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• HSM 541 Final Exam
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• 1. (TCO A). You are the newly hired chief
  knowledge officer (CKO) for a mid-sized hospital
  in a semiurban area of the country. Your first
  task is to develop the organization's strategic
  plan that will shape the development of a
  comprehensive network of services for their
  community.
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• Question 2. 2. (TCO B). You are the newly hired
  Vice President of Human Resources for the Bayside
  Regional Health System.  You have the
  responsibility for all of the usual human
  resources functions, including retention plans,
  the training and development function, and the
  recruitment process. In addition, you have the
  additional departments of volunteers and the
  hospital chaplaincy services. 

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• HSM 541 Midterm Exam Guide (New)
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• 1. (TCO A) Briefly discuss how characteristics of
  individuals or populations may influence
  utilization of health services. Discuss how these
  characteristics impact access, costs, and
  quality. Use an example to support your point(s).
  (Points 25)
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• Question 2. 2. (TCO D) Describe two state or
  federal programs that provide health insurance
  benefits to a specific population. Detail at
  least two strategies used by either agency to
  manage access, costs, or quality. (Points 20)
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• Question 3. 3. (TCO D) Describe the
  characteristics and demographics of uninsured
  populations. Discuss the reasons why Americans
  are uninsured. List at least one option to curb
  the growing number of uninsured people. (Points
  25)
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• HSM 541 Midterm Exam Guide (New)
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• Week 1 thread 1
• Costs, Quality, and Access (graded)
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• Discuss the interrelationships between healthcare
  costs, quality, and access from the Roemer model
  of health services systems. Make suggestions on
  how one would maximize access and quality while
  keeping costs low. Now, analyze why these
  suggestions have not been put into place.
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• HSM 541 Week 1 DQ 2 Illness vs Health Promotion
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• Week 1 Thread 2
• Illness vs. Health Promotion (graded)
• Criticism has been leveled at the curative rather
  than health promotion/disease prevention focus of
  the U.S. healthcare system.
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• Should the focus change? Why or why not? Do you
  see evidence of a shift occurring? If so, what do
  you think is contributing to that change?
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• HSM 541 Week 1to7 All DQs
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• HSM 541 Week 1 DQ 1 Costs, Quality, and Access
• HSM 541 Week 1 DQ 2 Illness vs. Health Promotion
• HSM 541 Week 2 DQ 1 Healthcare Workforce
• HSM 541 Week 2 DQ 2 Government Programs
• HSM 541 Week 3 DQ 1 Private Insurance
• HSM 541 Week 3 DQ 2 The Uninsured
• HSM 541 Week 4 DQ 1 Primary Care
• HSM 541 Week 4 DQ 2 Managed Care
• HSM 541 Week 5 DQ 1 Hospitals
• HSM 541 Week 5 DQ 2 Employer Health Plans
• HSM 541 Week 6 DQ 1 Errors, Safety

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• HSM 541 Week 2 DQ 1 Healthcare Workforce
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• Week 2 Thread 1
• Healthcare Workforce (graded)
• What do you see as the biggest workforce
  challenge(s) for hospitals today? Are the issues
  any different for other types of healthcare
  organizations? What strategies are being used by
  hospitals for recruiting and retaining staff?

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• HSM 541 Week 2 DQ 2 Government Programs
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• Week 2 Thread 2
• Government Programs (graded)
• What are the roles of government-sponsored
  healthcare programs like Medicare, Medicaid,
  Veterans Affairs (VA), Indian Health Services
  (IHS), and Prison Health Services? How do they
  impact access, cost, and quality? Do these
  government programs do a good job of meeting the
  healthcare needs of the populations they are
  intended to serve?

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• HSM 541 Week 2 You Decide Middlefield Hospital (2
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• Scenario Summary
• You are the new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of
  Middlefield Hospital. Middlefield Hospital is a
  450-bed tertiary care facility in a major urban
  area in the Northeast. The hospital is an
  integrated health system that provides the full
  array of inpatient and outpatient services. The
  hospital enjoys a reputation for quality care in
  the area.
• As the new CEO, you have learned that the
  hospital's employee turnover rate exceeds 20,
  and there are over 100 nursing vacancies. You
  have also learned the following facts that may be
  impacting these workforce shortages

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• HSM 541 Week 3 Assignment NonProfit vs For Profit
  Organizations (2 Papers)
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• HSM 541 Week 3 Assignment Non-Profit vs
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• HSM 541 Week 3 DQ 1 Private Insurance
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• Week 3 Thread 1
• Private Insurance (graded)
• Lets consider the general concept of insurance.
  How does health insurance differ from other kinds
  of insurance? What are the similarities and
  differences between them?
• Next, lets consider some of the issues that
  employers face in providing health insurance to
  their employees. Why has the cost of
  employer-sponsored health plans increased
  significantly over the last 5 years?
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• HSM 541 Week 3 DQ 2 The Uninsured
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• Week 3 Thread 2
• The Uninsured (graded)
• It is estimated that there are 48 million
  Americans with no health insurance. What are the
  demographics of the uninsured population? Who
  makes up this population, and what are the
  factors that contribute to being uninsured?
• What strategies can be adopted at the local,
  state, and federal levels to overcome the problem
  of uninsured Americans?

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• HSM 541 Week 4 DQ 1 Primary Care
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• Week 4 Thread 1
• Primary Care (graded)
• How would you define the role of primary care
  from the perspectives of health promotion and
  health protection? Why are these facets of
  primary care important, and how do they influence
  healthcare costs?

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• HSM 541 Week 4 DQ 2 Managed Care
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• Week 4 Thread 2
• Managed Care (graded)
• What are the positive effects of managed care on
  our healthcare system? What are some of the
  problems created by managed care that have been
  identified by patients, providers, and interest
  groups?

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• HSM 541 Week 4 Midterm Set 1
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• Question
• (TCO A) Differentiate between urban and rural
  healthcare in America. Briefly discuss how rural
  healthcare is different in terms of access,
  costs, and quality. Use an example to support
  your point(s).
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• (TCO D) Differentiate between Medicare and
  Medicaid roles in the healthcare system, and
  detail how each agency impacts costs, quality,
  and access in the delivery of medical care in
  America. Which program is doing a better job
  balancing these issues, and why?

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• HSM 541 Week 5 Assignment HIPAA (2 Papers)
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• HSM 541 Week 5 DQ 1 Hospitals
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• Week 5 Thread 1
• Hospitals (graded)
• What are some of the innovative responses that
  hospital organizations have made or are making
  now to address changes in todays healthcare
  marketplace? Identify competitive, payer, or
  economic factors that may impede a hospital from
  fulfilling its mission.

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• HSM 541 Week 5 DQ 2 Employer Health Plans
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• Week 5 Thread 2
• Employer Health Plans (graded)
• What are the components of a comprehensive
  healthcare plan offered by employers? What
  outcomes are desired by the employer after
  implementation of the health plan? How would
  these outcomes be measured?

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• HSM 541 Week 5 You Decide AHA Issues (2 Papers)
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• Analysis of the Health Insurance Portability and
  Accountability (HIPAA) Security
  StandardsWritten Assignment Go to the website
  for the American Hospital Association (AHA) at
  the following web addresshttp//www.aha.org/.Cli
  ck on the Issues tab that is at the top of the
  page. Under this tab, there are 23 issues being
  addressed by the AHA (access and coverage,
  affordability, etc.). Choose one of these issues
  and complete a 750-word paper related to why this
  is an issue and how it impacts the U.S.

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• HSM 541 Week 6 DQ 1 Errors Safety
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• Week 6 Thread 1
• Errors, Safety (graded)
• Since the IOM published To Err Is Human, a
  groundbreaking report that boldly pointed out the
  problem of medical errors, concerns regarding
  patient safety and the need to reduce errors have
  come to the forefront of the U.S. healthcare
  system.
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• What initiatives have accreditation organizations
  and other external agencies undertaken to address
  these issues? What strategies have been used by
  healthcare institutions to reduce medical errors?
  Do you think these efforts have been effective?
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• HSM 541 Week 6 DQ 2 Improving Quality
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• Week 6 Thread 2
• Improving Quality (graded)
• What do you see as the biggest challenge(s) ahead
  for us as we attempt to improve the quality of
  our healthcare delivery system in the U.S.?

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• HSM 541 Week 6 You Decide Middlefield Hospital (2
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• You have been the CEO of Middlefield Hospital for
  2 1/2 years and finally resolved the workforce
  challenges that plagued the hospital when you
  first arrived. In a recent meeting, the chief
  financial officer (CFO) indicated that the
  financial performance of the hospital has been
  deteriorating over the last 6 months. The
  hospital is not meeting its budget and he is
  concerned about the future. The new facility
  across town has continued to cut into
  Middlefields market share by admitting more
  patients. The number of admissions to Middlefield
  Hospital is declining each month, and more
  uninsured patients are seeking services at your
  facility.

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• HSM 541 Week 7 Course Project (2 Papers)
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• This Tutorial contains 2 Course Project
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• Introduction
• This course project gives you the opportunity to
  select a problem that currently exists in our
  healthcare system and analyze its implications
  on our healthcare system. The paper should
  critically analyze the issues related to the
  topic and identify key strategies for
  improvement. In order to meet the project
  requirements, it is important to identify an
  issue or problem within the healthcare system.
  Please analyze and review the grading rubric to
  understand why this is important. Both web
  references and professional journals should be
  considered as references.

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• HSM 541 Week 7 DQ 1 Fraud and Abuse
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• Week 7 Thread 1
• Fraud and Abuse (graded)
• Briefly describe a healthcare situation (real or
  hypothetical) in which potential for fraud or
  abuse is a concern. How would you advise a
  colleague who came to you concerned about a
  similar issue of fraud or abuse in an
  organization where you work or one that you do
  business with? What questions would you ask? What
  are some key issues to consider? What might you
  tell him or her to do in this situation?
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• HSM 541 Week 7 DQ 2 Healthcare Management
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• Week 7 Thread 2
• Healthcare Management (graded)
• Healthcare management has become increasingly
  challenging and complex in the 21st century. How
  do leadership strategies differ in healthcare
  organizations as compared to other types of
  organizations? What are the characteristics of
  healthcare organizations that make leadership
  more difficult?

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