Category: Healthcare

What factors determine how healthy a person is? Are there ways people can improve or change their risks to disease? How would you assess your current health and how will you change your behaviors to improve your future health?

Below are your choices for a term paper. You will submit this paper HERE as a file attachment. You must have at least 5 pages no more than 7 pages. 3 sources beyond your textbook and these must be documented in a bibliography. MLA formatting for the overall paper.

1. What factors determine how healthy a person is? Are there ways people can improve or change their risks to disease? How would you assess your current health and how will you change your behaviors to improve your future health?

2. Pick a chronic disease from those listed in your text. Research the causes, symptoms, and treatments. Present a detailed plan to reduce your risk for this particular disease.

What are the issues with Ohio specifically (epidemiology, cost, impact in the workplace)? What data is available substance use and injuries in the workplace

Assessing Substance Abuse among workers in Ohio using Workers Compensation Claims Data

2. Describe this problem.

3. Why are drugs so addictive?

4. What are some of the rules and regulations regarding these chemicals, and why are they necessary?

5. What are the issues with Ohio specifically (epidemiology, cost, impact in the workplace)? What data is available substance use and injuries in the workplace

6. Use recent references with 5 year timeframe

7. Data will utilize descriptive statistics analysis of workers’s comp data to review cases of substance use in the workplace and identify characteristics of workers with substance abuse in the workplace.

Epidemiology of substance abuse/overdose among workers in America generally and Ohio specifically:Discuss?

Assessing Substance Abuse in the workplace using Workers Compensation Claims in Ohio

Assess the challenge of substance abuse in the workplace in America:Discuss

Epidemiology of substance abuse/overdose among workers in America generally and Ohio specifically:Discuss?

Effect of substance use in the workplace – on injuries and fatalities

Economic burden of substance use in the workplace in America and Ohio specifically:Discuss?

Drug testing practices in the workplace and the need for more drug testing

Employer responsibility for drug-free workplace

Identify the model or tool for analysis of the selected problem, and provide rationale.Analyze and compare data relative to internal and external benchmarks.

Data Collection and Analysis

In addition to the above:

1. Identify the model or tool for analysis of the selected problem, and provide rationale.

2. Analyze and compare data relative to internal and external benchmarks.

3. Construct evidence-based recommendations that include ethical, legal, regulatory and organizational standards.

4. Include the raw data in a readable format in a Word document or spreadsheet with appropriate categories, titles, and labels.

Analyze evidence-based recommendations with respect to organizational context.

Interdisciplinary Presentation of Evidence- Based Recommendations of Healthcare worker shortages

Construct a data driven action plan based upon industry benchmarks to solve the selected health care plan.

Analyze evidence-based recommendations with respect to organizational context.

Provide rationale for the execution of evidence-based recommendations.

Create a succinct PowerPoint presentation on your problem and recommendations that is designed for interdepartmental senior leadership team viewing. Be sure to include speaker’s notes in the area below your slide content and a transcript of the presentation. A reference slide is needed to support the recommendations.

Describe how research and best-practices contribute to the implementation of EBM. Using a real or hypothetical healthcare organization, provide examples of when EBM may be successfully adopted in your organization or critique the organization for the lack of EBM being exhibited.

5.2 Evidence-Based Management Implementation

Describe how research and best-practices contribute to the implementation of EBM. Using a real or hypothetical healthcare organization, provide examples of when EBM may be successfully adopted in your organization or critique the organization for the lack of EBM being exhibited.

In the examples given in Chapter 23, there is not much monetary difference between owning versus leasing. In these circumstances, which method would you recommend and why?

Healthcare 11.1

In the examples given in Chapter 23, there is not much monetary difference between owning versus leasing. In these circumstances, which method would you recommend and why?

(You don’t need to read Chapter 23. We are discussing healthcare companies, both for profit and nonprofit, either leasing or buying equipment)

What trends or threats are or will impact the financial environment of healthcare organizations?How can we best prepare for the impending trends if they are continuously changing?

Trends In Financial Environments

What trends or threats are or will impact the financial environment of healthcare organizations?

These may include legislative changes, lack of primary care providers, or changing demographics.

How can we best prepare for the impending trends if they are continuously changing?

Identify the pertinent changes that you might experience. What plan would you propose to address the changes?