Healthcare

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Healthcare

1- Please review and summarize the information from the six videos listed on the Introduction to the Health Care Landscape document. Please ensure that each summary is between 200-600 words and use titles of the video links as subheadings in your response. 

 

1: Joe Fifer Speaks at ANI 2017 (Please view entire segment)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q6POu15DbGU&t=829s

 

2:  Melinda Hancock, 2015-16 HFMA Chair  (Please view entire segment)

 

3: Kevin Lofton accepts the 2014 HFMA Board of Directors Award at ANI***     (start at 2:24 )

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CK69X768sqQ

 

4: Arrick: Weaker Revenue Environment Impacts Hospital Credit Quality (There are several videos in this link. Please only focus on this one)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g01DbP7mul4&index=3&list=PLjy4VNMXg4v0x3ULqMV-hcw_HwrACaSH8

 

5: Kaufman: New Disruptor Model Impacts Hospitals

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvsQ86U69sw&list=PLjy4VNMXg4v0x3ULqMV-hcw_HwrACaSH8&index=10

 

6: Topography of the Emerging Healthcare Landscape  

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mgEsdtso7-s&list=PLjy4VNMXg4v0x3ULqMV-hcw_HwrACaSH8&index=9

2- According to the information in the videos, please identify and explain at least five challenges current or emerging challenges faced by health care providers. Please provide the name, minutes and seconds in the video file where this information can be found.

3- Please rank your challenges (listed in question three) from most concerning to least concerning. Please ensure to provide an explanation for each item ranked.

4- n light of the numerous challenges mention by the speakers in the video, please identify and explain at least six opportunities for change and/or growth in the health care industry. Please provide the name, minutes and seconds in the video file where this information can be found

5- Please identify at least five issues or concepts you did not understand in the videos. Please also identify what information you will need to help add clarity. Please provide the name, minutes, and seconds in the video file where this information can be found.  

forensic technique Symantec researchers employed in order to receive the traffic sent by Stuxnet-infected computers and describe what their analysis uncovered.

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Case Study Help

Case Study 3: Analyzing Stuxnet  Read the article titled, “How Digital Detectives Deciphered Stuxnet, the Most Menacing Malware in History” located at the Wired link below:

http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2011/07/how-digital-detectives-deciphered-stuxnet/all/1  Write a three to four (3-4) page paper in which you:

1. Explain the forensic technique Symantec researchers employed in order to receive the traffic sent by Stuxnet-infected computers and describe what their analysis uncovered.

2. Identify what researchers were surprised to discover with Stuxnet’s malicious DLL file. Assess this significant function of malware and what potential dangers it could present in the future.

3. Determine the primary reason that critical infrastructures are open to attacks which did not seem possible just a couple of decades earlier.

4. Decide whether or not an appropriate case has been made in which Stuxnet was indeed a targeted attack on an Iranian nuclear facility, based on the evidence and conclusions of the researchers. Provide your rationale with your response.

5. Use at least two (2) quality resources in this assignment other than the article linked above. Note: Wikipedia and similar Websites do not qualify as quality resources.

Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

· Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA style.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

· Outline system forensics issues, laws, and skills.

· Analyze and describe the process of reviewing network logs for analysis.

· Use technology and information resources to research advanced issues in computer forensics.

· Write clearly and concisely about topics related to computer forensics planning using proper writing mechanics and technical style conventions.

Profits, Market Structure, & Market Power

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Profits, Market Structure, & Market Power

A new type of third-party-reimbursement healthcare payment plan is emerging in the United States. CDHPs strive to control costs and improve quality of care by requiring consumers to take control of their own healthcare decisions. Consumers decide how they want to spend their healthcare dollars, depending on what is important to them. CDHPs are geared to encourage participants to enroll in some type of wellness program and improve their lifestyles. Specific types of CDHPs are health reimbursement accounts (HRA), flexible spending accounts (FSA), and health savings accounts (HSA).

However, there are concerns about CDHPs. The consumer may neither understand nor have the education and the tools to manage his or her own healthcare appropriately. This may have long-term ramifications on the whole healthcare system and whether CDHPs can be successful for the consumer, the employer, the physician, and the healthcare facilities, as well as the insurers. Answer the following questions in regard to this development:

•Summarize the history of when, how, and why CDHPs were developed.

•Explain HSA, HRA, and FSA with examples.

•Examine different segments of the population. Describe which socioeconomic group is likely to benefit the most from CDHPs.

•Explain the types of incentives to providers for efficiency in the delivery of healthcare services. Explain who bears the financial risk—the provider, the patient, or the CDHP.

•Offer your recommendations for patients considering a CDHP, including which types are appropriate for which patients. Include your recommendations for each, to accept or decline, and also include your rationale behind such recommendations.

Resource:  Summer, J. & Miller, S. (2011, May 6). Consumer-driven decision: Weighing HSAs v. HRAs. Retrieved from https://www.shrm.org/resourcesandtools/hr-topics/benefits/pages/hsasvshras.aspx

To support your work, use textbook readings and also use the online internet. As in all assignments, cite your sources in your work and provide references for the citations in APA format.  Assignment should be addressed in an 8-page document.

predisposing factors to adolescent pregnancy

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Do A Comment Base In These Answers. Please Write At Least 130 Words. Academic Reference Need. Please Write The Reference In Each Not Together Because Sometime I Confuse.

  1. Risk factors

Comment 1

There are several predisposing factors to adolescent pregnancy. They include a lack of parental guidance. Adolescent sexual behaviour which is promiscuous in nature. Exploitation by older men who lure young girls with money and other material things. Sexual abuse or rape and socio-economic. Inadequate knowledge about protected sexual intercourse. Peer pressure and teenage drinking which impairs the ability to make wise decisions.

Community resources

Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program – The design focuses on the promotion of safe sexual and reproductive health practices so that there is reduction of unplanned pregnancies and sexually transmitted infections among adolescents through the provision of community outreach, health education and positive youth development

Parenting Teen Program It focuses on the provision of mothers at risk with the opportunity to get training and guidance on job, parenting and life skills. It also dwells on social, academic and independent living skill development among these mothers.

Pregnancy rates

There has been a steep fall in the teen pregnancy rate. By the year 2011 according to the data that is available, the rate was 62 pregnancies per 1,000 teen girls (age 15-19); some 5,270 teen pregnancies. Therefore the teen pregnancy rate has reduced by 57% since 1988. Since 2008, the teen pregnancy rate has changed by -10%

Commentary on rate

There has been a reduction in the teen pregnancy rate.  One of the possible reasons that can be attributed to this reduction is that there is increased utilization of contraception in is Nevada. Research has demonstrated an increase in the contraceptive prevalence rate. This has been achieved through the public health campaigns that raise awareness about teenage pregnancies. There has been provision of free barrier contraceptives to the sexually active demographic.

Comment 2

Adolescent pregnancy is a very risky for both the adolescent and the baby. The body of an adolescent has not fully matured enough to provide and support a growing child, let alone the adolescent as well.  The adolescent age is very important and is considered the stage where children learn to explore their sexuality while peer pressure influences their thoughts, behavior, likes and dislikes. The media also influences how adolescents perceive themselves as well as others around them. Girls are more sensitive to social media and lack of parental support, proper education on dangers of drugs, sex and violence can lead to poor health habits that are hard to break as they grow into adults.  Based on Center of Disease and Control (CDC) the rate of adolescent pregnancy had decreased by 9% from 2013 to 2014. In California, the rate of adolescent pregnancy ages 15- 19 years of age has decreased to 25.7 % out of every 1,000 females in the past 10 years according to the California Department of Public health. The decrease in adolescent/ teen birth rates is said to be contributed to social media depiction of teen pregnancy and the hardship of teen pregnancy, along with the increased sexual education programs in school and family planning along with the range of contraceptives available. However, the rate of adolescent pregnancy is still higher in US than other countries. In 2014 about 249,078 babies were given birth to by women ages 15 to 19 years old (“About teen pregnancy”, 2015).

Adolescent pregnancy affects the career aspiration and choices for the adolescent for it is costly to care for a baby. Also the cost for the society increases for welfare and medical cost for both the adolescent mother and the baby.  Often adolescent mothers achieve education only up to high school for many pregnant adolescents drop out in order to provide for their child and often from pressure from peers and society.  Based on CDC About 50% of teen/adolescent mothers receive a high school diploma by the age of 22 and children of adolescent mothers were less likely to have high achievements in school (” Social Determinants and Eliminating Disparities in Teen Pregnancy”, 2016).

There are many community and state resources that aim to prevent adolescent pregnancy. One community based program aimed at adolescent/teen pregnancy called Generation Her, a non-profit organization that aims to enlighten, strengthen and encourage teen mothers by providing mentors, local resources for childcare, teaching life goals and encouraging continuation of education (“Generation Her”).  One state resource for adolescent mothers called California’s Adolescent Sibling Pregnancy Prevention Program. The program was developed in 1996 to provide services for pregnant and parenting adolescents and teen in schools, county- health departments, and other community based resources. The organization provides academic guidance, enhances self-esteem, provides job placement, teaches decision-making skills and provides information about safe sex-abstinence and contraception (” California’s Adolescent Sibling Pregnancy Prevention Program.”, 2008).

Critique Of Family Counseling Theories

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Assignment 2: Critique Of Family Counseling Theories

Tasks:

Research the approaches used by the following family therapists:

  • Murray Bowen (Multigenerational Family Therapy)
  • Virginia Satir (Conjoint Family Therapy)
  • Jay Haley (Strategic Family Therapy)

Consider and describe which elements from each approach you are interested in and would consider incorporating into your own practice. Critique and discuss which elements from each approach you find incompatible with your personal style of helping and plan not to necessarily incorporate into your own practice.

Your final deliverable will be a 3- to 5-page Microsoft Word document. Utilize a minimum of three scholarly references. Your paper should be written in a clear, concise, and organized manner; demonstrate ethical scholarship in accurate representation and attribution of sources; and display accurate spelling, grammar, and punctuation. No Plagiarism APA format only

comparative analysis of legal positivism and natural law legal theories

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gal Paper – Legal Positivism And Natural Law – Bluebook Format Required 2900 Word Count.

Make a comparative analysis of legal positivism and natural law legal theories. In your analysis, consider fundamental legal theories such as H.L.A. Hart’s Legal Positivism, Hans Kelsen’s Pure Theory of Law, John Finnis’ Natural Law Theory, and Lon Fuller’s Natural Law Theory. You must include the following:

1. Comparative analysis of the legal theories;

2. Consistencies of the legal theories with the biblical perspective of law;

3. Inconsistencies of the legal theories with the biblical perspective of law; and

4. Application of the legal theories to the analysis of current legal issues.

collaborative analysis on multiple facets of risk management in the health care setting.

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Nursing

Throughout this course, you have identified, examined, and provided individual as well as collaborative analysis on multiple facets of risk management in the health care setting.

Addressing the knowledge you have gained, and building on that knowledge to add your evaluation of the role that the managed care organization (MCO) plays in today’s health care environment, develop a 250-500 word reflection to incorporate the following:

  1. What is a health care organization’s administrative role regarding oversight of risk management policies and ensuring compliance with managed care organization (MCOs) standards?
  2. What is your assessment of the value provided to an organization that stems from the regulatory statutes of a typical MCO? Consider the establishment of conflict resolution and risk management strategies within the health care organization from the employer/employee perspective as well as in regards to patient conflict circumstances.
  3. What MCO responsibilities pertain to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) and Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) focus on fraud, waste, and abuse laws?

Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.

This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.

You are required to submit this assignment to Turn it in. Please refer to the directions in the Student Success Center.

Professional Associations Membership 

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Professional Associations Membership

hoose a professional nursing organization that relates to the nursing profession or your clinical practice area. Assuming that you are the chairperson of membership for the organization, create a full-page flyer designed to recruit new members to the professional organization. In your flyer, include:

  1. The function of the organization, as well as its mission and vision.
  2. Potential advantages of membership in the organization.
  3. Provide resource information for new members, including contact information, membership requirements, and organizational endorsements (i.e., what other members or other organizations are saying about the selected organization).
  4. Create a topic for an upcoming meeting that would appeal to your target audience.

While APA format is not required for the body of this assignment, solid academic writing is expected, and in-text citations and references should be presented using APA documentation guidelines, which can be found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center.

This assignment uses a rubric. Students should review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the criteria and expectations for successful completion.

health care organization’s administrative role regarding oversight of risk management policies and ensuring compliance with managed care organization (MCOs) standards

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Nursing

Throughout this course, you have identified, examined, and provided individual as well as collaborative analysis on multiple facets of risk management in the health care setting.

Addressing the knowledge you have gained, and building on that knowledge to add your evaluation of the role that the managed care organization (MCO) plays in today’s health care environment, develop a 250-500 word reflection to incorporate the following:

  1. What is a health care organization’s administrative role regarding oversight of risk management policies and ensuring compliance with managed care organization (MCOs) standards?
  2. What is your assessment of the value provided to an organization that stems from the regulatory statutes of a typical MCO? Consider the establishment of conflict resolution and risk management strategies within the health care organization from the employer/employee perspective as well as in regards to patient conflict circumstances.
  3. What MCO responsibilities pertain to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) and Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) focus on fraud, waste, and abuse laws?

Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.

This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.

You are required to submit this assignment to Turnitin. Please refer to the directions in the Student Success Center.

measures that a health care organization (or any health care organization) needs to address in the delivery of safe health care services

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Nursing

 The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), the Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services (CMS), and The Joint Commission (TJC) require that health care organizations maintain risk management programs to address infection control. Detail three measures that your health care organization (or any health care organization) needs to address in the delivery of safe health care services. (Example: Placing hand washing devices at all of the public entrances of the health care facility). Support your response with a minimum of two peer-reviewed references.