to-kno  Marivette Bedoya What are advantages and disadvantages of utilizing electronic media instead of print media in healthcare marketing The internet is easily accessible by any person at any given point in time. A post on social media sites can possible go viral, attracting more attention that one may even have anticipated for the dollar output. Digital ads are easy to change and design to accommodate change. Digital advertising is much less expensive than print media. Digital media is less time consuming and more flexible (Lewis, 2019). With print, an individual can choose the styled of publications that will target the audience. Digital messaging can often disappear after generating an impression on the reader. Print media allows for opportunities of repeated exposure in being shared throughout the population and potential buyers. Electronic messages can get delivered without notification or consideration of the reader preparedness (Lewis, 2019). Print media enables reader flexibility. Another disadvantage of digital media is the lack of a sensory experience (Lewis, 2019). Print media allows for consumers to touch the ad while analyzing the message. References:Lewis, L. (2019, February 11). How to Start a Small Newspaper Business. Retrieved from https://bizfluent.com/how-6524700-start-small-newspaper-business.html

Prompt: First, read Chapters 7, 9, and 10 in your text; the module resource Total Rewards; and the Forget Work Perks – Millennials Value Engagement article. Next, watch the John Bremen on Employee Engagement for a Changing Workforce video and review the SHRM Body of Competency & Knowledge model. Refer to the chapter readings and module resources to support your responses to each of the four critical elements below. Carefully read and address each critical element as written, using detailed and informative analysis that conveys critical thinking. The four critical elements are aligned to the people technical competency within the HR knowledge domain. Specifically, the following critical elements must be addressed: Talent Acquisition: Determine appropriate strategies for acquiring qualified talent, and explain how the strategies support organizational goals. Employee Engagement and Retention: Determine appropriate employee engagement strategies and explain how this approach will increase retention. Learning and Development: Determine learning and development opportunities aimed toward attracting and retaining qualified talent within the organization.Total Rewards: Identify appropriate total rewards strategies to increase employee retention, and explain how these strategies support the goals of the organization.Guidelines for Submission: This milestone must be submitted as a 3- to 4-page Word document with double spacing, 12-point Times New Roman font, and one-inch margins. Use the latest edition of the APA manual for formatting and citations.

Cognitive and Social-Cognitive TheoryBased on your readings for this Week, access the Personality Theory Matrix and complete the requested information in the Column I section for Cognitive and Social-Cognitive theory. Include information specific to cognitive theory and information specific to social-cognitive theory. You can use this information to support your Discussion post and response this week. Note: Continue to populate the Personality Theory Matrix spreadsheet you began in Week 2 to guide your learning about personality theories for your Module Assessment and submit it in Week 8 as part of your Module Assessment.To Prepare Review the Learning Resources, focusing on theorists, cultural considerations, assessments/interventions, limitations, and unique aspects of cognitive and social-cognitive theory.By Day 4 Post one key idea each from the cognitive and from the social-cognitive theoretical orientations. What is a main difference between these theoretical orientations? What is similar between these theories? Which one do you more closely align with? Read your colleagues’ postings.

In responses to your peers, discuss how the policy you chose is similar or different from the policies discussed by your peers. How are the policy models shaping the selected policies different?* Policy chosen was HIPPA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act )Post #1 Michelle Morrill :Malaria is a life-threatening disease that is transmitted by mosquito bites. This disease is treatable and preventable, via vaccine, but not without expense. “In 2018, nearly half of the world’s population was at risk of malaria. Most malaria cases and deaths occur in sub-Saharan Africa. However, the WHO regions of South-East Asia, Eastern Mediterranean, Western Pacific, and the Americas are also at risk (Malaria, 2020).” Malaria is a growing threat to all parts of the world. More specifically, international travel has brought malaria to the United States. “About 2,000 cases of malaria are diagnosed in the United States each year. The vast majority of cases in the United States are in travelers and immigrants returning from countries where malaria transmission occurs, many from sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia (CDC, 2020).”In recent events with the Covid- 19 crisis we have seen how quickly the population can be infected with a disease. The U.S. healthcare was unprepared for such an event. It is critical that the U.S. healthcare system is prepared for all potential epidemics. The population would be the largest stakeholder in this policy, followed by hospital employees, government agencies, insurance and medical supply companies. Constituents of the policy would be the other countries that have influenced and accepted this policy. The Presidents Malaria Initiative and Other U.S. Government Global Malaria Efforts is a global partnership to reduce and prevent the spread of malaria. The policy requires that all individuals that plan to travel in malaria ridden countries. The policy allocates funds from the United States to be spend on research and prevention methods worldwide. This policy regulates that scientific research be performed to better medical treatment and prevention strategies.This policy was shaped by evaluating the data from malaria ridden countries, and the outcomes of mortality and treatment for those infected. Malaria is a vector transmitted disease which international travel and trade has spread the vectors that can be transported by packages and suitcases. Based on recent evidence discussed above malaria is a growing threat to the U.S. this policy is a reflection of such. The policy includes allocating funds to research and prevention, treatment for those infected, prevention methods for those traveling to infected countries, and collaborate efforts from other countries. Thus, the policy follows the policy model to formulate the Presidents Malaria Initiative and Other U.S. Government Global Malaria Efforts. Published: Apr 24, 2. (2020, April 24). The President’s Malaria Initiative and Other U.S. Government Global Malaria Efforts. Retrieved June 27, 2020,from https://www.kff.org/global-health-policy/fact-sheet/the-u-s-government-and-global-malaria/CDC – Malaria – About Malaria. (2020, March 12). Retrieved June 28, 2020, from https://www.cdc.gov/malaria/about/index.html Post #2 Kerry Enokian ,Hello I have chosen the Massachusetts School Immunization Policy that requires all students including international students attending educational programs in Massachusetts and students over the age of 18 must be vaccinated as stated in 105 CMR 220.000 (Mass.gov, 2020). There is a recommended immunization schedule according to age/ grade. Students in kindergarten through the twelfth grade are required to get DTap/Tdap, polio, MMR, Hepatitis B, and the Varicella vaccine (Mass.gov, 2020).  This year (2020-2021) there is a new requirement that has been added to be immunized against Meningitis with the MenACWY vaccine (formerly MCV4) (Mass.gov, 2020). I chose this policy because it is becoming more common to see parents getting waivers to not vaccinate their children. I think this is an extremely important topic as we head into the possibility of mandating the future vaccine for Covid19. Many unvaccinated people benefit from herd immunity, but that theory relies on a certain percentage of the population being vaccinated and having immunity. I believe in autonomy, but I also believe in vaccinating for the greater good of our population. Given the current circumstances I do think that any person in high risk situations should have to get vaccinated for Covid19, but I don’t feel it is necessary for children. If they can prove that the vaccine works in adults, or high risk populations, I don’t think children need it. The vaccinations that are mandated are childhood diseases, not adult diseases. I believe that since children are not experiencing the worst symptoms themselves they should not have to vaccinated, unless they choose. Healthcare workers, those in group home settings, adults over 50 should be the targeted group for this vaccine. Since this is the first pandemic in our lifetime, the policies that are put into place for this virus could shape the way we handle any other pandemics in the future. The current vaccination policy allows for religious and medical exemption, but a growing number of parents are misinformed on the safety of vaccines. I myself fell into that when my son was diagnosed with autism and I was looking for someone/thing to blame. I believe in this policy, it has kept our country safe from many outbreaks that used to be common. It is important to uphold this policy, but also to acknowledge that if/when we get a vaccination for Covid19 that our children are not the primary targets. ReferenceMass.gov. (2020). School Immunizations. https://www.mass.gov/info-details/school-immunizations

https://purdueglobal.brightspace.com/content/enforced/129836-042-2003C-HA570-01-2415774/HA570_U5Disc.jpg?_&d2lSessionVal=EcnCX4L9mndjwAPwVwR7c7tn6THIS JUST IN! The United States Department of Health and Human Services and the Federal Trade Commission just announced its joint efforts to organize and develop an international human organ inventory system that permits the sale and purchase of human organs!Discuss the moral, ethical, and legal implications of legalizing human organ trade. Reference any federal laws applicable to this scenario.In two diferent paragraph give your personal opinion to Jordan Paltani and Crystal Moore Jordan Paltani Purchasing kidneys is not only prohibited by international norms, it violates U.S. law. The only country where a legally approved market in kidneys exists is Iran. But market proponents insist that legal prohibition of commerce in kidneys is a grave mistake. One position, put forth by market opponents, is that a person’s selling an internal body part is always wrong. Kant maintained that a person’s selling one of his internal parts – the example he gives is selling a tooth to be transplanted into another’s mouth – is always wrong, apparently because this action fails to express proper respect for the seller’s own dignity. Another questionable absolute position, put forth by market proponents, is that buying internal body parts from informed, voluntary and autonomous sellers is always right – that is, morally permissible. Consider this: One way to buy someone’s kidney would be to buy her. Would it be morally permissible for you to buy as a slave a mother who has put herself up for sale in order to get money to educate her kids?Kerstein, S. (2018, December 19). Is it ethical to purchase human organs? Retrieved July 08, 2020, from https://theconversation.com/is-it-ethical-to-purchase-human-organs-60990 Crystal Moore Legalizing human organs for trade has more negative implications than positive ones. While there are many benefits to organ trading such as more people surviving instead of waiting on a donor list and individuals being able to decide who and when they will receive the organ from it has many disadvantages. Let’s take a look at the cons: Increased crime rates for organ trafficking  Disadvantages to those who suffer from financial hardships Increased premiums and price gouging for organ services less-fortunate using organ donations as a means of income which increases their risk of complications due to the removal of their organsNot all countries consider organ trading illegal. An example is Pakistan, selling kidney’s is used in many instances such as trading a kidney for the release from bonded slavery (Adair, 2011). The legalization of organ trading has been often seen as a way to reduce organ selling on the black market (Adair, 2011). I personally feel that the crimes again organ trading if it becomes legal will actually change the way organs are sold and crimes will increase. Without any laws to prevent individuals from selling the organs they may go to extreme lengths in order to procure the organ and make a profit. This could mean prying on the weak, poor and mentally challenged. Thoughts?Reference:Adair, A., & Wigmore, S. J. (2011). Paid organ donation: the case against. Annals of The Royal College of Surgeons of England, 93(3), 191–192.

The article must come from peer-reviewed journals, such as the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, Journal of the American Dietetic Association, Journal of the American Medical Association, PubMed, etc. Include a summary of the purpose of the study, methods used, the results and the conclusion of the researchers.  Usually, to describe a research paper you use “Introduction”, “Materials and Methods”, “Results” and “Discussion/Conclusion”.  

What is the importance of using data research on a pandemic? Discuss the importance of data research on a pandemic such as the Swine Flu (technical name H1N1), SARS etc. What is the role of the CDC in collecting and reporting data about a pandemic? What is your opinion of the message portrayed by the CDC?

You completed a presentation as the risk reduction officer in your organization and are creating a working document for a risk reduction program of objectives during an annual planning meeting. Your presentation will assist the organization in mapping out the programs that will be funded and prioritized within the next year.Using the information you have as a guide, develop a 4-5 page presentation. The topic should be on injury, safety, or violence (or approved by the professor).Your presentation and handout should follow Steps 1–4 for program planning. It should clearly meet the following objectives:Assess the needs of the population (Step 1). The needs assessment should present the top three risks facing your community and how you prioritized the risk you selected for a risk reduction program.Description of who you will request to be part of your advisory or planning committee and why this is important for success of the program (Step 2).The present mission statement of the proposed program (Step 3).Write program goals and SMART objectives (Step 4). This should provide decision makers with a very clear direction for the program.Research Pre-Work Submit your pre-work along with the above Assignment at the end of Unit 4.Directions Include at least two sources to support each of the trends in your presentation.Use charts and graphs as needed.Use bullets for your main points.Assume you will make your presentation to an international audience.Use APA citations on appropriate slides.

 This week’s discussion centers around the concept of Blockchain.  There is still much confusion regarding what Blockchain is and what it is not.  Please discuss your explanation of Blockchain to include why it has been gaining so much popularity