GCU HLT314 Full Course for Health Care System

Question

HLT314 Health Care System

Week 1 Discussion

DQ1 Select an allied health care profession and provide a description of the jobs and services
provided by that profession. Research regulatory or professional organizations
that serve the profession you chose, and describe an area in which the
profession seeks to improve or expand. In what other ways might the profession
grow to better serve the ever-changing health care population?

DQ2 Select and describe one of the key factors that influenced the evolution of the U.S.
health care delivery system to what it is today. What challenges and
opportunities are still relevant? How is the selected key factor affecting
health care delivery today? How might it affect future health care delivery?

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Week 2 Discussion

DQ1 Select one area of health policy and describe the impact that policy formation places on direct
patient care delivery. What component of the policy area you selected could be
improved to provide better care or patient outcomes, and how?

DQ2 View the “Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act” video:

(http://lc.gcumedia.com/zwebassets/courseMaterialPages/nur508_healthcare-reform-video-series-v1.1.php)

This video was developed just as the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (commonly
referred to as ACA) was due to be implemented. Now that the ACA is operational,
contrast the information from the video with actual outcomes and provide your
assessment of whether or not the stated goals of the ACA are being met for
direct patient care. Support your position using sources inclusive of
peer-reviewed literature as well as governmental statistics (state or national)
or other nonpartisan resources.

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Week 3 Discussion

DQ1 Review current types of health care delivery systems in the United States and contrast the
current status with the reform models or revisions proposed in the readings for
this topic. Select one area in health care delivery where change or reform to
the current system could improve the delivery of allied health care and present
your findings.

DQ2 What are the needs driving the development of integrated health care delivery systems (IDS)? What
benefits directly apply to the provision of allied health care services? What
limitations exist at present that could be improved, and how so?

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Week 4 Discussion

DQ1 Describe the role that professional health care organizations and societies play in (1)
monitoring quality care, (2) disseminating preventative health care measures,
and (3) the public’s health care literacy? Select one of the three areas above
and discuss established or proposed standards that assist in explaining the
role of professional health care organizations and societies.

DQ2 Access the Healthy
People in Action section of the Healthy People 2020 website:

https://www.healthypeople.gov/2020/Healthy-People-in-Action

Select State Plans from the drop-down menu of the “Healthy People in Action” tab above
the main page content. Pick a state (or territory) which has not already been
selected by a classmate, and access that state’s 2020 Healthy People Plans.
Select and summarize one area in the plan you selected that pertains to allied
health care delivery in that state (for example, medical sonography,
respiratory therapy, radiography, speech pathology, etc.). For the area you
picked, what do you think the state plan does well? What could it do better,
and how so?

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Week 5 Discussion

DQ1 Explain telemedicine, and describe how it is typically being used in either a rural or
an urban setting at the present time. For the setting you chose, what are
telemedicine’s overall strengths? What are its overall weaknesses?

Next, select an allied health profession and describe how telemedicine is now or could affect patient
care in that field. In your responses to colleagues, select posts that discuss
different settings and professions (if possible) and offer a fresh perspective
or a novel approach as to how telemedicine could be more fully used.

DQ2 Select a current or emerging trend in the delivery of health care or in professional practice
from the allied health perspective in one of the following areas: (1) health
care reform, (2) provider shortages, (3) practice trends, (4) leadership
challenges, or (5) health IT. Provide a summary analysis of the trend, expected
impacts on health care delivery or professional practice, and your assessment
of the pros and cons.

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Week 1 Assignment

Health Care Timeline

Review the Topic Material, “Timeline for the History of Public Health and
Epidemiology” to complete this assignment. Using this resource as an
example, create your own timeline in a Word document with significant dates
that influenced and changed the health care delivery systems.

Your timeline should begin where the timeline in the topic material above ends (1988).

Your timeline should end with the most current and significant information that you can find. You
are required to add a minimum of 10 significant dates to this timeline in order
to receive a passing grade.

Provide a detailed description for each significant date and event you add to the timeline.

Use appropriate and scholarly sources in order to complete this assignment successfully, such as
peer-reviewed literature and web sources that have .edu, .gov, and .org domain
addresses. Wikipedia, and most .com sources are not considered to be of
sufficient scholarly rigor.

While APA format is not required for the body of this assignment, solid academic writing is
expected and in-text citations and references should be presented using APA
documentation guidelines, which can be found in the APA Style Guide, located in
the Student Success Center.

This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become
familiar with the expectations for successful completion.

You are not required
to submit this assignment to LopesWrite.

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Week 2 Assignment

Health Policy Formulation and Analysis

Choose a topic on which to develop a health policy. This topic may address a needed change in
technology, health care literacy, staffing, billing, diagnosis, etc. In a
1,000-1,250-word composition, construct a health policy and analysis according
to the following:

Use the seven steps of policy formation to construct your health policy framework: (a) define the
problem; (b) assemble the evidence of the problem or need for a policy; (c)
construct alternative solutions to the problem; (d) select the criteria for
choosing the correct solution from the alternatives; (e) predict the outcomes
of the policy changes; (f) confront the trade-offs of not having a policy or
addressing the problem; and (g) decide on a recommendation.

Using the resources found in your textbook, topic readings, and other appropriate resources,
explain your health policy’s intended use and evaluate the effect that your
policy may have on direct patient care in the United States.

Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in
the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.

This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become
familiar with the expectations for successful completion.

You are required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite. Please refer to the directions in the
Student Success Center.

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Week 3 Assignment

Health Care Delivery Systems Essay

In this assignment, you will compose an essay of 750–1,000 words examining the similarities and
differences among health care delivery systems that currently exist in the United States.

Include the following in your assessment:

Select two or three health care delivery systems to examine.

Provide a description and relevant details of the selected delivery systems.

Summarize the mission or philosophy statement for each of the health care delivery systems you
selected.

Formulate your own mission or philosophy statement, with rationale as to why you chose these
elements to include.

Support your statements with appropriate and scholarly sources from the GCU Library or other
qualified sources.

Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in
the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.

This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become
familiar with the expectations for successful completion.

You are required to
submit this assignment to LopesWrite. Please refer to the directions in the
Student Success Center.

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Week 4 Assignment

Comparison of Research Articles

Choose two research articles published by a scholarly (peer-reviewed) journal on a current health
care issue in the United States, controversial or otherwise.

Topics:

Suggested topics may include:

A study of vaccinations and autism rates

Maternal health, fetal health, or elder health

Disease-based studies, such as diabetes, hypertension, and heart disease

The increasing rates of caesarean sections in birthrates

Managed health care in the United States

Any of the leading Health Indicator topics (2020 LHI Topics) profiled in the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention’s Healthy People 2020 initiative website

Part One

Complete the attached “Article Comparison Table” to compare the two articles in terms of
content, research methods, focus of the study, target audiences and subjects,
and their possible impacts on the future of health care delivery.

Part Two

Write a 500-750 words analysis that includes the following:

A summary of the topic you chose with rationale. (This may have personal significance to you or it may
be a topic of particular interest that you have seen in the news.)

An explanation of the significance of the two research studies to health care delivery in the United
States.

A description of the major functions provided by research and data monitoring of health care
delivery in the United States.

Identification of potential environments within health care delivery appropriate to research and
data monitoring.

Your assessment of the impact of the studies in your chosen articles in regards to health care
delivery, incorporating and expanding on the information you provided in Part
One. Were the studies intended to change or influence health care delivery? If
so, how? If not, what are the implications of each study for health care
delivery?

Your assessment of the role the allied health professional plays, or could play, in research and data
monitoring of health care delivery in the United States.

Attach the “Article Comparison Table” to your written analysis and submit as one
document.

Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in
the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.

This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become
familiar with the expectations for successful completion.

You are required to
submit this assignment to LopesWrite. Please refer to the directions in the
Student Success Center.

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Week 5 Assignment

CLC – Health Care Literacy Presentation

This is a Collaborative Learning Community (CLC) assignment.

Select two strategies focused on health care literacy for developing an intervention targeted to a
selected population or cultural community. Use information and knowledge you
have collectively gained from the course to create a PowerPoint slide
presentation that accomplishes the following:

The presentation must incorporate information on policy formation, research, and technology.

You are required to use a minimum of six scholarly (peer-reviewed) articles, with citations.

Your presentation is to contain 12-15 slides, exclusive of title and reference slides, complete with
speaker notes.

While APA format is
not required for the body of this assignment, solid academic writing is
expected and in-text citations and references should be presented using APA
documentation guidelines, which can be found in the APA Style Guide, located in
the Student Success Center.

This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become
familiar with the expectations for successful completion.

You are required to
submit this assignment to LopesWrite. Please refer to the directions in the
Student Success Center.

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Week 5 Assignment

Technological Advances Essay

Technology in health care has taken many forms over the years. In 1796, Edward Jenner developed the
first smallpox vaccination method. A hundred years later, Wilhelm Rontgen
discovered how to use x-rays for medical imaging. And in 2013, Japanese
researchers grew the first human liver from stem cells. What is next? How does one technological advance set the
stage for further discoveries?

For this assignment you will compose an analysis of 750-1,000 words incorporating the following:

Evaluate at a minimum of two different historical perspectives regarding the delivery of health care
in the United States. How has technology and the lack of developing technology
affected and shaped these perspectives?

Contrast and describe two technological advances that have positively impacted health care delivery
in the United States.

Explain how the two technological advances you selected have influenced public opinion of the
changing health care system in the United States? Provide a brief summary of
both positive and negative opinions.

Forecast how you believe these two technological advances will affect delivery and utilization
of health care in the United States in the future. What other factors may
simultaneously affect health care utilization?

Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in
the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.

This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become
familiar with the expectations for successful completion.

You are required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite. Please refer to the directions in the
Student Success Center.

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