Healthcare

Assignment Instructions: This week, reflect on what you learned from the NIH materials about protecting the rights of human research participants. Discuss at least THREE ONLY of the following in your paper: Describe the circumstances that influenced the need for a policy to protect human research subjects. Give examples of specific ways human research subjects can be harmed by researchers. Identify three vulnerable populations and the special restrictions associated with human research among these groups. Evaluate the requirements and restrictions. Do you think they are adequate? Why or why not? The Belmont Report summarizes the ethical principles and guidelines for research involving human subjects. Three core principles are identified: respect for persons, beneficence, and justice. Even though these principles are considered equal, prioritize them in order of importance to you. Explain your decisions. Although you are not implementing a change project at this time, and you may not be directly involved in research as part of your professional responsibilities, explain the reasons why it is important for you to know about these rights and protections. Your reflective paper should be two to three pages and written in current APA Style.

Within the Discussion Board area, write 400–600 words that respond to the following questions with your thoughts, ideas, and comments. This will be the foundation for future discussions by your classmates. Be substantive and clear, and use examples to reinforce your ideas. As the administrator for AKT hospital that has been placed in charge of the quality improvement initiative, describe how health care data is collected and used to run health care organizations as a business and improve the health of the community. Provide examples of specific databases that can be used to ensure that the organization meets accreditation standards and are able to create intervention initiatives. How can the information be used to assess population health needs, conduct a marketing assessment, evaluate health care outcomes, make predictions, and improve the overall quality of health care provided?

To prepare for this assignment, review the key components of the health care policy process in Ch. 3 of Health policymaking in the United States. To prepare for this assignment, review the key components of the health care policy process in Ch. 3 of Health policymaking in the United States. Additionally, Chapters 5-9 of the course text are also excellent resources for each stage of the policy process. Here is a breakdown of what you can find in each chapter of Longest (2016): Chapter 5: Formulation Chapter 6: Legislation Chapter 7: Implementation Chapter 8: Implementation/Analysis/Evaluation Chapter 9: Analysis/Evaluation and Revision The policy cycle provides lawmakers with a pathway for developing a policy and guiding it through the institutions of our government. The cycle starts with identification of a targeted problem and ultimately ends up with providing a specific course of action. Along the way, the outcomes of a policy are subjected to various levels of review, evaluation, and revisions that result in a continual loop. As a health care administrator, it’s important to have a working knowledge of the process and how the process ultimately leads to implementation of health care laws that eventually will have an impact on what you do.   Write a 700- to 1,050-word paper that explains the policy process and explains how the Affordable Care Act advanced through the policy process stages. Your paper must include the following: 1.Discuss five stages of the policy process identified in Longest (2016)–at least 100-150 words to describe each stage: Formulation Legislation Implementation Evaluation/analysis, Revision 2.Explain how the Affordable Care Act advanced through each stage of the policy process How the law was formed/proposed and then passed by Congress How it has been implemented and what agencies primarily implement the law One or two ways the ACA can be evaluated List at least one revision to the law since it has been passed Cite at least 3 reputable references. One of your sources must be the course textbook, Longest (2016). Reputable references include trade or industry publications, government or agency websites, scholarly works a textbook, or other sources of similar quality. Submit your assignment. Resources  Center for Writing Excellence  Reference and Citation Generator  Grammar and Writing Guides Copyright 2019 by University of Phoenix. All rights reserved. Use this space to build your submission. You can add text, images, and files. Add Content Details & Information   Assessment due date 9/1/20, 1:59 AM (CDT)

Instructions Read New York’s burglary statute below and answer the following questions. What are the important/operative words that give the statute meaning? Which questions might a judge have to instruct the jury on as they determine guilt or innocence? Which canon of interpretation is best applied to a simple statute like this? New York’s Burglary Statute: S. 140.30 Burglary in the first degree A person is guilty of burglary in the first degree when he knowingly enters or remains unlawfully in a dwelling with intent to commit a crime therein, and when, in effecting entry or while in the dwelling or in immediate flight therefrom, he or another participant in the crime: Is armed with explosives or a deadly weapon; or Causes physical injury to any person who is not a participant in the crime; or Uses or threatens the immediate use of a dangerous instrument; or Displays what appears to be a pistol, revolver, rifle, shotgun, machine gun or other firearm; except that in any prosecution under this subdivision, it is an affirmative defense that such pistol, revolver, rifle, shotgun, machine gun or other firearm was not a loaded weapon from which a shot, readily capable of producing death or other serious physical injury, could be discharged. Nothing contained in this subdivision shall constitute a defense to a prosecution for, or preclude a conviction of, burglary in the second degree, burglary in the third degree or any other crime. Reference: http://ypdcrime.com/penal.law/article140.htm#p140.30

-Use the following two articles as references and sources for the assignment: https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2017/07/16/537075018/dirt-is-good-why-kids-need-exposure-to-germs https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2017/07/18/mom-newborn-life-support-dont-let-anyone-kiss-your-baby/487167001/ -Type 3 separate paragraphs  addressing the 3 following questions (each paragraph must contain 200 words minimum): 1. If a close family member asked for your opinion, what advice would you offer on the general topic of exposing their young child to “germs”? (200 words) 2. Does your advice change based on the age of the child? (200 words) 3. Does your advice change based on the parents’ compliance with all the recommended childhood vaccinations? (200 words) https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2017/07/16/537075018/dirt-is-good-why-kids-need-exposure-to-germs (Links to an external site.)

Vision, Mission, and Values Statements The course is structured so that each week you will work on specific segments of your marketing plan for the Final Project that is due in Week 6. This week you will choose a specific healthcare organization (HCO) and begin examining the products and services found in the HCO’s strategic plan. For this assignment, read Chapter 3 in the course text, which addresses the importance of the mission, vision, and values statements to organizations. Why is it important for an organization to have these statements? What purpose do they serve? Next, research and choose a specific healthcare organization for your marketing plan. You could select the organization your currently work for, one you are familiar with, or one you would like to work for in the future. After selecting your HCO, conduct research online to locate the organization’s strategic plan and read its vision, mission, and values statements. Add the term strategic plan after the HCO’s name in the search engine box (e.g., Sharp Healthcare strategic plan) to narrow your search results. In your assignment State your choice of HCO and explain why it interests you. State the organization’s vision, mission, and values statements Discuss whether the organization’s purpose and priorities are clearly defined Discuss whether the mission statement clearly separates the HCO from competing organizations. Include any ideas you have at this point for improving the mission statement in terms of aligning the HCO’s stated priorities with its products and services.   Discuss whether the current vision statement correctly describes the HCO’s path as it implements the strategic plan. Could the current vision statement be utilized to motivate the organization’s workforce? If not, how would you reword the vision statement to better reflect high ideals and aspirations to fulfill the HCO’s strategic plan?   Discuss whether the current values statement takes into consideration the values of multiple participants such as the community, employees, shareholders, and customers. How would you reword the current value statement to better reflect priorities found within the HCO’s strategic plan? The assignment Must be five to six double-spaced pages in length (not including the title page and references page) and formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center  (Links to an external site.) . Must include a separate title page with the following: Title of paper Student’s name Course name and number Instructor’s name Date submitted Must use at least three scholarly sources in addition to the course text. Must document all sources in APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center. Must include a separate references page that is formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.

In 2011, the first Baby Boomers reached what used to be considered “retirement age.” The youngest of the Boomers are in their 50s, but the oldest Boomers are retiring in droves, creating a concerning growth in the elderly population and as a result, an increased demand on the health care system. For this assignment, complete the following: Research government entitlement programs for the elderly population. Write an informative research paper discussing these government entitlement programs at the federal, state, and local levels. Your paper must be in proper APA format. Your paper should be 3–5 pages, excluding the cover page, abstract page, and reference page.  Support your work with at least 4 academic or professional peer-reviewed sources that were published within the past 5 years.

Health care administrators are confronted with ethical dilemmas and difficult decision making during their work. As we have already discovered, there are important interactions between ethical behaviors and legal issues. Health care administrators need to understand the relationships as well as the distinct differences. Health care institutions have ethics committees that play a central role in the protection of patient’s rights, the organization as a whole, and its staff. Instructions Imagine you work as a professional health care administrator in a large medical center. You have been asked to present a paper at a professional conference on medical ethics and caregiver-patient encounters. You must write a paper about a significant physician-patient ethical dilemma in a medical setting, defending the decision and conclusions made. Below is a resource with multiple ethical case studies that involved patients, their families, and members of the interdisciplinary team. Choose one of the scenarios on this site, or select a case of your own choosing from another resource. Medical Ethics and Physician-Patient Encounters: Case Studies and Best Practices. Your paper should be 3–5 pages and should include a title page and references, for a total of 5–7 pages. Strayer Writing Standards This course requires the use of Strayer Writing Standards. For assistance and information, please refer to the Strayer Writing Standards link in the left-hand menu of your course. Grading Criteria The grading criteria for this executive summary is as follows. It must include the elements listed below, so be sure to address each point. You may also want to review the performance-level descriptions for each criterion in the scoring guide to see how your work will be assessed: Prepare a brief from the perspective of a lead administrator dealing with an ethical dilemma. Apply ethical and moral theories to a case study involving a patient and caregivers. Outline the ethical concerns and potential outcomes in a selected ethical dilemma. Propose a solution to mitigate the issues raised in a selected ethical dilemma. Defend the solution from an ethical standpoint. Use at least three peer-reviewed articles less than five years old. Provide appropriate in-text citations and reference section. Meet clarity, writing mechanics, and formatting requirements.

Directions Address the following in a paper no longer than two double-spaced pages (not including the reference page) and in APA format. Include at least three peer-reviewed, evidence-based references. Explain the differences between the four main actions a drug can have after binding to a receptor. Describe what an agonist, partial agonist, antagonist, and inverse agonist are. List one or two psychiatric medications that are an example of each of these categories. What is a G-protein-linked receptor? What is an ion channel? How do these differ from each other? Give an example of a neurotransmitter and a medication that act on a G-protein receptor and ion channel. Explain how this information influences how you prescribe medications. Give an example of a patient case or scenario where understanding the drug’s action at the receptor would be critically important in safely treating the patient.

My topic is Increase Visition Screening for kids 5 and below here is link to book access -https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1bG9PeWB_qzqJtu943UftqJ_BFOOSvYTk After reading Chapter 11, compare and contrast the four visual mapping tools listed in the chapter: County Health Rankings and Roadmaps Community Commons Network of Care Health Landscape Explain how you would use them in evaluating the effectiveness of changing health status in the priority population and implementation setting selected for the program you are proposing.