Category: Health Care and Life Sciences : Health Care

I need an argumentative research paper on why Physician-Assisted Suicide should be legal nationally in the US. Must have an effective introduction, provide a thesis with two to four main points, develop each of the main points into effective paragraphs with support from various sources, and an effective conclusion. Seven academically credible sources need to be used with in-text citations with a corresponding reference list for any direct quotes or paraphrasing.  APA -formatted.

Write a letter to yourself about a goal you want to achieve by the end of this class and how this short-term goal will help you reach a long-term goal you have set for yourself.  Use the S.M.A.R.T. Goal writing guide (below) to help you to write clear, well-developed goals.     
Submit your assignment in a Word (.doc) or Adobe (PDF) file format.

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PART THREE – PROGRAM FINANCES
Factors that determine the financial feasibility of a health care program include the cost of the facility, equipment, staff salaries, patient out-of-pocket expenses, and insurance reimbursement. Referring to the concepts practiced in the collaborative assignment with your group last week, work on the following:
1.     Determine how many physicians and supporting staff are needed to operate the clinic, applying the appropriate ratio of clinical and support staff per physician.
2.     Determine the direct costs of the program. Direct costs in this case are patient expenses, and they increase as the number of patients increase. These include:
a.     Physician and procedural support staff costs per patient/procedure
b.     Gloves, sutures, gowns, equipment, lab supplies, other supplies
3.     Determine the indirect costs of the program. Indirect costs are overhead costs that include but are not limited to:
a.     General support staff and related costs
b.     Electronic medical records
c.     Insurance and taxes
d.     Facility and administration
e.     Employee benefits such as health and life insurance, retirement plans, and fringe benefits
4.     Determine the equipment costs of the program. This includes items for the physician clinic that will be used for more than one year. This is in contrast to variable costs which occur per patient and include such items as gloves, syringes, needles, and gauze, and would include items such as:
a.     Examination tables
b.     Workstations
c.     Desks and chairs in the waiting room
d.     Other equipment of this nature
5.     Determine reimbursement for clinic services based on HCPCS/CPT codes with geographical adjustment.
6.     Determine net reimbursement after variable costs per patient.
7.     Determine how many patients the clinic will need to see (a) on average per day and (b) annually to break even on expenses.
Note: Refer to the health financial instructions and sample calculations document to help you with this part of the project.
 
Table 1. Staffing and Salaries
Complete Table 1 by adding the staff positions including physician specialty, nurses and support staff, and the number of positions in your clinic. Multiply the number of positions by average salary for those positions to obtain total salaries.
Staff Position
Number of Positions
Average Salary
Total Salaries
Primary Care Physician
 
 
Nurse
 
 
Support Staff
 
 
Total Salary:
 
Table 2. Fringe Benefits Expense and Total Salary Expense
These expenses have been established by the hospital system at 25% of salaries and added to salaries for Total Salary Expense.
Factors
Dollar Amount
Total Salaries
 
Fringe Benefit Expense 25% of Salaries
 
Total Salary Expense w/ Fringe Benefits:
 
Table 3. Overhead (Indirect) Costs and Total Fixed Practice Costs
Begin with total salaries including fringe benefits. Multiply that amount by 40% (0.40) and combine the 2 numbers for total fixed practice costs. These costs do not vary based on the number of patients.
Cost Factors
Dollar Amount
Total Salaries Expense
 
Overhead Costs 40% of Total Salary Expense
 
Total Overhead and Fixed Costs:
 
Table 4. Equipment Costs
These items will be used by the clinic for 5 years so the costs will be divided equally over 5 years (depreciation).
Cost Factors
Dollar Amount
Total Equipment Cost
 
Depreciated Equipment Cost (cost for year one)
 
Total Clinic Costs (for year one including salaries, overhead, and equipment costs):
 
Table 5. RVU and Reimbursement Calculation
The cost of physician care varies in different locations, as do the cost of operating a practice and the rates of physician malpractice claims. In addition, each year Medicare adjusts the conversion rate either up or down.
Category
RVU
GCI
Total RVU
 
 
Totals
·         RVU:
·         GCI:
·         Total RVU:
Table 6. Variable Costs and Net Reimbursement
To complete Table 6, multiply reimbursement per visit by 10% (0.10) and subtract this number from reimbursement to obtain net reimbursement per patient.
Cost Factors
Dollar Amount
Reimbursement per visit
 
Variable cost per patient 10%
 
Net Reimbursement per patient:
 
7. Breakeven Analysis
To calculate the number of patients needed to break even, divide total practice costs by net reimbursement. To calculate the number of patients per day, divide the total number of patients for an annual breakeven number by the number of days the practice is open. Enter text below.
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Write a three (3) page paper on the application and challenges involved with implementing an Electronic Health Record (EHR) system for a private family medicine practice.  This is a small family practice with 3 doctors and a HIT budget of $60,000 annually and $150,000 for upfront expenditures.
 
The term template must be used, I have attached the template
 
The term paper must answer the following questions.
 
What are the most important functionalities of the EHR that need to be implemented at the practice?
Is it possible for any existing Practice Management Systems to be integrated with the EHR?
Identify any two critical challenges in implementing the EHR.
Identify any four critical advantages the EHR would provide to the practice.
How would you manage the project planning and implementation of this EHR?
Explain the technology security considerations and how HIPAA governs its implementation.
Discuss strategies for disaster recovery and include discussion on storage media options
Evaluate cloud computing considerations, to include cloud-hosted versus local installation
Make a recommendation on the type of EHR system this practice should adopt and support your decision using data.
 
• Using references/citations appropriate to the content of the answer
• Providing examples that will support your answers or claims

I’m supposed to pick 3 concepts that will help me be more effective and empathetic in a colleague professional spaces.
Social control
Social status
Peer pressure
Cite any thing that used off web
No copying

For this Discussion Board, please complete the following:
As a new healthcare leader you have been tasked with developing policy for local lawmakers, politicians, and business owners with regard to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) guidelines for COVID-19. For this discussion, you will Explore the Covid Data Tracker and the Covid-19 Policy Tracker for a better understanding of what your local policymakers are doing relative to national infection/virus rates and policy recommendations.
COVID Data Tracker
COVID-19 Policy Tracker
Focus your discussion on the following:
Based on the data related to infection rate trends (past/current) in your area, and the current policy recommendations at the state/local level, discuss what you believe should be the top 2 healthcare policy concerns for lawmakers and healthcare leaders in your local area relative to the COVID-19 pandemic.
If state/local recommendations/policies differ from the CDC policy recommendations related to the Covid-19 Pandemic guidelines (e.g. mask guidelines, quarantine, vaccination requirements in the workplace, etc.) describe what steps you would take and what data you would use to convince local lawmakers to change the polices in the community.

Primary Response: Within the Discussion Board area, write 300–500 words that respond to the following questions with your thoughts, ideas, and comments. This will be the foundation for future discussions by your classmates. Be substantive and clear, and use examples to reinforce your ideas.
For this Discussion Board, please complete the following:
Think about the COVID-19 pandemic and the role that the government played in addressing public health. How did this differ from other nations? Explore the following articles for more information:
Learning From Taiwan About Fighting COVID-19
The Graphic Truth: Two Different Pandemics – EU vs. US
Respond to the following questions:
What role do you feel the government should play in response to a pandemic?
How does political philosophy dictate the responses reflected in policy?
What role does (did) technology play?

Policy gets updated annually in most healthcare organizations. This is due to several reasons. Policy is a course or principle of action adopted or proposed by a government, party, business, or individual. These courses are anything but permanent. A great deal of a healthcare administrator’s attention is devoted to the updating, implementation, and development of new departmental and organizational policy based on local, state, federal, and global standards.
Your task for this Individual Project (IP) is to write a paper covering why policies are added, changed, or updated.
Explore the following articles on healthcare policy in detail for perspective for your paper:
Health-Related Policies
What’s Ahead for Health Policy
When a Health Policy Causes Harm
Based on the information provided in the course and your own independent research, write a paper that addresses the following:
What can happen if policy is not analyzed and updated on a regular basis?
Provide an example of how a policy implemented to improve something may cause harm to individuals.
What do you see as critical changes that will need to be made in terms of health policy in the United States?
What resources can you use to develop new policies?
To provide support for your paper, properly cite at least two scholarly resources beyond your course textbook and the required/recommended learning resources for this course.

Within the Discussion Board area, write 300–500 words that respond to the following questions with your thoughts, ideas, and comments. This will be the foundation for future discussions by your classmates. Be substantive and clear, and use examples to reinforce your ideas.
For this Discussion Board, please complete the following:
Think about how policy affects every aspect of what an employee does at work.
Policy is often difficult to change. The reason is that policy refers to the laws that healthcare professionals live by in the healthcare world. Consider the role that policy plays in the day-to-day activities of a healthcare employee. In addition, consider that they often rely on data collected to ensure that the correction that they make to policy follows the evidence. Explore the following articles for a deep perspective on the topics of policy and politics and how they are interwoven:
Understanding How to Impact Health Policy
Health Policy 2021: How a Democratic Win Could Change the Playing Field
For this assignment, respond to the following:
Discuss why this process must be difficult to be equitable in the form of representative government in the United States.
Explain the role of research and how it affects the policy analysis process.
Provide a specific example of how research helped develop or change a health-related policy.

Policy analysis is a mainstay of any healthcare administrator. The ability to analyze policy from year to year and implement changes determines the behavior of your employees and the risk mitigation of your department and organization. You must be able to effectively communicate the changes needed for the policy. In this Individual Project (IP), you are going to research the current suggestions of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) using the following resources:
Policy and Strategy at CDC
Hand Hygiene in Healthcare Settings
Eliminating Healthcare Associated Infections
Policies and Procedures for Healthcare Organizations: A Risk Management Perspective
Then, analyze the following sample policy:
Sample Policy
Purpose: Effective hand hygiene to reduce the incidence of healthcare-associated infections
Policy: All members of the healthcare team will comply with current CDC hand hygiene guidelines.
Procedure Indications for Handwashing
Indications for Handwashing
Wash hands when hands are visibly dirty.
Wash hands using antimicrobial soap and water before eating and after using a restroom.
Handwashing may also be used for routinely decontaminating hands in the following clinical situations:
Before having direct contact with patients
After contact with inanimate objects (including medical equipment) in the immediate vicinity of the patient
After removing gloves
For this assignment, you will respond to the following prompts in essay format:
How well does this policy align with the current hand hygiene standards based on the CDC recommendations for hand hygiene in healthcare settings? Describe the areas of alignment and opportunities for improvement.
Based on your analysis, what modifications would you recommend to the policy?
According to the CDC guidelines and resources for hand hygiene and the state policy options associated with Eliminating Healthcare Associated Infections, provide a brief discussion of what you must consider with regard to training your staff and documenting the impact by measuring hand hygiene practices.
Now, review the Guidelines for Policy and Procedure Development, and write the policy based on your recommendations and what you found in the CDC guidelines. Submit the revised policy along with your paper. Any changes remitted from the CDC policy should be defended in your paper.
Be sure to cite properly and provide two scholarly resources to support your paper. (The course textbook will not be counted as a scholarly resource for this assignment.)