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Identify which types of health care organizations are impacted by the standard.

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IDENTIFY WHICH TYPES OF HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATIONS ARE IMPACTED BY THE STANDARD.

PowerPoint presentation of 6–8 slides (not including title/reference slides) with speaker notes (min
Details:Weekly tasks or assignments (Individual or Group Projects) will be due by Monday, and late submissions will be assigned a late penalty in accordance with the late penalty policy found in the syllabus. NOTE: All submission posting times are based on midnight Central Time.You were asked to choose a quality-improvement standard within health care to discuss. This standard could be related to credentialing, patient safety, utilization management services, home health care, or long-term care. Prepare a PowerPoint presentation of 6–8 slides that will display the following information:

  • Define and explain the quality process you chose.
  • Define descriptive versus inferential statistics. If you were to survey your members, describe the form of the 4 levels of measurement that would be suited for your task (i.e. nominal, interval, ordinal, and ratio).
  • Identify the purpose of the measure.
  • Illustrate how patients or members have benefited or will benefit from the process.
  • Identify which types of health care organizations are impacted by the standard.
  • Based on your knowledge of the standard being discussed, provide 1–3 changes that you might recommend. If you do not have any recommendations, then provide your reasons for not having a recommendation.

Suggest a significant opportunity for HR to become more of a strategic partner within an organization

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EVALUATE THE EFFECTS OF MAJOR EMPLOYMENT LAWS ON HR FUNCTIONS IN HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATIONS.

 

Imagine that you have applied for the position of Manager of Human Resources at an acute care hospital in your community. The hospital is planning to expand its services to meet the needs of a growing community. As part of the application screening process, you have been asked to write a document that outlines the steps you would take, as the manager of HR, to improve the effectiveness of HRM in this organization.

Write a three to four (3-4) page paper in which you:

  1. Analyze two (2) current trends in health care that are affecting human resources management that may likely impact your hiring decision as HR manager. Provide support for your analysis.
  2. Suggest a significant opportunity for HR to become more of a strategic partner within an organization. Justify your response.
  3. Recommend a model of human resources management that would be the most appropriate for this organization in question. Provide support for your recommendation.
  4. Recommend a strategy that HR could implement in order to develop more effective relationships between Human Resources and the organization’s managers and senior executives, indicating how each strategy will achieve the desired goal.
  5. Determine a specific employment law that may affect the hiring and selection process at the acute hospital in your community. Provide support for your rationale.
  6. Use at least three (3) quality academic resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and other Websites do not qualify as academic 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 or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
  • Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length.

identify and describe two to three major problems in the U.S. health care system

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 IDENTIFY AND DESCRIBE TWO TO THREE MAJOR PROBLEMS IN THE U.S. HEALTH CARE SYSTEM.

During each week of this course, you will be researching and analyzing the U.S. health care system with all of its challenges, including policy, economics and potential solutions to reform the system. You will also project your leadership role as an administrator in the system. You will examine the leadership style(s) necessary to implement effective professional development for understanding of this dynamic system.

For the Final Paper, identify and describe two to three major problems in the U.S. health care system. For each problem, summarize the critical issues and propose a solution or strategy that can be used to change or reform the system. Explain your perception of the role of the administrator and the leadership style needed to alleviate or minimize the problem. You must include an analysis of how these components are grounded in research and best practice.

Your paper must be a minimum of ten double-spaced pages (excluding title and reference pages) and formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center. Utilize a minimum of five to seven scholarly sources that were published within the past five years, including a minimum of two from the Ashford University Library databases.

Writing the Final Paper

  1. Must be ten double-spaced pages in length, and formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.
  2. Must include a title page with the following:
    1. Title of paper
    2. Student’s name
    3. Course name and number
    4. Instructor’s name
    5. Date submitted
  3. Must begin with an introductory paragraph that has a succinct thesis statement.
  4. Must address the topic of the paper with critical thought.
  5. Must end with a conclusion that reaffirms your thesis.
  6. Must use at least five to seven scholarly and /or peer-reviewed sources, including a minimum of two from the Ashford Online Library.
  7. Must document all sources in APA style, as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.
  8. Must include a separate reference page, formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center

Analyze the unique aspects of managing human resources (HR) in health care organizations.

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ANALYZE THE UNIQUE ASPECTS OF MANAGING HUMAN RESOURCES (HR) IN HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATIONS.

 

Imagine that you have applied for the position of Manager of Human Resources at an acute care hospital in your community. The hospital is planning to expand its services to meet the needs of a growing community. As part of the application screening process, you have been asked to write a document that outlines the steps you would take, as the manager of HR, to improve the effectiveness of HRM in this organization.

Write a three to four (3-4) page paper in which you:

  1. Analyze two (2) current trends in health care that are affecting human resources management that may likely impact your hiring decision as HR manager. Provide support for your analysis.
  2. Suggest a significant opportunity for HR to become more of a strategic partner within an organization. Justify your response.
  3. Recommend a model of human resources management that would be the most appropriate for this organization in question. Provide support for your recommendation.
  4. Recommend a strategy that HR could implement in order to develop more effective relationships between Human Resources and the organization’s managers and senior executives, indicating how each strategy will achieve the desired goal.
  5. Determine a specific employment law that may affect the hiring and selection process at the acute hospital in your community. Provide support for your rationale.
  6. Use at least three (3) quality academic resources in this assignment. Note:Wikipedia and other Websites do not qualify as academic 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 or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
  • Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length.

 

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

  • Analyze the unique aspects of managing human resources (HR) in health care organizations.
  • Evaluate the effects of major employment laws on HR functions in health care organizations.
  • Evaluate the competencies necessary for effective health care human resources management.
  • Use technology and information resources to research issues in health services human resource management.
  • Write clearly and concisely about health services human resource management using proper writing mechanics.

 

Grading for this assignment will be based on answer quality, logic / organization of the paper, and language and writing skills, using the following rubric.

Suggest a key action that senior health care leadership could take in the community in which you live to push the boundaries of information technology management.

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IDENTIFY AND ANALYZE WHAT YOU BELIEVE TO BE THE MOST SIGNIFICANT NEW TECHNOLOGY REQUIREMENTS FOR THE HEALTH CARE INDUSTRY.

Write a four to five (4-5) page paper in which you:

 

  1. Identify and analyze what you believe to be the most significant new technology requirements for the health care industry. Indicate how providers should approach the implementation of this new technology requirement that you have identified. Provide support for the response.
  2. Analyze the basic technology underlying health care information systems. Argue that the need for technological innovation and / or modification is most pressing. Support the argument with examples.
  3. Recommend an innovation / modification, and explain how the recommendation could improve the overall level of health care in your own community. Include specific example(s) using local hospitals or other health care providers to support the response.
  4. Suggest a key action that senior health care leadership could take in the community in which you live to push the boundaries of information technology management. Next, speculate on the effect to the community as a result of the improvement to the health care technology.
  5. Use at least three (3) quality resources in this assignment. 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 or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
  • Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length.

Determine a key aspect of a health care facility’s culture that is necessary to support the implementation of an integrated delivery system

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“Integrated Delivery Systems” Please respond to the following

1, Analyze the use of an Enterprise Software Systems (ESS) in a health care organization with regard to its effects on operational outcomes. Select one of the following applications, and recommend three specific ways that the application you selected can improve the efficiency and effectiveness of a health care organization: supply chain management, customer relations management, and enterprise resource planning. Note: Make sure your suggestion is NOT covered in the textbook.

2, Based on the recommendations that you made in the Part I of this discussion, determine a significant drawback of using the software application in question. Justify your response with one example.

3, Determine a key aspect of a health care facility’s culture that is necessary to support the implementation of an integrated delivery system. Support your response.

4, Make a recommendation for how the use of an integrated delivery system can improve patient services along with each of the four steps of the service mode

Analyze the basic technology underlying health care information systems

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ANALYZE THE BASIC TECHNOLOGY UNDERLYING HEALTH CARE INFORMATION SYSTEMS.

Using the Internet research the regulatory requirements related to technology with the health care industry, and complete this assignment.

 

Write a four (4)page paper in which you:

  1. Identify and analyze what you believe to be the most significant new technology requirements for the health care industry. Indicate how providers should approach the implementation of this new technology requirement that you have identified. Provide support for the response.
  2. Analyze the basic technology underlying health care information systems. Argue that the need for technological innovation and / or modification is most pressing. Support the argument with examples.
  3. Recommend an innovation / modification, and explain how the recommendation could improve the overall level of health care in your own community. Include specific example(s) using local hospitals or other health care providers to support the response.
  4. Suggest a key action that senior health care leadership could take in the community in which you live to push the boundaries of information technology management. Next, speculate on the effect to the community as a result of the improvement to the health care technology.
  5. Use at least three (3) quality resources in this assignment. 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 or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.

What makes a health care product or service stand out from its competitors?

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DESCRIBE THE ETHICAL RESPONSIBILITIES THAT YOU BELIEVE SHOULD GUIDE HEALTH CARE LEADERS AS THEY ENGAGE IN VARIOUS ASPECTS OF MARKETING.

 

What makes a health care product or service stand out from its competitors? Perhaps you recognize the advertising slogans below:

“Tylenol: The pain reliever hospitals use most”

“Walgreens: The Pharmacy America Trusts”

“Merck: Where patients come first”

“The More You Know, The More You Trust Bayer.

Take it for Pain. Take it for Life”

“Pfizer:Working for a healthier world”

“GlaxoSmithKline: Do more, feel better, live longer”

Advertising slogans can be an effective way to differentiate oneself in a competitive marketplace. In addition, today’s organizations use a variety of means to promote their products and services. For this Discussion, you will research and analyze aspects of an organization’s promotional strategies.

 

Prepare for this Discussion as follows:

 

This week’s media segment, “Strategic Planning in Action: Good Samaritan Hospital of Maryland” presents some of the promotion strategies employed for the JointExperience and The Spine Center at that hospital. Consider how the information presented in this media segment relates to the concepts and ideas presented in last week’s media segment, as well as the text chapters, particularly Chapters 11 and 12.

Select a different health care organization, product, or service of interest to you. Conduct research on your own to identify one or more examples that demonstrate use of promotional strategies. For instance, you may examine television commercials and newspaper ads for a local physician practice, or a website designed to promote a medical device.

 

Analyze the effectiveness of these promotional strategies. Consider who the target market might be, and why these strategies might have been chosen. What could you surmise about the organization’s strategic priorities? Be prepared to support your rationale.

Devise at least one recommendation for improving upon or adding to the promotion strategies.

 

As you do this, reflect on the ethical considerations involved in promotion. What ethical responsibilities should guide health care leaders as they engage in various aspects of marketing?

 

Response to the following:

 

In the first line of your posting, identify the organization, product, or service you have selected. Provide a brief description of one or more examples of promotional strategies. If possible, include a web link or other attachment to allow others to view the source(s). 

Analyze each example of a promotional strategy. Explain why you think each is—or isn’t—e ffective. Describe who you think the target market is, and the potential connections between these promotional strategies and the strategic priorities of that organization. Be sure to provide your rationale.

Provide at least one recommendation for how you would improve upon or expand these promotional strategies.

Describe the ethical responsibilities that you believe should guide health care leaders as they engage in various aspects of marketing.

Analyze the distinction between customer satisfaction and customer loyalty

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WHY ARE CUSTOMER SATISFACTION SURVEYS IMPORTANT FOR HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATIONS?

Prepare for this Application as follows:

For Section One: Marketing Research

Review the instructions for Chapter 6 Problem 6 on page 228 of Essentials of Health Care Marketing. In addition to considering how you will answer this problem, think about the marketing-research process. What elements of the marketing-research process described in Chapter 5 of the text would you recommend the organization apply in this scenario?

For Section Two: Customer Loyalty

Consider the following statement: “ Although it is obvious that dissatisfied customers will certainly switch, it has been found that even satisfied customers will switch providers or suppliers. Satisfaction in and of itself is not sufficient” (Berkowitz, 2011, p. 236). With this in mind, think about the following questions:

Why are customer satisfaction surveys important for health care organizations?

What is the difference between customer satisfaction and customer loyalty?

How would you assess customer loyalty?

Why would this distinction be important for a health care organization as it considers its financial investments in marketing strategies? What implications does this have in terms of attracting new customers versus retaining customers?

What is the purpose of organizational branding?

Then write a 2- to 3-page paper that addresses the following:

 

Section One: Marketing Research

Answer the questions for Chapter 6 Problem 6 on page 228 of Essentials of Health Care Marketing. In addition, explain the types of additional marketing research you would recommend the organization conduct given this scenario.

Section Two: Customer Loyalty

Analyze the distinction between customer satisfaction and customer loyalty. Also evaluate the significance of organizational branding and other aspects of marketing described in this week’s Learning Resources. Explain how they relate to customer loyalty.

EXPLAIN HOW YOUR PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS AS WELL AS SOCIOCULTURAL DIMENSIONS INFLUENCE THE CHOICES YOU MAKE AS A HEALTH CARE CONSUMER

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. EXPLAIN HOW YOUR PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS AS WELL AS SOCIOCULTURAL DIMENSIONS INFLUENCE THE CHOICES YOU MAKE AS A HEALTH CARE CONSUMER

 

What motivates consumers to make the decisions they do? How do health care organizations market to specific groups of consumers? In this Discussion, you will explore these questions and the connection between them.

Prepare for this Discussion as follows:

 

Review Exhibit 4-6 “The Traditional Family Life Cycle” on page 144 in Essentials of Health Care Marketing. Then, look at Figure 4-6 “The Modernized Family Life Cycle” on page 145 of this text. In addition, you may have additional modifications to these two diagrams that you would like to make based on contemporary conceptions of individuals and families. Where would you place yourself in a contemporary life cycle?  (REY IF POSSIBLE, SEND ME YOUR PERSONAL EMAIL ADDRESS THAT WAY I CAN SCAN AND SEND THE PAGES TO YOU –OR- YOU CAN FIND THEM ONLINE, EITHER OR IS FINE WITH ME)

With this in mind, consider what is important to you as a health care consumer. Reflect on insights from the Learning Resources regarding buyer behavior and think about various sociocultural influences that may affect your choices. How do you think decision-making sequences might differ for you as opposed to a selection of other consumer types ?

Next, change your perspective from one of a consumer to one of a provider. Bring to mind an actual health care organization that offers a particular product or service of interest to you. Suppose this organization wanted to appeal to you as a consumer. How would you expect this organization to apply the information on market segmentation presented in Chapter 6 of the text? What elements of product strategy outlined in Chapter 8 of the text are relevant for the product or service you have selected?