Category: Healthcare

portfolio part 3&4 
part 3: literature review of mutli agency work based on vulnerable children or adults. 
part 4: learning evaluation, reflection on learning throughout the module

In no less than 300 words make a post. 
Which do you find most compelling, the pluralist or elitist perspective regarding the influence of interest groups on health related public policy? Explain your rationale. 
Support your opinion with information from at least three credible sources. 

Write a review about each article (total 6 articles) (200 words per article). 
– Assessment of a pay-for-performance program (200 words)
– Controlled Interventions to Reduce Burnout in Physicians (200 words)
– The relation between volume and outcome of coronary interventions (200 words)
– A Balanced Portfolio Model For Improving Health (200words)
– Titrating Versus Targeting Home Care Services to Frail Elderly Clients (200 words)
– Understanding Population Health Terminology (200 words)

Position paper #1
Read the article “For Remote Workers, the Sick Day Is Over,” from the Wall Street
Journal. 
Write an opinion paper (a paper that presents an opinion supported by facts)
on what you have read. The paper should be a minimum of two, no longer than three
pages, double spaced, with a font no larger than 12.
The paper must answer the following questions:
 With the number of employees working remotely increasing, should companies
revisit their sick leave policies? Why/why not? Explain your answer.
 According to the article, Dr. Leana Wen states that “getting out of bed, having
purpose to their daily lives, helps with recovery” As a supervisor, would you
encourage a remote employee that calls out sick to continue working, or would
you follow company policy? Explain your answer.
 In the article, some remote workers with Covid continued to work, some didn’t
work at all, and others chose to work with frequent breaks. If you were in that
situation, what would you do?
 What are your overall thoughts on this article and the issues it raises?
Make sure to write the position paper in the context of what you have learned and read;
DO NOT GIVE SOLELY YOUR OPINION.
READ ARTICLE ATTACHED 

Scenario: For this assessment, assume you are the executive director for a for-profit home care agency and you are experiencing a shortage of staff in nursing. You are having to turn away clients because you are not able to provide staff to make the visits. Your task is to complete the cost-benefit analysis to determine what your best course of action is. You are currently short of four full-time nurse positions to meet your current client load. Each full-time nurse position equates to 20 clients per week, with one hour for a visit and one hour for travel and documentation time for each client. This means you will need to reduce by 80 clients per week or add staff. Your current client load for the agency is 160 clients. You have two management nurses that process intakes, manage quality, ensure compliance, and perform audits for pending federal surveys. They are salaried and do not see clients in the home currently.
Your task is to find a long-term solution to your staffing problem. Pick from one of the four categories to focus your efforts:
Staffing.
HR benefits.
Technology/wearable health care technology.
Telehealth.
You have a surplus in a budget line of 1,00,000 dollars to address this issue. You may review the articles in the suggested reading list for this assessment to give you a start. Please offer at least three solutions that you would recommend, and the cost-benefit associated with each one. Also, please note the opportunity cost for each option.
Instructions:
Use the Cost-Benefit Analysis Template [DOCX] to complete this assessment.
Include an executive summary with an overview of the purpose and content of the cost-benefit analysis.
Write 1-2 double-spaced pages for each option that includes:
Option Title.
Proposal: Brief description of the option.
Benefit: List the benefits associated with this option.
Cost Associated: List the costs associated with this option.
Opportunity Cost: List what might be given up if this option is selected.
Detailed Explanation: Explain how the cost-benefit analysis for the option aligns with organizational needs and future growth.
Address the following for each option:
Non-monetary benefits, such as improved customer satisfaction, associated with the option.
Non-monetary costs associated with the option. For example, productivity may decrease initially as people adjust to new policies and procedures associated with the option. At the same time, productivity is likely to increase once people adjust to the new policies and procedures.
Although these factors may be difficult to quantify, successful health care leaders are able to weigh nonmonetary and monetary considerations when making their purchasing and budgeting decisions.
Spell out the pros and cons between this option and the issue presented in this assessment.
Explain how the concept of opportunity cost applies to the option.
References: List at least two scholarly and/or authoritative sources to support each option.
Focus on the cost-benefit analysis and provide a conclusion with a concise summary of each option for stakeholders to consider.

Hello this assignment has 3 parts. The first part  is a response to the discussion questions in a main post ( minimum 300 words), next is 2 separate responses to at least 2 peers’ postings (75 words). Thanks in advance!
main post:
Data are collected and presented on a continual basis. It is important to be able to communicate the data to your audience effectively. Appropriate data communication techniques help students present research findings in clear and understandable ways.
Think of a time someone presented data to you.
Discuss the communication techniques that they used to present their findings.
What suggestions would you give them to make their presentation more effective?
1st peer post:
LG
I can not think of a time when someone presented data to me, but I can talk about effective communication techniques, and how thay can help us communicate with our patients effectively. Lets start with effective communication, which means that your ideas and concepts are being heard and people are acting upon them. It also means you are able to listen, understand. and take action on what other people say. Some patients that we service are of different cultures with different beliefs, so we have to find different ways to communicate with them effectively. Some patients do not speak English we have to find ways to understand our patients. Here is where you need to know your audience. Do your research on the patient background and have an interpreter on hand to translate what your patient needs are. You have to be a good listener and maintain eye contact ask questions if you do not understand something or someone. Different cultures gave different views when it comes to doctors it is your job to encourage them to get the services that they need to be healty what ever that is in that situation.. Visual communication is a sign that this patient understands what they can see, pictures, brochures, videos as a use to understand. Verbal communication is great because they can understand what you are saying and vice versa. You have to speak clear and concise just incase their are lip readers go slow and agin always maintain  eye contact that is a sign of respect in many cultures. You have to be kind and friendly so the patient feels comfortable giving you certain information. Nonverbal communication is body language the patient looks at your reaction , how you move ,how your eyes look they are listening to you physically as you move about. There are so many ways that you can effectively communicate using effective communication techniques. Focusing on making a connection with the patient and making sure that they understand you is crucial for quality care.
2nd peer post:
SF
As we all know when someone is reporting something to you, you would want to receive it with clarity, and to be effective it must be delivered with clear communication and understanding.
It is essential in various reporting’s that you report how you did this, why and what are your findings.
I am reminded just lately of my experience with my healthcare provider. I had been experiencing some female health issues and it was kind of frightening for me. Because I didn’t understand why this was happening at my age. But needless to say, I scheduled an appointment with my gynecologist to see what was going on and why was this happening to me pass menopausal stage. I was given a vaginal examination, and my doctor told me that she would have the results back the following week.
It’s now the following week. My findings were delivered to me via email. After viewing and reading the data, it was clear to me that they needed to do a little more in-depth research. Because now I didn’t fully understand what was happening to me or what has already happened to me.
The data only stated that it could be a number of things that is causing my condition, but that it could be narrowed down to a couple of things because of my age. Now with this data I became instantly filled with anxiety, so I rushed to call my doctor for an appointment to discuss in detail what could be done or if there were anything that could be done.
The day of my personal visit with my provider she helped me to understand what was going on and why. She also explained to me my options and that she would only be able to offer me effective data after the initial surgery.
From my experience I would only want my research data to be delivered to me in person, because the email didn’t provide detail information on their finding and not to mention it concluded it, with saying some of the recent findings compared in similar cases could be cancerous, and this left me feeling anxious. I think a face-to-face deliverance would be appropriate for me, at least I could better understand and comprehend from my reporters (doctor) language. At least I would know whether I should be concerned or not.

What qualities of Penn Dental Medicine do you feel will help you achieve your goals and how?
Program diversity, comprehensive education, research opportunities, interdisciplinary collaboration. 

I’d like you to rewrite the attached paper as a Peer Reviewed Research Paper ready for Publication. 
Please ADD: Graphs, Charts, Figures to bolster our arguments and conclusions. 
Research Question: “Examining the Impact of Mental Health First Aid Training on the Creation of Supportive Environments for Mental Health Disclosure and Help-Seeking Behaviors Among Diverse Populations in the United States”

PICOT Question : how does the alternative shift of 0600 – 1800 compared to the current 0700 – 1900shift.  positively affect patient care outcomes and clinician satisfaction within 3 months? 
Reference needed to be within 5 years 
I need a PowerPoint with 10 slides & a Poster at the end of PowerPoint that summarizes the slides 

I have to write 3 to 4 page essay reproducing my understanding and capability to long term care settings