According to Kindig and Stoddart (2003), population health is the health outcomes of a group of individuals. While some perspectives consider population health as only the distribution of such health outcomes within the group, there are others who are concerned with social and environmental factors, policies, and interventions as indicators of population health. As a …
It is important that healthcare organizations train and mentor potential successors for critical positions. One way organizations do that is through succession planning. For this assignment, address the following: Define succession planning, and explain its importance to organizational vitality. Discuss the succession planning process.
The Medical Staff Coordinator is holding a seminar on licensure, registration, certification, and accreditation and has asked you to prepare a 3-5 page or create a PowerPoint presentation of 8-10 slides, not including title slide or reference slide, on the topic. The paper or presentation should include the meaning of …
How physicians are licensed and regulated and the purpose of a medical board. Read More »
Compare and contrast the different routes of administration of drugs. What are the advantages or disadvantages of each? Think about this in terms of safety, abuse potential, drug availability in the bloodstream, and time course of effects
There has been a great deal of interest in hospice and home care for the terminally ill. What are the advantages of each for patients and care providers? What are the disadvantages?Describe the psychological and physiological correlates of grief.
What ethnic differences have been found in the incidence of hypertension? What racial and psychosocial factors may be implicated in these ethnic differences?Explain why adherence to diabetic treatment programs is so difficult for most people to achieve.
Explain the possible implications of the decision to raise drug prices. Should the decision be purely about healthcare, or should there also be a profit maximizing consideration in the decision-making process. Many price setting decisions are made by the executives of a company. What responsibility do lower level employees have regarding management’s decisions? The article …
For this discussion, select one of the following diagnosis categories to discuss: PTSD and Related Disorders.Anxiety and Related Disorders.Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders.After you have chosen a diagnosis category: Provide a summary of the disorder and the key components of diagnosis.Discuss at least one evidence-based intervention method to address this disorder (please include your reference).Evaluate the …
During the time of the High Renaissance art incorporated many scenes depicting religious events. Pick two pieces of art from this time and discuss who the artist was as well as why these pieces were important to culture.
Ex: “In acute care hospitals (patient population), how does having a rapid response team (intervention) compared with not having a response team (comparison) affect the number of cardiac arrests (outcome) during a three-month period (time)?” 2-3 page APA paper that describes the clinical problem and the following: Reason for choosing …
