Read the assigned Chapter 22 starting on page 417 (ATTACHED) in the e-book and respond to the assignment by selecting an idea from the reading, describing your thoughts and feelings about it. Along with a title page in APA format, write 2 and half pages of double-spaced, 12 pt Times New Roman text, and respond to the posts of at least two other classmates. Be sure to proofread for spelling, grammar, paragraph flow, etc. in your APA style paper. 

                                                                     Reference:

Yount, W. R. (2008). The teaching ministry of the church. Nashville, TN: B&H Academic.

The U.S. Health Care System: Part 2

Due in 18 hours

Prior to beginning work on this assignment, review the textbook chapters we have covered thus far and the Appendix: The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) of 2010 and other required readings for this week: Crisis in U.S. health care: Corporate power still blocks reform; What do we know about the needs and challenges of health systems? A scoping review of the international literature; Health care reform in the United States: Past, present and future challenges.

Introduction:

For your Final Presentation, you will continue your Week 3 The U.S. Health Care Presentation: Part 1 assignment on the on the U.S. health care system by expanding on the information it presented. Imagine you are a community health director educating a group of new health care professionals about the U.S. health care system. You have been asked to create a PowerPoint presentation that includes elements about history, major developments, stakeholders, costs, reforms, and beliefs as well as a comparison of the U.S. health care system to another country’s health care system.

Note: You will be including the Week 3 The U.S. Health Care Presentation: Part 1 presentation slides for the first section of the Final Presentation. Please make sure to correct issues and address recommendations from your instructor’s Week 3 assignment feedback. Then continue adding Parts 2 through 5 as directed below.

Content:

Part 1:  Include the slides from your Week 3 Presentation

Part 2: The Cost of the U.S. Health Care System

• Describe three different reimbursement methods (e.g., capitation, fee-for-service [FFS], pay-for-performance [P4P], value-based, episode of care, prospective reimbursement, diagnosis related group [DRG], patient-centered medical home [PCMH]).
  • Explain why you think one of the reimbursement methods you discussed is more effective at reducing health care costs overall while still ensuring the delivery of quality care.
• Describe the use of two technological advancements (e.g., electronic medical record [EMRs], electronic health records [EHRs], medical research, improved equipment like magnetic resonance imaging [MRI], mammography, personalized medicine, mobile services like e-prescribing, disease registries, ).
  • Explain why you think these advancements have reduced costs overall while still ensuring the delivery of quality care.

Part 3: The United States Versus Other Health Care Systems: An International Perspective

• Contrast the S. health care system with another country (e.g., Canada’s universal health care or South Africa compared with the U.S. health care system, etc.). You can use the same country discussed in the Week 4 Health Care Systems Around the World discussion.
  • Discuss how the other country’s health care system is funded.
  • Discuss disparities in health care from your chosen country.
  • Include at least one positive aspect from the other country’s health care system that you would like to see added to the S. health care system, explaining why you would like this addition.

Part 4: Reforms and Improvements

• Describe two potential reforms and improvements currently being debated at either the local, state, or federal You may want to review the Laws and Regulations Affecting Health Care discussion prompt to help you with this component. Examples could include any of the following:
  • Federal modifications (e.g., antitrust reforms, CHIP, HSA or HRA, Medicare reform, Medicaid expansion, PPACA repeal, pharmaceutical regulations, development of a universal system, veterans’ health care, crossing borders for health care, clinical trial research, )
  • State modifications (e.g., Medicaid reform, income tax credits, adoption of state level universal health care, etc.)
  • Increased consumer controls (e.g., patient-centered care, provider choice, complementary and alternative care choices, activism for changes at the state and federal level, etc.)
  • Reimbursement changes (Medicare, Medicaid, managed care plans, traditional insurance plans, etc.)

Part 5: Conclusion: The Future of the U.S. Health Care System

• Examine what you believe the S. health care system will resemble in the next 10 years by recommending two changes and addressing access to care, quality of care, and cost of care, including an example of each in your vision of the future health care system.

Wikimedia Commons  (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.can help you explore creative commons images. Also use the PowerPoint Instructions Handout to locate linked resources for properly building a PowerPoint presentation. You may also want to review What Is CRAAP? A Guide to Evaluating Web Sources (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site..

Submit your Final Presentation via the classroom to the Waypoint Assignment submission button by Day 6 (Sunday).

APA Requirements:

The U.S. Health Care System: Part 2 Final Presentation

• Must include Part 1 slides from your Week 3 Assignment presentation
• Must be 15 slides in length (not including title and references slides) and formatted according to APA style (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center’s (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. How to Make a PowerPoint Presentation (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site..
• Must include a separate title slide with the following:
  • Title of presentation
  • Student’s name
  • Course name and number
  • Instructor’s name
  • Date submitted
    For further assistance with the formatting and the title page, refer to APA Formatting for Word 2013 (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site..
• Must utilize academic voice. See the Academic Voice (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. resource for additional guidance.
• Must use the textbook and at least 3 scholarly or credible sources (at least one should be from the Ashford University Library).
  • The Scholarly, Peer-Reviewed, and Other Credible Sources (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. table offers additional guidance on appropriate source types. If you have questions about whether a specific source is appropriate for this assignment, please contact your instructor. Your instructor has the final say about the appropriateness of a specific source for a particular assignment.
• Must document any information used from sources in APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center’s Citing Within Your Paper (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site..
• Must include a separate reference slide that is formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center. See the Formatting Your References List (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. resource in the Ashford Writing Center for specifications.

In a 3-page paper, written in APA format using proper spelling/grammar, research the topic of learning disabilities of American children and address the following:

1. When is a child’s communication considered delayed? Please include stages of development regarding communication with examples.
2. What are speech disorders and how are they characterized?
3. What are language disorders? How does they affect language development and education?
4. How does a speech language pathologist help children with communication disorders? Explain with specific techniques and examples.

Be sure to include APA citations for any resources you used as references.

Theme 1:

There are many types of communication styles used in the workplace. Choose what you think is your leadership style: north, south, east, or west. Click the Leadership Compass Self Assessment link for details. (Scroll halfway down the page to where it says (Results) to read the description of each style. The first set of descriptions is for north.)

• Which of the four directions do you believe is your style?
• What are the strengths of your style? (at least four adjectives)
• What are the limitations of your style? (at least four adjectives)
• Which style do you find the most difficult to work with in others, and why?
• What do the other directions need to know about you so that you can work effectively together?

Theme 2:

Take How Good Are Your Leadership Skills Quiz. Reflect on your results and how they echo the week content. Share with your peers what specific skills you need to improve or develop to become a stronger leader. Explain what you are going to do to accomplish it. Make sure to support the comparison of your skills to the required one for a healthcare leader using the content resources. 

Give three credible references possible if needed .

Competency

Apply data analytic methodologies to diverse populations to address population health needs.

Scenario

You have assessed your local population health needs and identified data sources and data sets that are needed to help providers make immediate gains in patient outcomes. Your health systems Board of Directors is requesting that you develop a high-level population health management program dashboard.

For this assessment, you need to assess local population health needs and identify data sources and data sets that are needed to help providers make immediate gains in patient outcomes. It is a major undertaking to plan, design, and implement a robust PHM. Therefore, your health systems Board of Directors is requesting that you develop 1-2 page high-level population health management program dashboard. In this dashboard, list the health needs based on the community needs assessment and the critical data sources and data sets needed for the population health management program your health system is planning to launch.

Instructions

Using the information from the modules 01, 02, and 03 summative assessments, construct a dashboard that lists the health needs based on the community needs assessment that was performed and the critical data sources and data sets needed for the population health management program your health system is planning to launch.

Resources

Below is a list of resources that you can review to learn more about how to construct an executive dashboard.

Byrnes, J. (2012). Driving value: solving the issue of data overload with an executive dashboard. Healthcare Financial Management: Journal Of The Healthcare Financial Management Association, 66(10), 116.

Ballou, B., Heitger, D. L., & Donnell, L. (2010). Creating effective dashboards. Strategic Finance, 91(9), 27-32

Ghazisaeidi, M., Safdari, R., Torabi, M., Mirzaee, M., Farzi, J., & Goodini, A. (2015). Development of performance dashboards in healthcare sector: Key practical issues. Acta Informatica Medica, 23(5), 317-321.

Rosow, E., Adam, J., Coulombe, K., Race, K., & Anderson, R. (2003). Virtual instrumentation and real-time executive dashboards. Solutions for health care systems. Nursing Administration Quarterly, 27(1), 58-76.

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RUBRICS:

1. Executive dashboard lists the health needs based on the community needs assessment and the critical data sources and data sets needed for the population health management program with minimal errors or information missing. 

2. All required graphs are present and are an accurate depiction of the data. 

3. Executive dashboard is professional in appearance with accurate graphs, figures, charts, and/or images to further explain the data.