Category: Healthcare

Preparation
To successfully complete this assignment, use the Collaborate on Quality Template [DOC] to address the following:
Select one of the three incidents from the Vila Health: Patient Safety simulation. These are common incidents you are likely to encounter in the health care field. These included a patient identification error, a medication error, and a HIPAA/privacy violation. You may select one of the incidents you worked with in the previous assignments or select another one. Choose one that holds the most interest for you.
Consider the following analysis questions once you have selected the incident on which you will focus:
What information do you possess about the issue? (Note: You may not be able to answer all of these questions; just include the information you know.) Consider:
Who was involved?
During what process (clinical, communication, or operational) did the issue occur?
When did the issue occur? During a particular shift? On a particular day? During peak hours? Under certain clinical circumstances?
Where did the issue occur?
What additional data about the incident would you like to collect and analyze?
Which best practices were likely avoided that could have contributed to the issue? (Note: This information will prove useful to you as you complete your analysis and leadership action plan.)
Consult the readings provided in Week 6.
Review the Collaborate on Quality Template [DOC], which you will use to complete this assignment. This document is formatted and has space for completing all components of the assignment.
Instructions
Write an analysis and leadership action plan for the issue you selected that will enable you to address the issue on an organization-wide basis. Please make sure to include all of the following headings and answer all of the questions underneath each heading.
Introduction: Issue Summary
How would you summarize the key elements of the incident that occurred?
What is your goal in addressing the issue?
Which 2–3 key items will be your focus? For example, you may elect to focus on nursing staffing levels if being short-staffed in nursing is contributing to compromises to patient safety.
Culture: Explain what culture is and why it is a critical priority for safety and quality, providing at least two evidence-based strategies for cultivating a culture of safety.
What is culture?
Why is culture a critical organizational priority for safety and quality?
What do you know about the existing organizational culture, based on the knowledge you have about the selected issue?
What are some of the evidence-based strategies you are considering that could be employed to cultivate a culture of safety?
IHI Triple Aim: Apply the IHI Triple Aim to develop a health care leadership strategy that focuses on optimizing health care system performance.
What is the IHI Triple AIM?
How does the IHI Triple Aim apply to this specific incident?
What IHI Triple Aim elements will you incorporate into your organizational improvement strategy?
Leadership and Collaboration: Propose evidence-based leadership and collaboration strategies to enlist the aid of key organizational leaders in establishing a safety and quality culture.
Which key departments need to be directly involved with the corrective action process?
What is your rationale for selecting these departments? For example, you may want to involve nursing because many of errors involve nurses and obtaining their buy-in is critical to achieving the organizational priority.
Which specific senior leader, front-line staff member, and clinical expert will you include in your action plan and hold accountable for implementation?
What are the implications of not engaging with all departments toward making safety and quality top of mind?
How might you involve other departments in addressing the specific issue and the cultural issue?
Which specific leaders within the organization could assist you in addressing this issue and in making patient safety and quality top of mind throughout the organization? Examples for you to consider include the chief nursing officer, the chief medical officer, the patient safety officer, et cetera.
What role do you expect these leaders to play in addressing the specific issue and the issue of culture?
What best practices would you employ to enlist their aid in the improvement effort?
Leadership Action Plan: Create an evidence-based action plan that includes leadership strategies to establish a safety and quality culture.
What are three evidence-based (supported by current literature) leadership strategies you recommend that would help to solve the incident that occurred?
What are three evidence-based best practices you recommend to address the issue on an organizational level?
Opportunities to Enlist Governing Board: Determine opportunities to enlist the governing board’s aid in fostering a fair and just culture.
What role does the organization’s governing board have in terms of quality and safety in the organization?
How could you enlist the governing board’s aid in your improvement initiative?
What additional information could you provide them to increase their involvement in the organization’s safety and quality improvement efforts?
Conclusion
How will you summarize your analysis of the incident and your leadership action plan?
In addition, your assignment needs to conform to current APA style and format guidelines. Do ensure that it is clear, persuasive, concise, organized, and without errors in grammar, punctuation, and spelling. Do provide citations and title and reference pages in current APA format. Other leaders in your organization are going to want to know what sources you relied on to prepare your analysis and action plan.
Note: Remember that health care is an evidence-based field. You will need to cite a minimum of two credible references to support your analysis and action planning process.
Please review the Collaborating on Quality: Issue Analysis and Leadership Action Plan Scoring Guide to ensure you understand the grading requirements for this assignment.

Imagine you are part of a global health organization tasked with improving health in a low-income country. What health determinant would you focus on first, and what strategies would you employ to address it? How would you measure the success of your intervention?

Public health plays a pivotal role in safeguarding the health of communities and populations. It encompasses a wide range of measures aimed at preventing diseases, promoting healthy lifestyles, and ensuring access to quality healthcare. Despite its positive intentions, public health initiatives frequently find themselves embroiled in controversies due to a variety of factors, including cultural, ethical, and religious considerations. 
1. Why is public health controversial?
Share your insights on why public health, which aims to improve the well-being of everyone, often becomes a subject of controversy. Are there specific aspects of public health initiatives that tend to generate more disagreement than others?
2. How should we address some of these controversies from a Biblical worldview?
Given the diverse ethical and moral perspectives within the realm of public health, how might a Biblical worldview guide our approach to these controversies? Are there any specific Bible verses or principles that can offer insights into resolving these tensions? 
3. How might we balance public good with individual rights?
Many public health interventions involve collective efforts that might impact individual freedoms or choices. From a Biblical perspective, how can we strike a balance between promoting the common good and respecting individual rights?
MUST INCLUDE 1 SCHOLARLY CITATION IN AMA FORMAT

here is no scenario for this assignment.
You will need to prepare an essay and a report to show your understanding of supply chain
and operations management.
Task 1 of 2 – Essay (AC 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3)
Instructions:
Choose one organisation and write an essay in which you should use specific examples that:
• Outline the nature of the organisation with a background to its operations.
• Critically explain why an effective supply chain is important to all business functions
within the organisation and the key factors to develop an integrated supply chain
strategy.
• Evaluate why and how the organisation maintains supplier relationship, before
recommending a supplier relation system to your selected organisation.
• Critically analyse the factors to consider in developing a strategy to improve an
organisation’s supply chain.
• Assess the use of information technology to create strategies to develop
effective supplier relationships.
• Provide two or more options to improve the supply chain of your organisation and
assess their suitability, feasibility, acceptability and benefits before making your
justified recommendation.
Delivery and Submission:
• 1x Essay (2500 words) excluding TOC, diagrams, references and appendices
Task 2 of 2 – Report (AC 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3)
Instructions:
Write a report with reference to your chosen organisation in Task 1 and support your answer
with examples.
Your report should:
• Justify the importance and use of logistics in the supply chain and explain their
importance.
• Evaluate the effectiveness of current procurement (both strategies and procedure)
within the organisation.
ASSIGNMENT BRIEFS
• Critically evaluate the factors that could be used to improve logistic and procurement
for your organisation.
• Critically evaluate the applicability of a JIT (Just-in-time) system as well as the
applicability of a LIFO or FIFO inventory control for your organisation.
• Propose an effective and economic order quantity system based on your design
Delivery and Submission:
• 1x Report (2000 words) excluding TOC, diagrams, references and appendices

The entire paper must be correctly formatted (double-spaced; same font and font size throughout the document, for example, Times New Roman, 12pt.). All subheadings should be bolded and left justified. References should be in APA 7 format and written in alphabetical order.
KINDLY FIX THIS FINAL PAPER BASED ON THE WHAT IS STATED BELOW.
THE “ACTION PLAN TO DELIVER SERVICES” PART STILL NEEDS TO BE DONE.
YOU CAN MAKE A LOGIC MODEL TO DEMONSTRATE IT.
THE CONCLUSION NEEDS TO BE DONE AS WELL.
Cover Page (Name your hospital, names of group members, course name, date)
Background and Health Condition
Directional Strategies (Mission, Vision, Values)
Services that will be Provided
External Analysis
Internal Analysis
Service Area Competitors
Porters Five Forces
SWOT Analysis
Adaptive and market entry/exit strategy
Organizational Chart
Action Plan to Deliver Services (Resources, Activities, Responsibilities, Timelines, Results/Outcomes). You can make a Logic Model to demonstrate this.
Benefits to the Community
Conclusion
References

To complete this paper, answer the questions below.
Explain why these graphs are histograms by describing the variable on the y axis, units used, what the markings are for, and what is being measured on the x axis. Note that these density population graphs are standing on end and each one is two graphs side by side (one for males and one for females) sharing the same x axis.
Describe the shape, center, and spread of the U.S. population’s age in 1970 and then in 2020.
What story does each graph tell you about age distribution in 1970 and 2020?
What social, medical, and public health changes have occurred in the last 50 years to explain the difference in the age distribution of the United States?

In this section, investigate an organizational gap or issue at your practicum site, and identify a problem or new opportunity that that can be addressed through an informatics solution.
*Does the use of PHQ-9 screening tool help measure depression in inpatient psychiatric hospital?
– hospital is operated by the state to cater to civilly committed adult patients with psychiatric diagnoses
*added notes in bold lettes
Based on your findings and developed scope, write a 750 word paper that defines the problem or opportunity and explains how it can be addressed through an informatics solution.
Include the following:
Discuss the issue or gap identified during your investigation and explain what business need is not being met.  -THE USE OF DEPRESSION SCREENING TOOL TO MEASURE DEPRESSION
Develop a problem statement that can be used to provide a snapshot of the issue or gap and the proposed solution. 
*Does the use of PHQ-9 screening tool help measure depression in inpatient psychiatric hospital?
Describe the departments directly affected and discuss the impact the issue or gap has on them. 
Discuss any additional consequences of the issue or gap for organizational performance, other stakeholders, budget, etc. – STAKEHOLDERS include RNs, mental health techs, psychiatrist, psychologist, medical doctor, licensed social workers
Propose a clinical, technological, or process-related solution that can be implemented to address the identified issue or gap. Explain how the proposed solution addresses the issue or gap for the departments and how it fulfills the specified business need. – This facility does not use a deprssion screening tool. The propose project is to use the PHQ-9 screening form and converting it into a form that can be used in EHR. 
Evaluate the advantages and limitations of using information science and technology to solve a problem.
Describe how the proposed informatics solution supports the organization’s objectives and overall strategy and operations. – commitment to 
providing safe and quality patient care

In your health care career, you will be confronted with many problems that demand a solution. By using research skills, you can learn what others are doing and saying about similar problems. Then, you can analyze the problem and the people and systems it affects. You can also examine potential solutions and their ramifications. This assessment allows you to practice this approach with a real-world problem.
Describe the health care problem or issue you selected for use in Assessment 2 and provide details about it.
As you describe the topic you explored in Assessment 2, use the first four steps of the Socratic Problem-Solving Approach to aid your critical thinking. This approach was introduced in Assessment 2.
Identify possible causes for the problem or issue.
Use scholarly information to describe and explain the health care problem or issue and identify possible causes for it.
Identify at least three scholarly or academic peer-reviewed journal articles about the topic.
You may find the How Do I Find Peer-Reviewed Articles? library guide helpful in locating appropriate references.
You may use articles you found while working on Assessment 2 or you may search the Capella library for other articles.
You may find the applicable Undergraduate Library Research Guide helpful in your search.
Review the Think Critically About Source Quality to help you complete the following:
Assess the credibility of the information sources.
Assess the relevance of the information sources.
Analyze the health care problem or issue.
Describe the setting or context for the problem or issue.
Describe why the problem or issue is important to you.
Identify groups of people affected by the problem or issue.
Provide examples that support your analysis of the problem or issue.
Discuss potential solutions for the health care problem or issue.
Describe what would be required to implement a solution.
Describe potential consequences of ignoring the problem or issue.
Provide the pros and cons for one of the solutions you are proposing.
Explain the ethical principles (Beneficence, Nonmaleficence, Autonomy, and Justice) if potential solution was implemented.
Describe what would be necessary to implement the proposed solution.
Explain the ethical principles that need to be considered (Beneficence, Nonmaleficence, Autonomy, and Justice) if the potential solution was implemented.
Provide examples from the literature to support the points you are making.
Example Assessment: You may use the following to give you an idea of what a Proficient or higher rating on the scoring guide would look like:

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Unit 3 – Individual Project (125 points)
Due: Sun, May 19 |Printer Friendly Version
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Assignment Details:
The CK&M Company manufactures a robotic vacuum called the Robo2000. The company sells the vacuum to discount stores throughout the country. The Robo2000 is a basic robotic vacuum with a remote and is significantly less expensive than the robotic vacuum that requires a smartphone and app offered by the competitor, Stone Manufacturing. Furthermore, CK&M has experienced production problems that have resulted in significant rework costs. Stone’s model has an excellent reputation for quality.
Is CK&M’s current strategy that of product differentiation or cost leadership?
What about the strategy of Stone Manufacturing?
CK&M would like to improve quality and decrease costs by improving processes and training workers to reduce rework. CK&M’s managers believe that increased quality will increase sales.
Develop an appropriate strategy to achieve this goal.
For each of the 4 perspectives, propose criteria that you would include in a balanced scorecard for CK&M.
Please submit your assignment.
For assistance with your assignment, please use your textbook, all course resources, and any external research and resources you have gathered.
Individual Project Rubric
The Individual Project (IP) Grading Rubric is a scoring tool that represents the performance expectations for the IP. This Individual Project Grading Rubric is divided into components that provide a clear description of what should be included within each component of the IP. It’s the roadmap that can help you in the development of your IP.
Expectation Points Possible Points Earned Comments
Assignment-Specific: Compares CK&M’s current strategy with that of product differentiation and cost leadership
30
Assignment-Specific: Explains the strategy of Stone Manufacturing as product differentiation or cost leadership
30
Assignment-Specific: Develops an appropriate strategy to achieve the goal of improving quality and decreasing cost for CK&M
30
Assignment-Specific: Proposes criteria you would include in a balanced scorecard for CK&M for the four perspectives
25
Professional Language: Assignment contains accurate grammar, spelling, and punctuation with few or no errors. (APA formatting or the style specified in the assignment is required.)
10
Total Points
125
Total Points Earned

Write a 1,225- to 1,550-word report of the US veterans affairs organization’s SWOT and how economics in your market impact the strategy and future of your organization. Include the following: Summarize the major economic trends in your market. Evaluate whether these trends benefit or harm your organization’s strategic goals. Provide a rationale for your response. Evaluate whether the economy in your market presents opportunities or threats for your organization, or both. Describe them and how they apply to your organization. Examine whether your organization can influence the economics in your area. Explain your perspective. Cite any references to support your assignment. Format your citations according to APA guidelines.