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Instructions: Please answer using your own words in a minimum of 250, maximum 300 words PER QUESTION SINGLE spaced. Referenced with one (1) peer-reviewed journal articles or qualified text publish within the past five years and follow APA Manual 6th or 7th editions scholarly writing guidelines. When writing replies, please provide your experiences, new ideas, and new literature on the topic to enhance the learning opportunity.
9.1 Social disparities in health
Focus now on determinants of health. What are these? Why are they so important? How do they impact health? Review the data we have examined and think about changes we can make in the community that can have an impact on health. The vast majority of determinants of health exist outside the realm of medical care or public health.
- Identify an initiative designed to positively impact determinants of health.
- Do you think that public health programs should do more to educate people on how/what to eat? If so, what is the best venue for this type of education?
- How was it mounted? By whom? Has it been successful? Why or why not? By what measure?
- Cite evidence of what is taking place to address the issues.
9.2. Value Based Purchasing
Value-Based Purchasing (VBP) can be positive and negative depending upon the eyes of the viewer. While fortunate not to look for lower prices in healthcare, I did go by price one tie for dental work, which was a huge mistake. VBP, coupled with price transparency, can lead to patients looking for the lowest rate of care for conditions or surgeries they may need. However, in this situation, patients requiring the most economical price are being directed to the physicians or hospitals that are receiving sub-par performance payments (Herring, 2018).
- How does Value Based Purchasing help or hurt the institution?
- How many patients are searching for the lowest price points, without knowing the meaning of the publicly made cost points?
You are the vice president of support services of Mega Health Medical Center. The CEO will be briefing new board members, who have no prior experience in healthcare, on processes unique to that realm. Briefly describe talking points in either cold chain management or biomedical waste management. What added burdens does your chosen topic place in the institution?
What are we talking about when we talk about Population Health? Cite an example of a population health initiative. Has it been successful? Why or why not?
9.5 Quality Improvement A rose by any name…
Identify two approaches to quality in healthcare (e.g., LEAN, Six Sigma, TQM, The Checklist Manifesto) in healthcare. How is the same or different than the application in other industries, e.g., manufacturing or commercial aviation? How are the metrics the same or different?
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Quality improvement in healthcare denotes the broader collaborative effort dedicated to altering various facets of the healthcare system to improve patients’ health, guarantee better care, and facilitate the professional development of healthcare practitioners (Batalden & Davidoff, 2007). Parallels have been drawn between quality improvement in the healthcare industry and other sectors of the economy. In an attempt to contextualize the similarities in these facets, researchers have drawn an analogy between quality improvement and a rose, which remains a rose even when referred to using another name. An in-depth analysis of these phenomena reveals several similarities and differences between quality improvement in health and other disciplines. First, quality improvement is a product of scientific and statistical research (Haughom, 2018). Healthcare has shifted towards evidence-based practice where the interventions and processes applied in healthcare setups are a product of intense research and years of data collection. Similarly, an industry like automobile manufacturing remains relevant through research into more stylish and efficient models to meet their customers’ evolving needs.
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