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Utilizing the attached article (short and long versions) on “Financial Integration and Quality”, follow the QQTP guidance outlined below to provide input on the article. In addition your own post, respond to at least one classmates post. In particular, answering the question they pose.
Question – Write a thoughtful question that invites analysis, synthesis, and evaluation of the reading, makes connections to the reading and previous discussions or readings, or connects to real-world situations or experiences.
Quotation – Select a 2-6–sentence quotation that is especially pertinent or relevant to the main points of the reading; explain in a minimum of three sentences why you chose this quotation. Include an in-text citation (APA) following the quotation.
Talking Points – Write three talking points that show you have thought seriously and critically about the reading. The first Talking Point—every time you do this—will address how the material connects to you personally (i.e., how your personal experiences, background, or knowledge connect with the material). Your subsequent Talking Points will address your critical analysis of the material. Each Talking Point must be a minimum of three sentences

Optimizing Patient Flow in a Hospital
Background:
You are a healthcare administrator at Amora General hospital experiencing challenges with patient flow. Despite having adequate resources and skilled staff, the hospital is facing issues such as long wait times in the emergency department, delayed admissions, and inefficient discharge processes. These bottlenecks are affecting patient satisfaction, staff morale, and overall operational efficiency.
Senior leadership asked you to provide more detailed information on how formula a plan to solve these issues. Prepare a PowerPoint presentation for your next meeting with leadership to provide this information. After conducting a review of the literature, conduct a thorough analysis the crucial steps in developing a strategic plan to improve patient flow. Be sure to focus on the healthcare field and internal and external environments when providing examples to illustrate your points.
Because wait times, cancellations, and delays are so frequent in the healthcare industry, both patients and caregivers come to accept waiting as an unfortunate but necessary aspect of receiving care. However this chronic practice should be addressed and resolved, it leads to raise the expense of the hospital and lower the standard of care. In order to visit every patient who is waiting for treatment, medical professionals could have to work overtime and extra shifts, which would severely strain their finances.
Conduct a research in efforts to optimize patient flow, addressing operational efficiency, identify bottlenecks, regulatory compliance, financial management, ethical dilemmas, and develop strategies to optimize patient flow while maintaining high-quality care delivery.
Presentation Framework:
Facility Assessment:
Identify possible key areas of inefficiency, such as long wait times, bed shortages, delays in diagnostic tests, and discharge delays.
Stakeholder Interactions:
Identify key stakeholders, such as clinical staff, administrative personnel, and patient representatives that are involved in patient flow interactions
Root Cause Analysis:
Conduct root cause analysis to determine what could be underlying factors contributing to patient flow inefficiencies.
Regulatory Compliance
Ensuring optimization efforts comply with ACA, CMS, and state regulations to maintain compliance
Healthcare Finance
Cost analysis associated with inefficiencies in patient flow.
Revenue from value based reimbursement related with patient satisfaction
Ethical Dilemmas
Potential conflicts between speed and quality of care.
How these dilemmas were resolved or managed.
Strategic Interventions:
Develop strategic interventions to address identified bottlenecks and improve patient flow.
Technology Integration:
Explore the use of technology solutions, such as electronic health records (EHR) and predictive analytics
Evaluate the potential benefits of telemedicine and virtual care platforms 
Quality Improvement Initiatives:
Implement quality improvement initiatives focused on enhancing the quality of care while improving patient flow.
Additional Information:
Based on your analysis, develop a set of recommendations for optimizing patient flow in the hospital. Prioritize actionable strategies that address the root causes of inefficiency and promote a patient-centered approach to care delivery.
Instructions:
Incorporate appropriate animations, transitions, and graphics as well as speaker notes for each slide. The speaker notes may be comprised of brief paragraphs or bulleted lists
Support your presentation with at least five scholarly resources
Length: 12-15 slides (with a separate reference slide)
Notes Length: 100-200 words for each slide, along with citation
References in APA format and style where appropriate.
Save the file as PPT as “your last name” dash final. Example: Wongkargut-final