Healthcare
Health information management
Using the Hospital Compare tool on Medicare.gov, obtain benchmarking data on several health care facilities. Write a 3-4 page memo to the HIM director specifying the use of benchmark and comparative data in health care, the statistical data that allows for comparisons, an interpretation of the results of the comparison, and other pertinent details. Include three or more graphs, charts, or tables in the memo.
Introduction
Benchmarking is a tool for measurement as well as quality improvement. It is the process of comparing performance as a strategy to identify improvement opportunities. In this assessment, you will use an online tool called Hospitals Compare to see how various health care facilities compare to national benchmarks, then summarize your findings.
Demonstration of Proficiency
By successfully completing this assessment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the course competencies through the following assessment scoring guide criteria:
Competency 1: Interpret health care data.
Interpret statistical data to reveal the types of information it provides.
Analyze the implications of benchmark and comparative data.
Competency 4: Apply statistical strategies to analyze health care data.
Describe the use of benchmark and comparative data.
Explain the statistical data that allow for comparative measures.
Identify users of benchmarking data.
Competency 5: Communicate in a professional manner to support health care data analytics.
Create a clear, well-organized, professional document that is generally free of errors in grammar, punctuation, and spelling.
Follow APA style and formatting guidelines for citations and references.
Preparation
Vila Health wants to compare its performance to that of nearby facilities. As a Vila Health data analyst, you are responsible for accessing local hospitals’ benchmarking data and reporting your findings. To prepare for this assessment:
Access:
Medicare.gov. (n.d.). Hospital compare. Retrieved from https://www.medicare.gov/hospitalcompare/search.ht…
Human immunodeficiency virus
There are significant differences in the quality and span of life between individuals and some populations experience a disproportionate amount of disease burden. This assignment will identify a health disparity and discuss social determinants of health, epidemiology, cultural considerations, and health care literacy.
Assignment Criteria:
For this assignment, develop a scholarly paper that includes the following criteria:
1. Identify and define health disparity related to the advanced practice nurse’s area of practice or chosen specialty.
a. Some examples include asthma, cancer, cardiovascular disease, stroke, diabetes, obesity, low birth weight, infant mortality, HIV/AIDS, TB, Depression, Schizophrenia, Substance Use Disorders, suicide, homicide.
2. Discuss three social determinants of health.
psychological disorders
Health is important to all of us. It’s a concern for everyone around the world. This includes our mental health as well as physical health. It may surprise some, but culture contributes to the maintenance of our health and the causes and treatment of disease. Health and disease are not defined the same in all cultures and what leads to good health also varies depending on the culture. Levels of access and care vary as well. In a multicultural society like the United States, it is important to understand this. From a psychology
pharmaceutical industry
Watch the documentary Prescription Thugs (2016).
Read the seven (7) attached articles. As part of your discussion, answer the following questions:
Compare and contrast the information presented in all four articles.
Do you think our society has undergone a cultural shift?
Did the documentary give you a different perspective on the pharmaceutical industry?
Did the documentary affect how you feel towards the “disease of addiction” and toward addicts?
What culpability do we as pharmacists have in proliferating this public health problem?
What creative solutions do you propose over and above what has already been implemented?
How would you respond to a question posed by a patient who had watched the documentary regarding its accuracy?
History of Present Illness
If you are in a clinic, jail, or in a situation where you do the history and physical exams as a registered nurse, you will need to know how to interview a patient for a health history and doing a genogram.
Attached is a document with the criteria for writing your complete health history paper. Also attached is a sample paper turned in by a Stratford U. student who received an A on her paper.
You will be interviewing another student who is acting and pretending to have a particular type of illness and the student will fabricate a story of his/her illness so you can do a thorough health history on the student.
There are sample health histories attached on clients with a CVA and an MI and one on cirrhosis.
There are links below to case studies and H & Ps
https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/gec/studies/
https://www.med.unc.edu/medclerk/education/grading/history-and-physical-examination-h-p-examples/
Example of a complete History and Physical Exam of MI patient.docx
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