Explain the difference between accreditation and licensure
Define accreditation Explain the difference between accreditation and licensure Describe the history of accreditation in the United States
Describe the healthcare financing from the perspective of the consumer
Discuss examples of ways in which healthcare services are financed in your area: 1. Describe the healthcare financing from the perspective of the consumer, 2. Explain financing from perspective of the healthcare administration, and 3. Identify how the lack of financing for healthcare for underserved populations in the community may affect the local economy.
How do we know the difference between a dream or hallucination and reality?
Descartes asserted that whatever we recognize “clearly and distinctly” is true. Explain the criticism that this formulation fails to meet its own standard. Do you agree that Descartes’s rationalism is based on subjective states rather than on reasons understood “clearly and distinctly”? Discuss. What is the Evil Genius, and what is its significance to the […]
Examine the future of health care in the United States.
Examine three key elements of the act that you believe will be the most positive for the American country. Examine the future of health care in the United States.
Explain the role it provides in providing healthcare services to individuals in a community
Four types of healthcare were covered in last week’s course materials: ambulatory healthcare; hospitals; long-term care; and mental and behavioral health. For each of these types of healthcare: 1. Explain the role it provides in providing healthcare services to individuals in a community, 2. Describe its strengths and weaknesses, and 3. Give examples of economic […]
What does it mean to say that human beings are susceptible to principles of reason?
Name your file: Paper Two Last Name, i.e. Paper Two Jones Put your name on the actual document you are submitting. Write out and answer the question. Check all spelling and grammar in MLA format. Cite all sources, direct quotes or indirect ideas using elliptic giving author AND page numbers, i.e. (Soccio 26). Failure here […]
Select one character from the play. What does he or she want? What is the conflict this character encounters? How does he or she attempt to get this desire? What prevents him or her from achieving it? What is the resolution by the end of the play for this character?
Your instructor will assign a play for the class to read and will post the information as a Week 3 Announcement (i.e., The Glass Menagerie, A Doll’s House, or Trifles). Directions Select one of the topics from the list below. Use the questions to develop a short essay of at least three paragraphs and 500 […]
How does charging higher premiums or denying coverage to the sickest patients in the healthcare system seem ethical to you?
1. How does charging higher premiums or denying coverage to the sickest patients in the healthcare system seem ethical to you? Why or why not? Answer from an insurance company’s perspective and also from the government’s perspective. 2.The explicit costs of healthcare include premiums, costs for medications, procedures and access to medical professionals. Are there […]
Describe the historical background and influence on healthcare delivery including benchmark events
Cost, quality and access to care have been identified as significant contributing factors to the U.S. healthcare system overall. Choose one of these factors and write a two page paper addressing the following: Describe the historical background and influence on healthcare delivery including benchmark events. Examine the impact of current healthcare reform, such as the […]
How do providers influence the decisions that patients make?
Write an additional 4–5 pages in response to the following: How do providers influence the decisions that patients make? What type of decisions do patients make as a natural consequence of the influence from providers and physicians?Consider the provider setting, treatment type, and method of reimbursement when formulating a response.How are insurance plans (including government […]
identify the actions the organization is taking, or identify three action-item issues to be addressed by health care organizations in general. What actions should the health care organization take regarding each of these NPSGs, and why?
The Joint Commission National Patient Safety Goals (NPSGs) address patient safety issues within health care organizations. First, review the current NSPGs at http://www.jointcommission.org/standards_information/npsgs.aspx. Next, determine three patient safety issues that are being addressed by your health care organization (or health care organizations in general). Lastly, identify the actions the organization is taking, or identify three […]
How the facility’s educational risk management program addresses key professional issues, such as prevention of negligence, malpractice litigation, and vicarious liability.
Select a health care organization in your community to conduct an interview with an appropriate risk management employee. The organization can be your current employer, or a different health care facility in your community. Acute care, urgent care, large multi-provider private medical clinics, assisted living facilities, and community/public health clinical facilities are all ideal options […]