HLT 313V All Week Assignments PackageTo get this tutorial follow this link:http://dodohelp.com/HLT-313-Grand-Canyon/HLT-313V-All-Week-Assignments-PackageContact us at:[email protected] Week 1 Assignment - Workplace Safety Initiative ProposalAllied health professionals are uniquely qualified in many ways to recommend, implement, and provide valuablefeedback regarding safety considerations, risk management, and quality of service across multiple levels within ahealth care organization.For this assignment, develop a 1,250-1,500 word proposal inclusive of the following elements:The proposal identifies and promotes one specific safety, risk management or quality improvement initiative that isrecognized or proven to be successful.The proposed idea would benefit your employer/organization, or if you are not currently employed in this capacity,would benefit an organization in your city/region in your chosen health care field.The proposal must include and define roles for the organization's top/corporate management, facility/departmentmanagement, and the role of the individual allied health professional in implementing the proposed initiative'sactivities.Use the \"Topic 1 Assignment Template\" for crafting your proposal. Appendices are optional; if needed to support apoint or idea in your proposal, please attach tables or graph resources in this section and not in the body of theproposal.You are required to use and cite a minimum of three qualified resources from the readings or the GCU Library inorder to complete this assignment successfully.Prepare this assignment according to the APA guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the StudentSuccess Center. An abstract is not required.This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with theexpectations for successful completion.You are required to submit this assignment to Turnitin. Please refer to the directions in the Student Success Center.HLT-313v Week 2 Assignment - Provision and Reimbursement of Health Care ServicesThe areas of provision and reimbursement of health care services have each undergone considerable changes in thepast several years, with the following current trends identified as being the most significant contributors to change:
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (also referred to as the ACA or \"Obamacare\") and the Health Careand Education Reconciliation Act of 2010Bundled payment structure versus fee-for-service payment structureAccountable Care Organizations (ACOs)Technology and TelemedicineMedicare Advantage PlansPopulation health management strategiesUsing your employer/organization's resources, appropriate websites, and the GCU Library as your informationalfoundations, research these trends and others you may find relevant, and write a 1,200 word essay in which youexamine the following:Which of the currently identified health care trends overall are already impacting your employer/organization, or anorganization in your city/region in your health care field?Which of the currently identified health care trends are specifically impacting your sector of allied health, and why?What emerging health care trends on the horizon may impact your employer/organization and/or your specific alliedhealth sector?Which of the current or emerging trends do you see as most likely to positively impact your specific role and sector inallied health? Which trends are most likely to negatively impact it? (Examples: wages, job security, educationalrequirements, etc.)How will the trends you identify impact safety, risk management, and/or quality improvement policies in yourorganization/and or an organization in your city/region in your health care field?You are required to use and cite a minimum of three qualified resources from the readings or the GCU Library inorder to complete this assignment successfully.Prepare this assignment according to the APA guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the StudentSuccess Center. An abstract is not required.This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with theexpectations for successful completion.You are required to submit this assignment to Turnitin. Please refer to the directions in the Student Success Center.HLT-313v Week 3 Assignment - The Joint Commission Workplace Violation PowerPointPerform an Internet search to identify and research and a situation where a health care organization or individualprovider in your field of allied health was sanctioned by The Joint Commission or other regulatory body for a violationof one or more of The Joint Commission workplace safety, risk management, and quality care requirements.Taking the role of the Chief Safety or Risk Management Officer in the organization or a provider's office who nowmust deliver an accounting of the incident to the board of directors, develop a slide presentation, containing a titleslide, 12 slides of content, and a references slide, focusing on the chosen incident. Your presentation mustincorporate the following:
A brief summary of the incident , including a description as well as the outcome.A summary of the applicable Joint Commission and other (e.g., local, state) regulatory standards that apply to theincident.A discussion of the mistakes and/or oversights made by the health care organization or individual provider that did ormay have led to the incident that occurred, and an accounting of the preventive steps that could have or should havebeen taken to avoid them.A proposal outlining specific education or training the organization or provider will employ to ensure this type ofincident does not occur in the future. Include concepts related to continuous quality improvement in yourrecommendations.To create your presentation you can use PowerPoint or a program such as Prezi (www.prezi.com). Speaker's notesmust be included for each individual slide.You are required to use and cite a minimum of three qualified resources from the readings or the GCU Library inorder to complete this assignment successfully.While APA format is not required for the body of this assignment, solid academic writing is expected, and in-textcitations and references should be presented using APA documentation guidelines, which can be found in the APAStyle 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 theexpectations for successful completion.You are required to submit this assignment to Turnitin. Please refer to the directions in the Student Success Center.HLT-313v Week 4 Assignment - Managing Quality Assurance in the Workplace EssayHealth care delivery and the organizations that provide it, manage it, and reimburse for it are growing at an explosiverate. As part of this trend, the growth in the allied health job sector is expected to grow significantly, with job growthprojections in the 40% plus range for the period 2012-2022 (according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2012).Expansive growth is a response to current and predicted need for services, and while encouraging, sustained, andrapid growth will inevitably impact safety, risk management, and quality provision on scales not yet seen by healthcare organizations.In an essay of 1,200 words, provide your assessment, with recommendations, of how the United States, as a country,can best manage quality assurance in the health care workplace going into the future. Questions to consider include:How best can the United States, as a country, manage this growth in the allied health sector? Provide examples.What steps might the United States take, from the global down to organizational level, to maintain high standards toprovide outstanding care-based services?What steps might the United States take, from the global down to organizational level, to provide exceptionalemployment opportunities in in-demand allied health fields?In addition to your readings and resources from the GCU Library, the AHRQ National Quality MeasuresClearinghouse (http://www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov), and the National Quality Forum(http://www.qualityforum.org)can provide you with excellent data to develop and support your analysis.
You are required to use and cite a minimum of four qualified resources from the readings, the GCU Library, or citedsources in order to complete this assignment successfully.Prepare this assignment according to the APA guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the StudentSuccess Center. An abstract is not required.This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with theexpectations for successful completion.You are required to submit this assignment to Turnitin. Please refer to the directions in the Student Success Center.HLT-313v Week 5 Assignment - Benchmark Assignment - Performance Management Plan ProposalPerformance management is, ideally, an ongoing quality-assurance-based process to provide an organization, itsemployees, regulatory agencies, accreditors, and other stakeholders with a structured means to support andaccomplish mutually identified strategic goals and objectives.Assume the role of a newly-hired risk management officer for a hypothetical new allied health organization in yourchosen career field. You and your team will need to develop the organization's policies.The first item you will create will be a performance management plan. Using the Health Resources and ServicesAdministration (HRSA) (http://www.hrsa.gov/quality/toolbox/methodology/performancemanagement/index.html) orother qualified framework, craft a proposal (1,200 words) for a performance management plan for your neworganization that includes the following:Organizational Goals. Provide a statement of your organization's goals in terms of workplace safety, riskmanagement, or quality improvement. Pick one area, and develop five goals for that one area.Outline of Organizational Objectives. Outline and provide a brief evaluation of specific objectives that support theorganizational goals you previously identified.Summary of Relevant Performance Measures. Summarize the steps and measures your new organization will adoptto measure performance. Consider: (a) How well measures will align with your stated goals? (b) How do thesemeasures demonstrate a relationship to positive health outcomes? (c) Are the measures you select able to becontrolled by your organization (i.e., can your organization effect change in this area?)? (d) Which measures meetcriteria related to reliability and validity, and which are standardized?Performance Baseline. Determine a performance baseline for the measures you have selected. This will enable yourorganization to conduct comparisons of desired goals versus actual results as time moves on.Performance Evaluation. Select one of three commonly accepted methods to measure provider quality andsummarize the features and why it applies best to your organization. Refer to the assigned reading, \"TheMeasurement of Health Care Performance: A Primer From the Council of Medical Specialty Societies,\" by the Councilof Medical Specialty Societies (CPSS) (http://www.cmss.org/uploadedFiles/CMSS_Quality_Primer.pdf).Definition of Success. Define what success means to the organization. Now that you have chosen measures toassess organizational performance, you need to identify what success means to your organization; otherwise, youare chasing a moving target. Be explicit in the level of performance you see as acceptable. This will change as anorganization grows, but you need to start somewhere in order to get anywhere.
You are required to use and cite a minimum of three qualified resources from the readings, qualified websites, or theGCU Library in order to complete this assignment successfully.Prepare this assignment according to the APA guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the StudentSuccess Center. An abstract is not required.This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with theexpectations for successful completion.You are required to submit this assignment to Turnitin. Please refer to the directions in the Student Success Center.
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