Category: Healthcare

Signature Assignment: country comparison paper each student will submit a 10-page double spaced, using a size 12 font. of either Times Roman or Arial that compares two countries. Each student will search The World Bank or similar website (e.g., International Monetary Fund or IMF) and select two countries from low-income countries (e.g., Afghanistan, Zimbabwe) or lower-middle income countries (e.g., India, El Salvador), or middle-income countries (e.g., Mexico, Romania), or high-income country, whether or not a member of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) (e.g., Canada, Japan). You may obtain this information at: http://data.worldbank.org/about/country-classifications/country-and-lending-groupsLinks to an external site. Each group will then review the required text books and/or search in the website for the World Bank, the World Health Organization, the CIA or the websites of similar reputable organization. Prepare a comprehensive comparative country report describing the health status of the population and the healthcare system of two different countries. Compare and contrast the structure, organization, and financing of the health care system in major developed and selected developing nations and identify at least five of the following indicators for each country: healthy life-expectancy; literacy rate; total fertility rate, infant or under-five child mortality rate, immunization rates, adult mortality rate, rate of skilled attendants at births, infectious diseases and non-communicable disease and maternal mortality rate. Create a table with the indicators as the rows, and the countries as the columns (or vice versa). You can choose an issue affecting the health of their underserved or vulnerable populations (certain age, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, socio economic status, education, or place of residence – urban/ rural, affluent/ impoverished community). Based on the differences found and any other information researched, analyze the disparities and explore possible reasons for these variations. Discuss what the global response, if any, should be to address these disparities and why.
link https://datahelpdesk.worldbank.org/knowledgebase/articles/906519

Create a slide presentation that describes lessons learned
through your experiences as an intern, employee in healthcare (for students
receiving waivers only), or following completion of your project based learning
experience.  All presentations must
follow the format outlined below.
Presentation Content:
Slide: Title of
Presentation (Students can select title they feel is most appropriate).  Include date, student’s first and last name, name of organization or
employer.  Not applicable for
project-based learning.
Slide:  List objectives of presentation (maximum 3)
Slide: Photo of internship supervisor, job supervisor, or
professional colleague/or mentor for those who completed project-based
learning.  Include a 3-5 sentence bio that
includes individual’s name, title, primary role in organization/institution, years
of service in the organization
or career field, and degrees, certifications,
etc.
Slide(s):  Three maximum.  Describe a special project or
responsibilities completed during your internship, employment in healthcare
(those who received waivers), or as part of your project-based learning.  You may also include lessons learned about
health administration, management, health care and/or community/population
health during your experience.
When describing projects or tasks completed, include the
following points:
1.      
Purpose or overall description of the project.
2.      
Steps used to complete the project.
3.      
Summary of any results gathered.
4.      
Summarize what you learned in the classroom that
was observed, experienced, or that can be applied to your internship/or job.
If your presentation focuses on lessons learned about health
administration, heath care, management and/or community/population health ,
follow these guidelines:
1.      
Summarize what you learned in the classroom that
was observed or experienced during your internship/or job and/or lessons about
professional development.
2.      
List networking opportunities (i.e., meetings,
conferences, etc.) and/or professional contacts made during the internship/or
job.

Overview
The purpose of this assignment is to familiarize you with financial statements, the need to align the financials and the strategic direction of the firm, and the process of performing horizontal and vertical analyses of a company’s balance sheets and income statements.
You will be provided with a scenario and a variances analysis. You will use the information in both to create a memo in which you demonstrate your audit financial statements and expenditures based on organizational priorities.
Instructions
Scenario
You’re a healthcare administration fellow at the prestigious Stanford Healthcare. You have been rotating through the various departments over the past nine months and now you have the honor of working under the mentorship of Chief Financial Officer Linda Hoff.
Stanford Medicine includes Stanford Healthcare, Stanford Children’s Hospital, and Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford. This organization uses an integrated approach to strategic planning, which incorporates jointly agreed-upon strategic priorities from its various entities. It also ensures a high degree of congruence in strategic focus by each entity.
Before outlining the strategic priorities for Stanford Medicine, it is important to note that a firm’s directional strategy comprises three discrete yet interwoven components: vision, mission, and goals (or, in this case, priorities). Armed with this knowledge, you have familiarized yourself with the vision, mission, and priorities of Stanford Medicine. Below is what you found.
When examining a company’s financials, it is prudent to keep the directional strategy of the company in mind. After all, in order to advance many strategic priorities, which include fulfilling the mission and positioning the organization to achieve its vision for the future, proper management of the firm’s scarce resources is vital. Failure to properly manage the financial performance of the organization can compromise the company’s ability to maintain a competitive advantage in the marketplace.
Our Vision
Precision Health: Predict. Prevent. Cure. Precisely.
We will heal humanity through science and compassion by leading the biomedical revolution in precision health.
Our Mission
Improving Human Health Through Discovery and Care.
Through innovative discovery and the translation of new knowledge, Stanford Medicine improves human health locally and globally. We serve our community by providing outstanding and compassionate care. We inspire and prepare the future leaders of science and medicine.
Strategic Priorities
A collaborative endeavor involving the entire community, the Stanford Medicine integrated strategic planning process yielded a framework that is human-centered and discovery-led, focused on three overarching priorities for our enterprise.
By enhancing our strengths and achieving our goals in these priority areas, we will amplify our preeminence and remain uniquely positioned to lead the biomedical revolution in precision health, ensuring our continued ability to guide healthcare through significant global changes.
Value Focused
Provide a highly personalized patient experience.
Ensure a seamless Stanford Medicine experience.
Digitally Driven
Amplify the impact of Stanford innovation globally.
Deliver human-centered, high-tech, high-touch care and revolutionize biomedical discovery.
Lead in population health and data science.
Uniquely Stanford
Accelerate discovery in and knowledge of human biology.
Discovered here, used everywhere: advanced fundamental human knowledge, translational medicine, and global health.
Ensure preeminence across all our mission areas.
Variance Analyses
Normally, managers are expected to examine positive and negative variances, and then speculate as to possible explanations for the observed variances. Following this initial assessment, managers would be expected to dig deeper into those variances of greatest concern to the organization to uncover the actual causes for the variances, and then implement necessary corrective actions. Digging into all variances would be costly and, quite frankly, a misuse of time and energy.
The CFO asked one of her financial analysts to conduct a variance analysis of the company’s consolidated balance sheets and income statements for fiscal years 2015, 2016, 2017, and 2018, which has been completed. The analyst determined the variances for each account (line item) captured in the financials. Now that this first step has been accomplished, the CFO would like you to pay particular attention to the negative variances contained in the spreadsheet and focus on those variances you believe to be potentially the most impactful to Stanford.
The financial analyst completed your variance analysis over time, which is referred to as a horizontal analysis, and then proceeded to create a common-size balance sheet and income statement for each of the four fiscal years (2015-2018). The common-sized financials are captured in the provided spreadsheet.
Financial Management and Strategic Direction
Once you’ve completed your horizontal and vertical analyses of the financial statements, you should be able to get a sense of how well management has managed the financial resources of the company in support of its strategic direction. In business, the strategic direction should be evident in its vision and mission statements, and strategic priorities. The strategic priorities should support the company’s mission, and the mission should help advance the firm’s vision for the future. Failure to effectively manage the company’s financial resources can seriously compromise the firm’s ability to fulfill its mission and, subsequently, its vision.
Submission
Based on the provided scenario, create a 3-4 page business memorandum to Linda Hoff, Stanford’s CFO. For guidance on writing a memo, take a look at this Sample Memo [DOCX] Download Sample Memo [DOCX].
In your memo, codify your findings and interpretations from the horizontal and vertical analyses and the level of alignment in the company’s fiscal management and strategic direction. Include the provided Excel spreadsheet you used to complete your analysis as an attachment to the memo. In this memo, you will:
Review the year-over-year variances contained in the audited Stanford balance sheets and income statements for fiscal years 2015-2018 in the  Week 5 Assignment Spreadsheet [XLSX] Download Week 5 Assignment Spreadsheet [XLSX]. You’ll be expected to pay particular attention to the negative variances (color-coded in red) that you believe to be potentially the most impactful to Stanford and provide a rationale for that belief.
Hypothesize as to the reasons for the negative variances. Be sure the hypothesis is supported by evidence from the scenario, the balance sheets, and income statements.
Explain the proportional changes in the common size results over the four fiscal year time frame and identify notable changes in the ratios. Also include a hypothesis, supported by a rationale, to suggest why these anomalies may exist.
Identify notable patterns and variances that warrant further investigation and justify both with evidence from the three-year period. Specify the potential consequences of the variances to justify the need to examine these variances further.
Assess whether the vision, mission, and goals of the organization are aligned with its current financial position and provide an explanation of why it does or does not align. Provides specifics from the variance analysis to support the assessment.
This course requires the use of Strayer Writing Standards (SWS). The library is your home for SWS assistance, including citations and formatting. Please refer to the Library site for all support. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
The specific learning outcome associated with this assignment is:
Audit financial statements and expenditures for alignment with organizational strategic priorities.
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Week 5 Assignment – Strategic Financial Analysis
Week 5 Assignment – Strategic Financial Analysis
Criteria Ratings Pts
Review the year-over-year variances contained in the audited Stanford balance sheets and income statements for fiscal years 2015–2018.
28 to >25.19 pts
Exemplary
Reviewed the year-over-year variances contained in the audited Stanford balance sheets and income statements. Review specifically highlighted the negative variances that you believe to be potentially the most impactful to Stanford and provided a rationale for that belief.
25.19 to >22.39 pts
Competent
Reviewed the year-over-year variances contained in the audited Stanford balance sheets and income statements. Review specifically highlighted the negative variances that you believe to be potentially the most impactful to Stanford but did not provide a rationale for that belief.
22.39 to >19.59 pts
Needs Improvement
Reviewed the year-over-year variances contained in the audited Stanford balance sheets and income statements, but the review did not specifically highlights the negative variances that you believe to be potentially the most impactful to Stanford.
19.59 to >0 pts
Unacceptable
Did not review the year-over-year variances contained in the audited Stanford balance sheets and income statements.
/ 28 pts
Hypothesize as to the reasons for the negative variances.
28 to >25.19 pts
Exemplary
Hypothesized as to why the negative variances have occurred. Hypothesis is supported by evidence from the scenario, the balance sheets, and income statements.
25.19 to >22.39 pts
Competent
Hypothesized as to why the negative variances have occurred. A rationale was provided for the hypothesis, but specific evidence from the scenario, the balance sheets, and income statements was not included as part of the rationale.
22.39 to >19.59 pts
Needs Improvement
Hypothesized as to why the negative variances have occurred, but no rationale or evidence was provided for the hypothesis.
19.59 to >0 pts
Unacceptable
Did not hypothesize as to why the negative variances occurred.
/ 28 pts
Explain the proportional changes in the common size results over the four fiscal year time frame and identify notable changes in the ratios.
21 to >18.89 pts
Exemplary
Explained the proportional changes in the common size results over the four fiscal year time frame and identified notable changes in the ratios. Also included a hypothesis, supported by rationale, to suggest why these anomalies may exist.
18.89 to >16.79 pts
Competent
Explained the proportional changes in the common size results over the four fiscal year time frame and identifies notable changes in the ratios. Included a hypothesis to suggest why these anomalies may exist but did not provide a rationale for the hypothesis.
16.79 to >14.69 pts
Needs Improvement
Explained the proportional changes in the common size results over the four fiscal year time frame. May or may not identify notable changes in the ratios and did not include a hypothesis to suggest why these anomalies may exist.
14.69 to >0 pts
Unacceptable
Did not explain the proportional changes in the common size results over the four fiscal year time frame.
/ 21 pts
Identify notable patterns and variances that warrant further investigating and justify both with evidence from the three-year period.
21 to >18.89 pts
Exemplary
Identified notable patterns and variances that warrant further investigating and justified both with evidence from the three-year period and specific potential consequences of the variances the need to examine these variances further.
18.89 to >16.79 pts
Competent
Identified notable patterns and variances that warrant further investigating and justified the need to examine these variances further with evidence from the three-year period OR specific potential consequences of the variances (not both).
16.79 to >14.69 pts
Needs Improvement
Identified notable patterns and variances that warrant further investigating and provided a rationale for noting the patterns and variances, but did not justify the need to examine these further with evidence from the three-year period or specific potential consequences.
14.69 to >0 pts
Unacceptable
Did not identify notable patterns and variances that warrant further investigating.
/ 21 pts
Assess whether the vision, mission, and goals of the organization are aligned with their current financial position and provide an explanation of why it does or does not align.
28 to >25.19 pts
Exemplary
Assessed whether the vision, mission, and goals of the organization are aligned with their current financial position and explained why it does or does not align. Provided specifics from the variance analysis to support the assessment.
25.19 to >22.39 pts
Competent
Assessed whether the vision, mission, and goals of the organization are aligned with their current financial position and explained why it does or does not align, but did not provide specifics from the variance analysis to support the assessment.
22.39 to >19.59 pts
Needs Improvement
Assessed whether the vision, mission, and goals of the organization are aligned with their current financial position, but did not explain why it does or does not align.
19.59 to >0 pts
Unacceptable
Did not assess whether the vision, mission, and goals of the organization are aligned with their current financial position.
/ 28 pts
Clarity, writing mechanics, and SWS formatting requirements.
14 to >12.59 pts
Exemplary
Writing has very few spelling, punctuation, and grammatical errors; few fragments, comma splices, and run-ons. 0–2 errors present.
12.59 to >11.19 pts
Competent
Writing has spelling, punctuation, and grammatical errors that are distracting in a few places; few fragments, comma splices, and run-ons. 3–4 errors present.
11.19 to >9.79 pts
Needs Improvement
Writing has spelling, punctuation, and grammatical errors that are distracting in some places. 5–6 errors present.
9.79 to >0 pts
Unacceptable
Writing has spelling, punctuation, and grammatical errors, fragments, comma splices, and run-ons that distract from the message. More than 6 errors.
/ 14 pts
Total Points: 0
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Preparation
This assignment is based around the Vila Health: Strategic Analysis and Operational Considerations media simulation. Be sure you have completed this activity before completing this assignment.
You may also find it useful to research on strategic planning, Porter’s five forces model, environmental scanning, and strategic frameworks beyond the resources provided.
Instructions
In addition to the scenario presented in the Vila Health: Strategic Analysis and Operational, incorporate the following change in the organization’s environment when creating your analysis for this assignment:
A new for-profit 50-bed acute care hospital is slated to open in the next eight months, offering a full complement of services.
The goal of this assignment is to create a succinct and thorough analysis of the internal and external environment for St. Anthony Medical Center. This report should help stakeholders understand the importance of understanding the environment in which the organization operates. Additionally, it should clearly lay out an analysis of the internal and external environments and apply one or more strategic frameworks to analyze the environment and raise operational considerations.
This assignment has two distinct parts:
Part 1: Understanding the Environment.
Part 2: Organizational Analysis.
When completing your assignment, read the instructions carefully to make sure you are addressing all the scoring guide criteria.
Part 1: Understanding the Environment
Relevant Scoring Guide Criteria:
Analyze the impact and importance of understanding competition within the health industry as it applies to strategic planning.
Demonstrate effective communication through writing and proper use of APA style.
Communicate in a professional and effective manner, writing content clearly and logically, with the correct use of grammar, punctuation, and spelling.
For this part of your assignment, the focus should be on providing a brief analysis of the ways in which competition within the health care industry affects strategic planning and should be incorporated into strategic planning. As a part of your analysis, you should consider the types of evidence and analysis that would be compelling to the stakeholders at St. Anthony Medical Center to ensure that they are onboard and understand the importance at considering the competition in the environment when undertaking strategic planning. This relates to both internal and external factors.
As you create this part of your assignment, it may be helpful to think about these following areas and aspects of an organization that compete for time, attention, and resources:
External competition.
Staffing.
Stakeholders.
Organizational Capacity.
Part 2: Organizational Analysis
Relevant Scoring Guide Criteria:
Analyze the internal, general, and external environment within which an organization operates.
Examine strategic frameworks of health care organizations.
Discuss implications for the organization’s future if strategic frameworks are not utilized.
Demonstrate effective communication through writing and proper use of APA style.
Communicate in a professional and effective manner, writing content clearly and logically, with the correct use of grammar, punctuation, and spelling.
For the second part of your assignment, you will present an environmental analysis for the organization. Additionally, you will discuss one or more strategic frameworks (for example, a SWOT analysis) and apply it to the scenario presented in the media simulation. Finally, you will create a compelling argument as to the need for utilizing a strategic framework and the potential implications for the organization’s future if nothing is employed.
It may be useful to apply Porter’s Five Forces of Competitive Position Analysis when conducting and communicating your analysis.
Submission Requirements
Structure: Include a title page, table of contents, and reference page.
Length: 5–7 pages.
References: Cite at least three current scholarly or professional resources.
Format: Use APA style for references and citations.
Font: Times New Roman font, 12 point, double-spaced.

Family Health History Assignment
Please view link:  Family Medical History 
Knowing the past can help create a healthier future. Learn how to document your personal family health and medical history that includes hereditary diseases, genetic disorders, and other important facts.
Family Health: Creating a Medical History
Your family medical history should include both sides of your family, starting with your grandparents, parents, uncles, aunts and siblings. Here is some of the information you want to record: 
Current age, relationship, sex, and ethnic background of family members
All medical conditions and age at time of diagnosis
Age and cause of death of deceased family members 
Information most important to your doctor includes: 
Diseases like breast cancer and ovarian cancer, or diabetes and heart disease, that may be related to each other and run in families
Common disorders like stroke or colon cancer that may occur at an early age
A sudden death in a family member who seemed healthy
For your health history project, there will be a couple of steps you must take. Do not leave it for the last minute! There are multiple parts to the project so make sure you are keeping up with it throughout the semester. Please refer to the syllabus for late work policy. 
Step 1. Go to https://phgkb.cdc.gov/FHH/html/index.html (Links to an external site.) and fill out your family health history. This part will require you to complete the health history of each person in your family, including your parents, siblings, aunts and uncles.
Step 2. Study the diagram to help you understand which diseases are more prevalent in your family’s history.
Step 3. Write a 1  page paper (400  words 11 font double spaced) on your family’s health history and prevention strategies.
Here are some things you can consider when writing the paper:
What are the most prevalent diseases in your family history? You may discuss up to two diseases. 
Explain what the disease(s) is(are).
What are some things that can be done to prevent the disease(s)?
What are some things that can be done to treat the disease(s)?
How does exercise improve the effect of the disease(s)?
How does nutrition improve the effect of the disease(s)?
Click on the the link FAMILY MEDICAL HISTORY and it will take you to the web site that will help to start and complete this assignment. You have 14 days to complete this assignment and submit it on or before the due date 
My Family Health Portrait
Your paper will be graded on the following:
Proper introduction
Thorough explanation of diseases, prevention and nutritional/exercise related treatment
Conclusion
Grammar and mechanics
Proper citation of sources (DO NOT PLAGIARIZE!) These include in-text citations. All papers will be subject to be turned into turnitin.com. If there is no bibliography or references, you will receive a ZERO for the assignment.

Before beginning work on this assignment, please review the expanded grading rubric for specific instructions relating to content and formatting.
Review the following article:
Rosenkoetter, M., Nardi, D., & Bowcutt, M. (2017). Internationally educated nurses in transition in the United States: Challenges and mediators. The Journal of Continuing Education in Nursing, 48(3), 139–144. doi: 10.3928/00220124-20170220-10
Additional articles providing background information:
Hongyan, L., Wenbo, N., & Junxin, L. (2014). The benefits and caveats of international nurse migration. International Journal of Nursing Sciences, 1(3), 314–317. Retrieved from https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352013214000787
Walani, S. R. (2015). Global migration of internationally educated nurses: Experiences of employment discrimination. International Journal of Africa Nursing Sciences, 3, 65–70. Retrieved from https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214139115000220
After you have read the articles, respond to the following:
What are the professional requirements for internationally educated nurses (IENs) migrating to the United States?
What positions do IENs play in the United States?
What challenges do healthcare organizations face with IENs?
What challenges, both professional and personal, are encountered by IENs?
Identify one issue contained in the article Internationally Educated Nurses in Transition in the United States and explain its importance and how you, as an administrator, might address it, please explain your position.

Discussion Questions:
Before beginning work on this discussion forum, please review the link “Doing Discussion Questions Right” and any specific instructions for this topic.
Before the end of the week, begin commenting on at least two of your classmates’ responses. You can ask technical questions or respond generally to the overall experience. Be objective, clear, and concise. Always use constructive language, even in criticism, to work toward the goal of positive progress.
Please carefully read the article below and prepare a response focused on the multicultural issues facing the professional health care workforce in the United States.
Rosenkoetter, M., Nardi, D., & Bowcutt, M. (2017). Internationally educated nurses in transition in the United States: Challenges and mediators. The Journal of Continuing Education in Nursing, 48(3), 139–144. doi: 10.3928/00220124-20170220-10

Scenario
You are a nursing home administrator who has recently been assigned to oversee a skilled nursing facility built in the 1970s. You must prepare and deliver a PowerPoint presentation outlining how you intend to provide person-centered care, organization, and services. To be a good presentation, it must cover important aspects of social services, admission, and discharge, such as medical care, nursing, and rehabilitation, to name a few.
Instructions
Create a PowerPoint presentation (8-10 slides), with speaker notes, in which you respond to the following:
What are the three principles upon which resident-centered care, in a modern nursing home, is guided and relates the challenges to a full integration?
What are the various skills and competencies associated with social services, admission, and discharge functions?
What are the six main activity programs that are valuable in LTC and how can you determine their effectiveness and implementation?
There are several considerations to ensure the effective purchasing of food and supplies; however, three considerations are fundamental to menu planning. What are they and why are they essential?
Summarize your key findings on one slide.
Use five sources to support your writing. Sources should be recent and published within the last five years. Choose sources that are credible, relevant, and appropriate. Cite each source listed on your source page at least one time within your assignment. For help with research, writing, and citation, access the library or review library guides.
This course requires the use of Strayer Writing Standards (SWS). The library is your home for SWS assistance, including citations and formatting. Please refer to the Library site for all support. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
Assignment Requirements
Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:
Format the PowerPoint presentation with headings on each slide with relevant graphics (photographs, graphs, clip art, etc.) to ensure the presentation is visually appealing and readable from 18 feet away. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
Include a title slide containing the assignment title, your name, the professor’s full name, the course title, and the date. The title and reference slides are not included in the required number of slides.
Make use of your speaker notes to clarify and elaborate on the information contained in your slides.
The specific course learning outcome associated with this assignment is:
Review the key concepts and terminology related to internal and external realities of the managerial challenges presented to long-term care organizations.

Essay Question: Describe your motivating factors in providing healthcare to underserved communities in support of the Nurse Corps Scholarship Program mission. Provide specific personal and professional experience demonstrating your interest in positively impacting underserved communities (i.e., supporting or participating in a federal pipeline program (see Definitions), community service, internships, etc.). If you have successfully completed participation in any federal pipeline program, please highlight your experiences in the essay and consider having a reference from one of the pipeline programs write one of your required letters of recommendation.
Important Info
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Please clarify some paper details before starting to work on the order.
Type of paper and subject
Number of sources and formatting style
Type of service (writing, rewriting, etc)

Rubric included, please read carefully and provide the correct amount of sources, pages, and other key grading points.