HCAD 660: Healthcare Institutional Organization and Management Discussion 2 Questions –

Instructions: Please answer using your own words in a minimum of 250, maximum 300 words (2-3 paragraphs). PER QUESTION 6 in total. Referenced with two (3) peer-reviewed journal articles or qualified text publish within the past five years and follow APA Manual 6th or 7th editions scholarly writing guidelines. APA in-text Citation formatting is required. When writing replies, please provide your experiences, new ideas, add probing questions to engage readers and new literature on the topic to enhance the learning opportunity.

Lecture: Your ability to demonstrate critical thought, in discussions and in all papers, is essential.

To avoid debate about which model is best, we will be using Bloom’s Taxonomy Revised for this course:

Please read the course material (grading rubric) and if you have further questions please do more research using your browser/library.

Discuss:

• What are the pros and cons to this approach to learning about healthcare?
• Is this consistent with how you’ve learned in the past?
• Have you used other models of critical thinking?

Although you are here as a student, the role of healthcare executive includes mentoring and teaching.

Aligning Motivations: Possible Approaches to a Better System

We must create learning environments that let students draw on the internal resources that brought them to college in the first place. As instructors, we must focus our attention on creating an environment where students can gain knowledge and skills in critical thinking and problem solving in their chosen areas of learning

Questions:

2.1. Critical Thinking and Blooms Taxonomy Revised

• What are the pros and cons to this approach to learning about healthcare?
• Is this consistent with how you’ve learned in the past?
• Have you used other models of critical thinking?

2.2. The Evolution of Ages: Agrarian to Industrial to Information

How has the societal changes from an Agrarian (Farming) to Industrial to Service and Information Societies enabled changes to the US Health Care System? Discuss the connection and evolution between the past and the potential for the future of the US Health Care System.

Healthcare has evolved from the farming (Agrarian) culture of 150 years ago to the modern Information Age. Healthcare has changed with the society, the people’s expectations, technology, regulatory environment, and the socio-economic status of this nation’s citizens.

2.3. Organizational Charts? Post the Organizational Chart from the organization you selected. Drawing from relevant reference materials, discuss how the structure of this organization impacts its operations. What direct connection does the organizational structure have with the outcomes/products/services provided?

2.4 To Be or Not to Be (Part of a System)…

Consider the operational environment of your selected organization. Is it a standalone entity, or part of a vertically or horizontally integrated system? What are the advantages or disadvantages of these various structures? Can one organization be “everything to everybody” or is it better to specialize? How do your findings relate to the formation of ACOs?

2.5 High Performing Organizations

What does high performance mean? Drawing from relevant reference materials, define high performance and what constructs/topics/areas are important to determine if a health organization is ‘high performing?’ Then identify two different high performing health care organizations and discuss how each has addressed the criteria for high performance.

2.6. Quality Reporting

Should hospitals be required to post a “Scorecard” indicating the number of days since a reportable error or other outcome statistics?

Pros? Cons?

Would it improve outcomes by transparency? Is there value to comparing outcomes for a rural critical access hospital, an inner city safety net facility, and an affluent suburban medical center?