Healthcare policy and delivery systems

Formative 1:

Healthcare reform in a continuous journey within the United States. Challenges and opportunities are plentiful, with a move toward a value based, population driven system. Consider the strategies that the United States is taking over the next 5 years, with consideration to the global health world, a value based system and the Triple Aim.

  • Outline steps that the United States should consider when reforming healthcare over the next 5 years.
    • The outline should include a 5 year plan on US Health Reform.
    • List potential implementation strategies using what the country has already started with in the global world.
    • List potential implementation strategies using what the country has already started with value based care.
    • List potential implementation strategies using what the country has already started with reaching Triple Aim initiatives.

Document Type/Template:

  • Word Document

Formative 2:

Select a healthcare issue and provide a visual of the patients journey through the health continuum.

Submit a 3-4 page paper (excluding Cover and Reference pages) of a patients journey through the health continuum.

  • Create a visual of a patients journey through the health continuum.
  • Discuss challenges and opportunities a patient experiences from access to health services.
  • Discuss challenges and opportunities a patient experiences from medical records being stored on the cloud.
  • Discuss challenges and opportunities a patient experiences from rising healthcare costs

Document Type/Template:

  • Word Document
    • 3-4 Pages (excluding cover and references)

    Summative: An essay on how United States Health reform can help the patient experienceSubmit a 5-7 page paper (excluding Cover and Reference pages) on how United States Health reform can help the patient experience that includes:

    • how the United States Health Reform issue of access can improve the patient experience.
    • how the United States Health Reform issue of EHRs can improve the patient experience.
    • how the United States Health Reform issue of costs can improve the patient experience.
    • how The Triple Aim can improve the patient experience.
    • how value-based care can improve the patient experience.

    Document Type/Template:

    • Word Document
      • 5-7 page paper (excluding Cover and Reference pages)

    Final Assessment: Assessment of national policy and/or reimbursement initiative Develop a communication plan as though you are a Healthcare Leader communicating an organizations strategic direction based on recent national policy and/or reimbursement initiatives aimed at improving patient access to care, high quality and low cost to patients. Students decide which policy or reimbursement structure to communicate across continuum. Submit a 10-12 page paper (excluding Cover & Reference pages), including at least 5 current peer-reviewed sources.

    • Pick a Policy
      • Determine which national policy and/or reimbursement structure you would like to communicate.
      • Pick a policy that connects to current challenges within healthcare around access, cost, and quality affecting the patient.
      • Provide reasons you picked this policy to implement within your organization.
      • The reasoning should include connection to patient access, cost, and quality.
      • Use the provided to conduct an assessment of your policy brainstorming potential strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats.
    • Strategic Plan
      • Determine a strategic planning document outlining steps toward building a strategy.
      • Include technology’s role in ensuring high patient access, quality, and cost.
      • Document the step-by-step strategy based on the policy chosen in the Policy chosen under “Pick a Policy”.
      • Use the to brainstorm about how to implement this strategy.
    • Communication Plan
      • Should include why this policy or reimbursement structure is important to the organization.
      • Should include a bigger connection to the global and national health crisis.
      • Connect communication to the interconnectedness of a patient, their provider, and third-party payers
      • Communicate technologys role in ensuring high patient access, quality, and cost.
      • Communication should include adult organizational learning concepts.

    Resources:

    • Adult organizational learning components page 114- 120.

    Document Type/Template:

    • Word Document
      • 10-12 Pages (excluding cover and references)
    • 5 Academic Sources

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