Category: Healthcare

What considerations should you weave into this proposed new policy? What should be the essential roles and responsibilities of the new community health center governing councils? How should you help the members of these governing bodies become educated about good board work?

Scenario

Terms of reference (TOR)

Documents used to define the scope of responsibilities for leaders, boards, and organizations.
terms of reference (TOR)’ for these new bodies must be drafted within one month for consideration as a regulatory act in Parliament.

What considerations should you weave into this proposed new policy? What should be the essential roles and responsibilities of the new community health center governing councils? How should you help the members of these governing bodies become educated about good board work?

Consider these questions as you begin your journey into the realm of good board work as presented in this chapter.

Discuss the relation between the marginal and average productivity curves and the marginal and average variable cost curves.What does the elasticity of substitution illustrate? How is it expressed mathematically? What two factors affect its magnitude?

Medical Care Production and costs

Assignments

1. Suppose you are to specify a short-run production function for dental services.
What inputs might you include in the production function? Which would be the variable
inputs and which the fixed inputs?

2. In your own words, explain the law of diminishing marginal productivity. Be sure to
mention the reason this law tends to hold in the short run.

3. Explain the difference between technical efficiency and economic efficiency.

4. Discuss the relation between the marginal and average productivity curves and the
marginal and average variable cost curves.

5. What does the elasticity of substitution illustrate? How is it expressed mathematically?
What two factors affect its magnitude?

6. Explain the difference between the explicit and implicit costs of production. Cite an
example of each.

7. What does economies of scope mean? Provide an example.

8. Explain the reasoning behind the U shape of the long-run average total cost curve. Why
might this cost curve shift upward?

9. Describe the two limitations associated with the cost theory provided in this chapter
when it is applied to explain the behavior of medical firms.

10. Suppose that you are interested in comparing the costs of producing inpatient services at
Saving Grace Hospital with those at ACME Hospital. Further suppose that the two
hospitals annually admit about 24,000 and 32,000 patients, respectively, at average
short-run total costs per admission of roughly $11,000 and $12,000.

A. Why may these average STC figures not represent the economic cost of providing
inpatient services at these two hospitals? Explain fully.

B. Using cost theory as presented in the text, identify and fully discuss four other factors
that might explain why ACME Hospital has higher average costs of production than
Saving Grace Hospital.

What is your organizations projections for capturing new market share for the SBP period?What is included in the mix like television ads, trade show marketing, press releases, newspaper and online advertising and social media activities, and special events?

What is your organizations projections for capturing new market share for the SBP period?

(What areas will growth occur?(Include the parts of the marketing campaign – what it consist of?)

What is included in the mix like television ads, trade show marketing, press releases, newspaper and online advertising and social media activities, and special events?

What is the primary message(s) that will need to be communicated to the organization’s customers/patients/stakeholders?

Online marketing – Keyword strategy / to optimize search engine customer searches so the organization’s website shows up at the top of the page. Example – https://www.wordstream.com/keyword-strategy /What are the keywords and social media strategy (how will it be done).

Is there a monthly newsletter / loyalty program (benefits for existing customers like health seminars, use of smartphone messaging alerts / What is the retention strategy to keep loyal customers loyal?

Who participates in the marketing efforts during the on-going marketing program?

What specialist are included (like social media specialist) to achieve the marketing goals?

How were they recruited, trained / is there a need to hire more staff?

What outside groups will assist in the marketing plan such as the health department, community agencies, associations, others etc.?

What is the current referral strategy (like physician or discharge planners, etc.) used to maximize patient referrals to the organization?

What are the strategies to increase referrals?

What has been changed or modified because of COVID-19?

Other issues/challenges/changes for marketing the SBP?

Why is Cardiac sonography important in diagnosing certain diseases and what are some examples of diseases that Cardiac sonography can diagnose. Why are the effects of these disease and why is important to diagnose them?

This essay should talk about Cardiac Sonography. This essay should explain the importance of Cardiac Sonography and how it is used. The essay should emphasize the benefits that echo has for its patients and why it is used. In other words, why is Cardiac sonography important in diagnosing certain diseases and what are some examples of diseases that Cardiac sonography can diagnose. Why are the effects of these disease and why is important to diagnose them?

This essay should also explain how Patient Care themes apply to this topic.

Add the citations add the end of the essay. The essay should be in APA format.

Determine who the stakeholders are, the HIM values at stake, and the obligations and interests of each stakeholder.Determine what options are available and evaluate them..

INTEROFFICE MEMORANDUM

Clearly define the issue.

Determine the facts of the situation.

Determine who the stakeholders are, the HIM values at stake, and the obligations and interests of each stakeholder.

Determine what options are available and evaluate them.

Decide what should be done.

Justify the decision made by identifying reasons that support the decision.

Implement the decision.

Evaluate the outcome of the decision.

Examine how to prevent the issue from recurring

Prepare a memorandum analyzing the key issues in this case and stating a recommendation. Be sure to address all steps. Guidelines for Submission: Your short paper should be a submitted as a Memorandum Microsoft Word document between three and four pages with double spacing, 12-point Times New Roman font, one-inch margins, and sources cited in APA 7th Edition format.

How would you think that this patient’s networks affect his access to care in the context of this case?Identify at least one example from each relationship category (bonding, bridging, linking). Describe how each example from each relationship category could impact/contribute to this patient’s health.

Social cognitive

Respond to the below questions/prompts.

How would you think that this patient’s networks affect his access to care in the context of this case?

Identify at least one example from each relationship category (bonding, bridging, linking). Describe how each example from each relationship category could impact/contribute to this patient’s health.

How do you now care for this patient?

How do age, race, ethnicity, income, and sexual orientation affect access to care in the context of this case? What barriers did this patient face on individual, community, and public levels within the context of the socio-ecological model?

Generate a list of resources at the local, state, and national levels that are needed to effectively address HIV care and prevention?

What are at least one analogy or dis-analogy between Barry Schwartz’s (from the Ted Talk) jeans example and medical treatment?Should drug companies profit from Coronavirus vaccine?” PBS News Hour, 9/17/2020, 10m21s, https://www.pbs.org/video/cost-of-vaccine-1600371004/ (Links to an external site.)

For this week’s reading, address the following:

1.Write at least two sentences for each of the following (A-C), which *identifies an ethical issue for each of the following (A-C). The ethical issue should be in the form a question about what the right thing is to do about some problem which you identify. And *explains why it is an ethical issue. To explain, you can identify biomedical ethical principles which may be violated or are in conflict with each other.

A) The monetary price of a Coronavirus vaccine
B) Vaccine equity
C) Vaccine passports
If you decided to swap out one of the additional readings, you would then identify an ethical issue on Human challenge trials and/or The creation of or marketing/sale of experimental vaccine.

2. What are at least one analogy or dis-analogy between Barry Schwartz’s (from the Ted Talk) jeans example and medical treatment?

3. Take at least the remainder of two pages of notes on the week’s readings.be sure to use quotation marks and citation when you refer to a text word-for-word. be sure to use citation when you refer to a text by paraphrasing (in your own words).

People takes notes in a variety of ways. You can cover main topics, points of fact, arguments, questions you have, vocabulary, etc.

1. “Should drug companies profit from Coronavirus vaccine?” PBS News Hour, 9/17/2020, 10m21s, https://www.pbs.org/video/cost-of-vaccine-1600371004/ (Links to an external site.)

2. “Vaccine Equity.” begin broadcast at 20:48 time. Report concludes at 28:11.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z6Bp7Up91iw (Links to an external site.)

(from “PBS NewsHour,” Public Broadcasting Service, air date: February 24, 2021).

3. “The Ethics of ‘Vaccine Passports’.” You can listen or read the transcript of the 4-minute report:
https://www.npr.org/2021/04/06/984829952/the-ethics-of-vaccine-passports (Links to an external site.)
(from “All Things Considered,” National Public Radio, air date: April 6, 2021).

Some additional sources, on different topics. You may swap out one of these sources for one above, if you wish. : )

A. “Meet people volunteering to be exposed to COVID-19 for vaccine research.” PBS New Hour, 6/15/2020, 7m40s, https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/meet-people-volunteering-to-be-exposed-to-covid-19-for-vaccine-research (Links to an external site.)

B. “These Scientists Are Giving Themselves D.I.Y Coronavirus Vaccines.” by Heather Murphy, for The New York Times, published 09/01/2020: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/01/science/covid-19-vaccine-diy.html (Links to an external site.)

Not vaccinating children causes “herd immunity” to go down. This puts “vulnerable populations” at significant risk. To what extent do we have a responsibility to protect vulnerable populations from patients and parents who refuse treatment?

This homework/reading selection assignment asks you to take notes on what you read/see. You should have at least 2 full pages of typed notes (NOT including your heading, my questions–if you print them, works cited, etc.). They can be double-spaced, 12 pt font.

For this week’s reading, address the following:

1. Not vaccinating children causes “herd immunity” to go down. This puts “vulnerable populations” at significant risk. To what extent do we have a responsibility to protect vulnerable populations from patients and parents who refuse treatment?

2. Perform an ethical evaluation, using at least 2 sentences., which supports your answer to the first question above. One sentence should address a brief description of an ethical theory, and how it decides what is right or wrong. A second sentence should address why your ethical theory supports your answer to the first question above.

3. If you have any space left, take notes on the week’s readings/film.be sure to have at least two pages of HW total on the week’s readings/film.be sure to use quotation marks and citation when you refer to a text word-for-word (there is a film transcript you can cite). be sure to use citation when you refer to a text by paraphrasing (in your own words).

People takes notes in a variety of ways. You can cover main topics, points of fact, arguments, questions you have, vocabulary, etc.

The Vaccine War

Who is involved in/affected by this policy?Pros of the Selected Policy – is it good/working?Cons of the Selected Policy – what are the drawbacks.

Health Policy Analysis

Health Policy Analysis -Final paper writing assignment: The student will select a health issue currently facing the American public

Name of and explanation of your policy

Who is involved in/affected by this policy?

Pros of the Selected Policy – is it good/working?

Cons of the Selected Policy – what are the drawbacks.

Based on the module readings and presentations, describe the social and economic impact of either respiratory disorders or psychiatric disorders in the US. Describe any changes that have occurred in the last three decades that address respiratory/psychiatric services and federal funding for support of such services.

Based on the module readings and presentations, describe the social and economic impact of either respiratory disorders or psychiatric disorders in the US. Describe any changes that have occurred in the last three decades that address respiratory/psychiatric services and federal funding for support of such services.

 Use below sources only

https://www.khanacademy.org/science/health-and-medicine/respiratory-system-diseases/intro-to-pulmonary-diseases/v/types-of-pulmonary-diseases

https://www.nami.org/mhstats