HLT 418V  Assignment – Health Care Access

HLT 418V  Assignment – Health Care Access

Max Points: 125

Details: This site is something that you will use after you have graduated from Grand Canyon University to keep up with the latest information on healthcare research.

Access The Agency for HealthCare Research and Quality (AHRQ) website and select one of the multiple funded programs available to research.

Write a 1,500-1,750-word essay addressing the following questions with regard to your chosen program. Use at least three to five academic sources in writing this paper.

What is the mission and budget?

What is the strategic plan of the program?

What do they do to control the quality of health care?

What do they do for cost containment?

How are they aligned with health care professionals?

Is this a valuable program or a waste of taxpayer money? If the program has faults, how could it be improved or should it be abandoned? Be prepared to defend your position.

Prepare this assignment according to the APA guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is required.

This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.

You are required to submit this assignment to Turnitin. Please refer to the directions in the Student Success Center.

HLT 418V Week 3

HLT 418V Week 3 Discussion Question 1

You want to return to school to advance in your profession. Financially you cannot do it at this time. Respond to the following:

Would you consider working for the National Service Corps for financial compensation in another area, another community, or in a designated poverty area? Why or why not?

If you accepted a position in another area that was unfamiliar to you, how would you prepare in advance to make the most out of the opportunity? Include the social and cultural aspects of the differences.

Would you consider working in one of these areas permanently?

HLT 418V Week 3 Discussion Question 2

As the population ages, the need for more health care professionals grows. Discuss what kind of workforce will be needed in the future to care for the elderly. What specialty will be in demand for the future? Where will the majority of care be delivered?

HLT 418V Week 3 Assignment Promoting Better Patient Care

Max Points: 125

Details:

As a healthcare professional, you will be a part of an Interdisciplinary team. That team will communicate together about the patient from different points of view in order to provide the best treatment plan.

You will choose two allied health specialties from either The Association of Schools for Allied Health Professions website or the textbook. Write a paper of 500-750 words addressing the specialties that would interact during a typical workday in a hospital, a long-term care facility, and an outpatient clinic. You will specifically address three out of the following six questions in your paper:

What is their function?

How does it affect your specialty?

How does it affect the patient?

If a facility did not have a  particular specialty, who would be able to take over that function?

Would you be willing to be cross-trained for the function?

Is there a written policy for coverage issues?

Prepare this assignment according to the APA guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.

This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.

You are required to submit this assignment to Turnitin. Please refer to the directions in the Student Success Center.