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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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• 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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• HSM 541 Week 1 DQ 1 Costs Quality and Access
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• Week 1 thread 1
• Costs, Quality, and Access (graded)
• 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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• 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

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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?

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• HSM 541 Week 2 You Decide Middlefield Hospital (2
  Papers)
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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.

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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
  For-Profit Organizations

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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?

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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?

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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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• HSM 541 Week 5 Assignment HIPAA (2 Papers)
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• HSM 541 Week 5 HIPAA

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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 Standards
• Written Assignment Go to the website for the
  American Hospital Association (AHA) at the
  following web addresshttp//www.aha.org/.

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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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• 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
  Papers)
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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.

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• HSM 541 Week 7 Course Project (2 Papers)
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• This Tutorial contains 2 Course Project
• Introduction
• This course project gives you the opportunity to
  select a
• problem that currently exists in our healthcare
  system and analyze its

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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?

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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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