Week 4: Challenges in Lobbying Strategies NR-506
Discuss the best approach for meeting and communicating with your selected elected official for your healthcare concern. What is your rationale for this approach?
Discuss the best approach for meeting and communicating with your selected elected official for your healthcare concern. What is your rationale for this approach?
“What is a scholarly source” located in the Course Resources tab. Be aware that information from .
com websites may be incorrect and should be avoided. References are current – within a 5-year time frame unless a valid rationale is provided and the instructor has approved them prior to submission of the assignment.
Read Chapter 2 in Theatrical Worlds.
Debate the following statement, “Anyone can be an actor.”
Utilize the Link below:
https://ufdcimages.uflib.ufl.edu/AA/00/02/18/70/00001/Mitchell_TheatricalWorlds_accessible.pdf
Describe how clinical decision support systems are used to improve patient safety and care.
What is the Clinical Decision Support Consortium (CDSC), and what is its purpose?
What is the four-stage approach the CDSC used to develop clinical decision support?
What was the biggest challenge the CDSC faced?
How did the CDSC overcome that challenge?
What role did collaboration play in improving the care for patients at the point of care?
How does clinical decision support improve patient care?
How have you used clinical decision support systems in practice?
How have your clinical support systems improved patient safety and outcomes?
What are some of the biggest challenges to implementing and using a clinical support system?
If you have not had an opportunity to use a clinical support system, what do you see as some of the benefits and challenges with these types of systems?
After researching these clinical support systems, would you advocate for your organization to adopt a clinical support system? Why or why not?
Consider your interests, experiences, characteristics and skills. What makes GSDM a good fit for your dental education? As a dental student, how will you contribute to the school community?
Use the school website and other resources to answer but do not copy .
https://www.bu.edu/dental/admissions/dmd/
IE300: Health Disparities in the United States
Assignment 4: Essay writing( Based on personal experiences and reflection).
After listening to the NPR podcast on bad diets and health, reflect on your own eating habits and what you would like to change or what did you already change due to health concerns or environmental concerns, or otherwise. What are some barriers (if you have any) for you to eating healthier? Barriers can include cost of certain foods, access to healthy food, and time constraints, as some examples. It can also include social barriers; when your family and friends eat a certain way, it can be difficult to make changes to one’s diet if it differs from those around you.
Listen to this link:
https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2019/04/03/709507504/bad-diets-are-responsible-for-more-deaths-than-smoking-global-study-finds
Other sources:
Social Determinants of Health: Food Insecurity in the United States :: Altarum – Healthcare Value Hub
Food Insecurity And Health Outcomes | Health Affairs
Evaluate the effectiveness of palliative care in cirrhosis of liver patients with or without decompensation who are not transplant candidates.
The Short Answer Essay should answer the following question in 300 words or less:
What is the most interesting information problem you have ever solved? Explain why it was interesting and how you solved it.
(For MIMS Berkeley University)
What is the relationship between politics, people, place, and the infrastructural system?
Who ushered the system into existence? Who benefits from it? Is there a power imbalance somewhere in the process of development and use? Does that power imbalance ever shift?
Does the system interact with ideas of nature, progress, the city, or the state? If not, what other kinds of ideologies are wrapped up in it?
If you are choosing an angle that involves questions of justice, what might justice look like around that system?
Formative Assessment 1: Role of Informatics in Patient Care
Assignment Content
Using Word, create your response in a minimum of 500 words and upload when complete.
Review the presentation from the American Medical Informatics Association about linking informatics strategies to patient outcomes. How does standardized data entry relate to improving patient safety and improved care outcomes?
The information in the AMIA presentation is from 2014. How has meaningful use changed since its creation? Provide examples from your own clinical practice, current events, or industry journals.