Identify regulatory and licensure requirements

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  1. Meet CAHIIM Curriculum requirement for Bachelor Degree
    1. Domain V. Compliance
    2. Subdomain  V.A. Regulatory
    3. Section 1. Appraise current laws  and standards related to health information initiatives
    4. Competencies: Regulatory and licensure requirements

Assignment Purpose:

Identify regulatory and licensure requirements

Assignment Description

Step One: Locate and review the minimum Standards for Hospital Licensing within your state. MY STATE IS MARYLAND

Step Two: Locate and review the minimum Standards for Hospital Licensing in another state of your choice CHOICE STATE IS GEORGIA

Step Three: Compare and contrast the minimum Standard for Hospital Licensing between the two states

Step Four: Identify any minimum Standards related to HIM

Step Five: Create a two page (not counting title and reference page) APA formatted paper providing the information learned in Steps Three and Four. Two references required

Step Six: Submit your paper for grading.

What is the research approach (quantitative, qualitative, mixed methods)?

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Assignment Purpose:

It is important for the health information manager to be able to determine if the research information being used is good research data and collected appropriately.

Assignment Description

Every week during this class, you will be working with a group to complete a group assignment. Each week there will be a different assignment with different requirements.

In order to receive credit for the group project, students must have demonstrated participation in the project. Participation is measured by the group discussion board, group file exchanges, and recorded group collaborate sessions. Individual assignments will not be accepted.

Be sure to review the grading rubric weekly for each group assignment.

Step One: Using the Herzing library, CDC website, or AHIMA website, locate an epidemiology study.

Step Two: Evaluate the research study that you have located by answering the following questions

  1. What is the research approach (quantitative, qualitative, mixed methods)?
  2. What is the research design?
  3. What are the key factors that lead you to select this research design?
  4. What was the research question or problem?
  5. What was the research process?

Step Three: Justify the use of the selected research design.

  1. Was this the best design for this type of study? Why or Why not?
  2. What were the key factors of the study that lead to the selection of this research design?
  3. Could another research design have been used? If so, which one? Why would this alternative design not have been used?
  4. What are the strengths in using this research design for this study?
  5. What are the weakness in using this research design for this study?

Step Four: Submit your responses in an APA written report (2 to 3 pages). Do not submit as questions/answers instead create a report which contains the responses. Be sure to include title page and appropriate references

Law Of Demand

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The Law of Demand states that the demand for a product is inversely  related to the price of such product. Therefore, the demand for a  product is considered downward sloping. This implies that quantity  demanded increases when price decreases. Is this always true?

In your answer, provide at least three examples of products for which  quantity demanded remains unchanged regardless of a change in price.  Also, provide at least three examples of products for which quantity  demanded increases in response to an increase in price.  Also, include a discussion of the factors of demand that may account  for such examples and justify your conclusions.

By the due date assigned, post your initial discussion response in the Discussion Area. Through the end of the module, read all of the other students’ postings, and post comments in the Discussion Area on at least two other responses.

Philosophical Viewpoints On Social Welfare Policies

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In this assignment, you will examine the ideological  struggles that underlie policymaking in the United States. This includes  the following:

  • The historical legacy of fear of a strong central government and how  this fear has influenced the development of the US Constitution.
  • The ideological divisions in the United States’ politics which fall primarily along a Conservative–Liberal continuum.

Research areas of social welfare policy using your textbook, the Argosy University online library resources, and the Internet.

Select an area of social welfare policy in which you are interested. Respond to the following:

  • Identify the aspects of the policy that reflect a conservative perspective and the aspects that reflect a liberal perspective.
  • Explain the impact of the mixed ideological foundation on the focus and structure of the policy.

The political ideologies of a country are very specific to its cultural history. Keeping this in mind, respond to the following:

  • Discuss how the policymaking of one other country aligns with or differs from the United States due to its cultural history.
  • Provide examples to explain why the policymaking is similar or different.

Write your initial response in 300–400 words. Apply APA standards to citation of sources.

By the due date assigned, post your response to the appropriate Discussion Area. Through the end of the module, review and comment on at least two peers’ responses. Cover the following items in your posts:

  • Provide a statement of clarification.
  • Provide a point of view with rationale.
  • Challenge a point of discussion, or draw a relationship between one or more points of the discussion.

LASA 2: International Trade

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  1. Find National Trade Data.
  2. Determine the trade balance between the U.S. and China for the most recent five year period.
  3. Illustrate the trend over this period with a graph of the data.

Based on the data provided, create a report in Microsoft Word discussing the trade balance between China and the U.S. for the most recent five year period. In your discussion, include an analysis of the effect of such trade balance on the economies of China and the U.S., both individually and comparatively. Justify your discussion and analysis by using appropriate examples and references.  Include in your report an analysis of the impact on the U.S. economy of the situation where China holds such a large amount of the U.S. debt.

By the due date assigned, submit your responses to the Submissions Area.

The Net Exports Effect

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The “net exports effect” is the impact on a country’s total spending caused by an inverse relationship between the price level and the net exports of an economy. Using this principle, discuss how the following economic variables change during an economic expansion:

  • The balance of payments
  • The rate of interest
  • The value of the dollar

In your answer, also discuss the case in the context of both a flexible exchange rate and a fixed exchange rate.

By the due date assigned, post your initial discussion response in the Discussion Area. Through the end of the module, read all of the other students’ postings, and post comments in the Discussion Area on at least two other responses.

LASA 2: Analyzing A Social Policy

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n this course, you have learned that social policies are formulated to solve social problems considered important by a mass of voters, media, and political actors. Social policy is but one solution to the problem—not necessarily the most rational, effective, or socially just. Social policies are human creations and, as such, can be changed. In this paper you will analyze a social policy as a tool for social justice.

Research one social welfare policy using your textbook, the Argosy University online library resources, and the Internet.

Analyze the policy and address the following:

The social problem addressed by the policy

  1. What is/are the problem/s to be solved in the most fundamental terms?
  2. What is the history of the problem/s in the United States?
  3. What are the various theories about the causes of the problem/s? Based on this, what do you think is/are the most important causes/s of the problem/s?

The policy objectives, value premises, expectation, and target populations

  1. Policy objectives—overt and covert objectives: What are the stated objectives of the policy? In your judgment, what are the covert objectives of the policy?
  2. What are the values underlying the policy objectives? What values are revealed by the overt and covert objectives?
  3. What did the policymakers expect would be the result of the policy?
  4. Target segments of the population at whom policy is aimed: Discuss the direct target of the policy in terms of size and other demographic characteristics. Who are the indirect targets of the policy?

Effects of the policy

  1. Intended effects: What effects did the lawmakers intend?
  2. Unintended effects: What effects did the lawmakers not foresee?
  3. Distinguish between short-range (less than five years) and long-range (over five years) effects of the policy.

Implications of the Policy

  1. Changes in the distribution of material resources: Are there any changes to the distribution of material resources, including income and other tangible benefits, as a result of the policy for direct or indirect target groups?
  2. Changes in distribution of services, rights, and statuses: Are there any changes in services, rights, or statuses as a result of the policy?

Alternative Policies

  1. What alternative policy/policies would more effectively address the social problem discussed in the policy analysis while advancing social justice?

Write a 3 page paper in Word format. Apply APA standards to citation of sources. Make sure to include research in addition to the textbook from credible, scholarly sources. Use the following file naming convention: LastnameFirstInitial_M5_A1.doc.

By the due date assigned, deliver your assignment to the Submissions Area.

Grading Rubric

Ethical Considerations for Healthcare Reform

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Research the ethical issues of reforming the healthcare systems in the United States and at least one other country using your textbook, the Argosy University online library resources, and the Internet.

Respond to the following:

  • Does the government have an ethical obligation to provide some form of healthcare for its citizens?
  • Identify the key features of the Affordable Care Act in the United States as well as the key features of healthcare proposals or systems in one other country.
    • In what ways do these features reflect a continuation of the existing system?
    • In what ways would they represent a significant overhaul?

Write your initial response a minimum of 200 words. Apply APA standards to citation of sources.

By the due date assigned, post your response to the appropriate Discussion Area. Through the end of the module, review and comment on at least two peers’ responses. Cover the following items in your posts:

  • Provide a statement of clarification.
  • Provide a point of view with rationale.
  • Challenge a point of discussion, or draw a relationship between one or more points of the discussion.

Portfolio Paper

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Guidelines for organization:
You are the director of respiratory therapy at a large regional medical center.  There is an 85 year old, female, Hispanic patient in the adult intensive care unit. The admitting diagnosis for the patient is “stroke.”   Prior to admission the patient had a history of heart and pulmonary problems, and lung cancer (successfully treated by surgery and radiation 10 years ago).  Tests conducted since admission have discovered early stage liver cancer.  The patient has been in a comatose state ever since admission, unable to communicate or move.  Since Patient is unable to
breathe on her own, she is also on a ventilator.The patient was admitted 15 days ago, she is without insurance and has no proof of citizenship. The hospital business office wants to know if she can be discharged from AICU which costs the
hospital $9,000 per day, or if the family will agree to disconnect the ventilator.  The attending physician is new on the medical staff and is unsure of the patient’s prognosis.  The AICU is full so the discharge planner is under pressure from his supervisor to free up the bed, which is needed for other critical patients.
The patient’s family has been adamant that God will perform a miracle and the patient will walk out of the hospital.  They are strongly against withdrawal of any life support or of reducing any standard of care.  Patient’s children are all adults, natural born citizens of the U.S. who own a successful well known local business.
A local TV station has been ‘covering the story’ although they have not publicly disclosed the patient’s name.  The state governor has come out publicly stating that illegal aliens are a drain on our state’s resources and should be sent back to their countries of origin. The governor’s challenger (whose daughter is a nursing student in AICU) says there is a moral duty to care for everyone. You are scheduled to meet with the hospital ethics committee tomorrow.  After the meeting you, the physician, and the AICU chaplain are to meet with the patient’s family regarding the patient’s course of care. How will you prepare for the upcoming meeting with the hospital ethics committee?  What issues do you
expect will come up during that meeting? What will you say to the patient’s
family?  Prepare the portfolio paper using the following guidelines:
A minimum of 8 pages not to exceed 12, typed, double spaced, Times New Roman font, using APA standard Title page, including title of paper, your name, course name and course number, date of submission (page 1)
A minimum of 8 pages including a summary of your understanding of the biblical implications for the topic (pages 2-11) Apply the “model for making moral decisions” studied in Unit Three What about patient autonomy?
Rationing of health care resources?
Conflicting views regarding end of life care?
What could have been done to avoid this?
What about privacy?
Are there any federal laws which are relevant to this patient’s care?
Is the ACHE Code of Ethics helpful?
Does anything change if your hospital:

(a) is a state owned facility; or

(b) is affiliated with a certain Christian denomination; or

(c) if it is a private for profit facility? Anything else you think to be relevant

A reference page (page 12) A minimum of 6 references are required, including the text, the Holy Bible, books and articles from academic sources (Net Library), and other periodicals.

Masters In Public Health Paper 9 Pages

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A philanthropic foundation needs to plan its investments  and grants. They have decided to fund projects for improving public and  population health but are only looking to support projects that will  demonstrate their goodwill and keep their name associated with topics of  general concern. Of course, they hope their grantees have newsworthy  success.

You are asked to contribute to the decision-making  process by teaching the financial and program officers about emerging  health problems that are expected to be significant within the next ten  years.

  • List eight emerging public health issues. For ease of organization,  include each problem on a separate page and limit the draft to  double-spaced text.
  • For each issue, provide information about the populations (size  and/or situation) that will be impacted. In your description, make sure  you do the following:
    • Explain the difference between raw data and information derived from  it, and give examples of substantive information pertinent to this list  of emerging public health issues.
    • Identify the ethnographic (sociocultural) features and the  epidemiological (disease risk) features of the population that may cause  each issue to differentially affect this population.
  • For each issue, present probable consequences to the population if intervention is not enacted.
  • Create a statement of hypothesized causes of each problem so that  the audience can judge the level and type of intervention the public  expects. Make sure you discuss both the following factors:
    • Ethnographic factors: Explain what individuals, people, governments,  business, or other agencies are doing that may contribute to the  problem.
    • Epidemiological factors: Explain changes in environments or agents that may be contributing to the emergence of the problem.
  • Provide evidence of systemic or programmatic problems. Provide  examples of substantive information pertinent to the list of emerging  public health issues.

Assignment 2 Grading Criteria

Assignment Componentsa  Maximum Points    Identify  8 relevant topics and provide examples of substantive information  pertinent to the list of emerging public health issues.  16

Provide information about the populations (size and/or situation) that will be impacted.

Identify the ethnographic and epidemiology features that may cause each issue to differentially affect this population.

20    For each issue present probable consequences to the population if intervention is not enacted.   8

Create a statement of hypothesized causes of each problem so that the  audience can judge the level and type of intervention the public  expects. Make sure you discuss both ethnographic and epidemiological  factors.

Explain what individual people, governments, businesses, or other  agencies are doing that may contribute to the problem. Explain changes  in environments or agents that may be contributing to the emergence of  the problem.

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