Rural areas and care coordination efforts

Prepare a 4-5 page summary report of a rural health care problem and potential solutions.

Introduction

Note: Complete the assessments in this course in the order in which they are presented.Turning barriers into bridges is a skill you will want to develop as a care coordination expert. Today, care coordination is required often in rural areas where there are limited resources and the need to work creatively with inter-professional team members who may reside outside of the local area. The use of telehealth becomes a bridge to care coordination as a collaborative tool for health care providers as a team of specialist.Note: Complete the assessments in this course in the order in which they are presented.

Preparation

For this assessment, you will develop prepare summary report for improved rural health in the form of a scholarly document.Review the Resources for this assessment and conduct your own library research to develop and support your ideas.Note: As you prepare to complete this assessment, you may want to think about other related issues to deepen your understanding or broaden your viewpoint. You are encouraged to consider the questions below and discuss them with a fellow learner, a work associate, an interested friend, or a member of your professional community. Note that these questions are for your own development and exploration and do not need to be completed or submitted as part of your assessment.As you think about rural areas and care coordination efforts, consider the importance of effectively utilizing interprofessional teams.

• What types of communication strategies would you, as a care coordination team leader of interprofessionals, consider to enhance collaborative understanding and respectful partnerships?
• How can you help the interprofessional team prepare to be a competent care delivery team of evidence-based care?

Implementing or changing the use of technology is ongoing in care coordination practice.

• What type of strategy would you consider to enhance collaborative efforts with interprofessional team members with technology?
• How does technology alter the care coordination efforts when used effectively?
• What types of issues do you need to keep at the forefront when using technology to enhance communication and care?

In each population or community, a care coordinator will have specific needs and challenges.

• What is most important when you consider cultural competence for the care coordination team within the context of legal and ethical care delivery?

Requirements

Prepare a 4–5 page summary report of a rural health care problem and potential solutions.

Summary Report Format

Use APA format. Create headings based on the scoring guide criteria. Your faculty may provide a template.

Supporting Evidence

Cite 5–7 sources of credible, scholarly, or professional evidence to support your claims and solutions.

Directions

There are many opportunities to turn barriers into bridges when working with limited resources. Imagine you are working as a care coordination consultant in a rural area and you need to find affordable solutions to many complex patient issues. You have decided to start with one type of patient population to design a path for care coordination using the resources in the community in conjunction with telehealth with regional outreach partners.Following these instructions will help ensure you meet the scoring guide criteria:

• Identify and describe a rural community, the patient issues they face, and one specific population you can assist with this plan. Address any cultural or diversity-aware responsibilities the care coordinator should consider.
• Identify the interprofessional team providers currently available in the rural community. Analyze how they can be assisted by telehealth partners in the region, and any other stakeholders that may be involved.
• Describe the nuances for this population related to cultural competence for the interprofessional team, and how this affects care coordination and collaboration.
• Recommend technology-based outreach strategies supported by evidence-based research. Incorporate proven educational and evidence-based strategies, and how they might be modified using the outreach partners to enhance care in this rural community. Also, do consider the legal issues with telehealth and how this new strategy provides a clear path to ethical practice into the future.
• Support main points, claims, and conclusions with relevant and credible evidence, correctly formatting citations and references using APA style.

Scoring Guide Criteria

Your assessment should meet the following scoring guide criteria:

1. Describe a specific population need and the community.
2. Analyze current available interprofessional team providers and resources.
3. Identify areas of cultural competency the team must address.
4. Recommend technology-based outreach strategies supported by evidence-based research.
5. Identify possible legal issues.
6. Explain the continuation of ethical care in the updated system.
7. Communicate effectively in an appropriate form and style, consistent with applicable professional and scholarly standards.

Additional Requirements

Your assessment should also meet the following requirements:

• Written communication: Written communication is free of errors that detract from the overall message.
• APA formatting: Your paper should demonstrate current APA style and formatting.
• Number of resources: Include 5–7 resources, appropriately cited throughout your paper and in your reference list.
• Length: 4–5 pages, typed and double-spaced, not including the title page and reference list.
• Font and font size: Times New Roman, 12 point.

Portfolio Prompt: You may choose to save this learning activity to your ePortfolio.

Competencies Measured

By successfully completing this assessment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following course competencies and assessment criteria:

• Competency 1: Analyze the use of ethics to enhance coordinated care.
  • Explain the continuation of ethical care in the updated system.
• Competency 2: Evaluate the legal implications in care coordination.
  • Identify possible legal issues.
• Competency 3: Critically appraise collaborative and interprofessional relationships with care coordination stakeholders.
  • Analyze current available interprofessional team providers and resources.
• Competency 4: Recommend care coordination standards of practice for working with stakeholders.
  • Recommend technology-based outreach strategies supported by evidence-based research.
• Competency 5: Determine components of an effective, culturally competent, diversity-aware care coordination environment.
  • Describe a specific population need and the community.
  • Identify areas of cultural competency the team must address.
• Competency 7: Communicate effectively with diverse audiences, in an appropriate form and style, consistent with applicable organizational, professional, and scholarly standards.
  • Communicate effectively in an appropriate form and style, consistent with applicable professional and scholarly standards.

Answer preview

Wilcox County is located in the southwestern part of the state of Alabama. According to 2019 statistics, the community has a population of approximately eleven thousand people, with their average age standing at forty years (Data USA, n.d.). The average household income of the county stands at $31,014. Like most other rural areas, Wilcox County is quite diverse, with people from different ethnic and racial backgrounds living in the community. African Americans account for approximately sixty-nine percent of the community’s population, White non-Hispanics make up twenty-six percent of its membership, while White Hispanics account for three percent of the population (Data USA, n.d.). American Indians and Alaska Natives make up 0.00936% of the community’s population.

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