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HCA 459 Entire Course (Ash)
Organizational Survival Strategies. This
discussion has two options. Please choose either
Option A or Option B to respond to. Be sure to
indicate within your post which option you
chose. Option A Hospitals frequently seek ways
to ensure survival. Sometimes an adversarial
climate cannot be avoided when the action that is
being considered is controversial. For example, a
hospital may seek to expand its market reach by
opening an inpatient drug treatment facility in a
small suburban township.
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HCA 459 Week 1 DQ 1 Organizational Survival
Strategies (Ash)
HCA 459 Week 1 DQ 1 Organizational Survival
Strategies History - General History Organizationa
l Survival Strategies. This discussion has two
options. Please choose either Option A or Option
B to respond to. Be sure to indicate within your
post which option you chose. Option A Hospitals
frequently seek ways to ensure survival.
Sometimes an adversarial climate cannot be
avoided when the action that is being considered
is controversial. For example, a hospital may
seek to expand its market reach by opening an
inpatient drug treatment facility in a small
suburban township.
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HCA 459 Week 1 DQ 2 The Challenge of Change (Ash)
HCA 459 Week 1 DQ 2 The Challenge of
Change History - General History The Challenge of
Change. Change is usually positive, but it can
also be difficult to embrace at times. Employees
can be resistant to change, while managers may
feel that it is necessary for organizational
stability. Discuss the challenge of change as it
relates to health care organizations. What is the
overall impact of change on the organization, its
employees, and its constituents, and what role
does the manager play as an agent of change?
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HCA 459 Week 1 The Health Care Scene Contemporary
Trends (Ash)
HCA 459 Week 1 The Health Care Scene Contemporary
Trends History - General History The Health Care
Scene Contemporary Trends. As health care
leaders, it is important to understand that
health care is quite a dynamic field. Its
constant changes are a result of continuing
trends in regulation, policy, patient and
provider advocacy efforts, as well as
increasingly sophisticated technology and
industry benchmarking guidelines. Review the
possible topics for your Senior Project located
in the Senior Project prompt in Week Five, and
decide what topic your training program will
address
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HCA 459 Week 2 DQ 1 Policy and Planning
Constraints (Ash)
HCA 459 Week 2 DQ 1 Policy and Planning
Constraints History - General History Policy and
Planning Constraints. Locate an example of a
policy or guideline from an external source to a
healthcare organization. Explain how this policy
or guideline may be a constraint to a healthcare
organizations planning, or how it may shape the
healthcare organizations philosophy. For
example, given that the American Academy of
Pediatrics offers guidelines on child
vaccinations, these guidelines might impact the
ability of the healthcare organization to deliver
services to newborns and infants.
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HCA 459 Week 2 DQ 2 The Control Process (Ash)
HCA 459 Week 2 DQ 2 The Control Process History -
General History The Control Process. The control
process involves three phases that are cyclic
establishing standards, measuring performance,
and correcting deviations. Examine the manner in
which health care leaders progress through each
phase of the control process to manage
organizations. What is the management function of
controlling as related to performance
improvement? What tools are used to measure and
monitor performance? Please describe at least two
functions and two tools in your response.
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HCA 459 Week 2 Senior Project Summary (Ash)
HCA 459 Week 2 Senior Project Summary History -
General History Senior Project Summary. Write a
short summary paper on the selected topic from
Week One, which outlines your Senior Project. In
your paper include the topic, your thesis
statement, your research methodology, your
decision-making process for choosing your
resources, and at least three resources you will
be using. The Senior Project Summary should be
two- to three- pages (excluding title and
reference pages) in APA format as outlined in the
Ashford Writing Center. Your summary must contain
the following I. Title Page a. Anticipated title
(this may change for the completed project)
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HCA 459 Week 3 DQ 1 Strategic Planning and
Budgeting (Ash)
HCA 459 Week 3 DQ 1 Strategic Planning and
Budgeting History - General History Strategic
Planning and Budgeting. Imagine you are
considering the possibility of operating a small
business or practice related to health care,
either as a provider of some sort of care or as a
service intended to support various provider
organizations in their care-delivery
activities. 1. Describe the kind of entity you
plan to establish by stating the service or
services you propose to deliver and the kinds of
clients or customers you would be serving.
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HCA 459 Week 3 DQ 2 Committees and Teams (Ash)
HCA 459 Week 3 DQ 2 Committees and Teams History
- General History Committees and Teams. Select
either Option A or Option B to respond to and
indicate within your post which option you
chose. Option A Identify what you believe are
the top three challenges in setting up a
hospital-based committee from a managerial
perspective. In a 250- to 300- word post, discuss
your rationale and address the following
questions 1. Why are committees advantageous for
health care organizations? 2. What are some of
the steps that you, as a manager, could take to
overcome these challenges? 3. How would you
address conflict and/or divisiveness within the
committee or team?
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HCA 459 Week 3 Senior Project Progress Report
(Ash)
HCA 459 Week 3 Senior Project Progress
Report History - General History Senior Project
Progress Report. Complete a one- to two-page
report on the progress you have made to date on
your Senior Project. Your report and any
citations used must be in APA style as outlined
in the Ashford Writing Center. Your progress
report should cover the following 1. Topic
Identify the topic that you have selected for
your project and provide a brief explanation for
why you have chosen this topic to address.
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HCA 459 Week 4 DQ 1 Case Study Authority and
Leadership (Ash)
HCA 459 Week 4 DQ 1 Case Study Authority and
Leadership Health Care - General Health Care Case
Study Authority and Leadership. Review the
details of the case Authority and Leadership
Rising From the Ranks from your course text, and
respond to the following questions 1. Identify
the potential advantages Julie might enjoy in
becoming manager of a group of which she has long
been a member, and contrast these with the
possible disadvantages that might present
themselves because she has long been a member of
this group.
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HCA 459 Week 4 DQ 2 Motivation and Conflict
Resolution (Ash)
HCA 459 Week 4 DQ 2 Motivation and Conflict
Resolution Health Care - General Health
Care Motivation and Conflict Resolution. Select
either Option A or Option B and indicate in your
post which option you have selected. In any
organization, regardless of the industry, some
level of conflict and/or office bickering is
inevitable and may have a damaging impact on
productivity and motivation or morale. However,
it is the responsibility of the manager to ensure
that conflict is avoided whenever possible and,
when it does occur, that it is handled in an
appropriate and respectful manner. With this in
mind, listen to the podcast, Stop the Medical
Office Bickering and respond to your selected
option.
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HCA 459 Week 5 DQ 1 Communication Challenges (Ash)
HCA 459 Week 5 DQ 1 Communication
Challenges Health Care - General Health
Care Communication Challenges. Select either
Option A or Option B and indicate in your post
which option you have selected. Option A
Compared to a non-healthcare organization, a
manager must have a special skill set for
communicating with health professionals and non
professionals within a health care organization.
What do you believe are those particular skill
sets? What are the ethical, financial, and legal
implications for communication within a health
care organization? What are the some of the
primary barriers to communication between a
manager and his/her staff?
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HCA 459 Week 5 DQ 2 The Health Professional as
Manager (Ash)
HCA 459 Week 5 DQ 2 The Health Professional as
Manager Health Care - General Health Care The
Health Professional as Manager. Select either
Option A or Option B and indicate in your post
which option you have selected. Option A Imagine
your colleague and friend, Jane Smith, has
recently been promoted to department manager for
your facility. You have worked side-by-side with
Jane for the past ten years and can speak to her
excellent skills as a health professional.
However, Jane has no prior management experience
and many of your co-workers are fearful that she
does not possess the necessary leadership skills
to effectively lead the team.
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HCA 459 Week 5 Final Paper / Senior Project (Ash)
HCA 459 Week 5 Final Paper / Senior
Project Health Care - General Health Care Focus
of the Senior Project To start, select one of the
following approved topics for your Senior
Project. You may also have a topic of your choice
approved by the instructor in Week One. Many of
the approved topics have specific subtopics
outlined and, while these topics are not
all-inclusive, they do provide insight into
specific areas to consider.
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