Health Care Questions and Answers
Explain the evidence used to support discussion of informed treatment among adolescents in health care.
Patients often equate the quality of the service with the quality of health care. How can this perception be changed using survey research?
Describe a time when you witnessed or experienced cultural incompetence in the delivery of health care. Knowing what you now know, discuss what you think could have been done to avoid that incident.
How are strategic planning, performance improvement, and information systems interrelated and fundamental to the delivery of quality healthcare? Managing Health Care Organizations Describe why the issue/topic is a relevant, a problem/issue.
Compare and contrast the U.S. health care system with that of another country. What are some of the major advantages and disadvantages inherent of both systems?
What are the advantages and disadvantages of Electronic Health (or Medical) Records (EHR or EMR)?
Should smokers be denied access to state healthcare?
What are the impacts of being in the caregiver's role (positive or negative) that may be experienced by family members/carers and/or friends of a person with a disability? For each impact listed, provide an example of a way this impact could affect the family/carer/friends.
Why is it important for the government to regulate health care?
What is meant by Primary Health Care (PHC), and what are its principles?
Where do you see health care in 10 years?
How will consumer demands shape the future health care system related to the senior population?
How can better care be provided for the aging population?
TeamSTEPPS is a teamwork system designed for health care professionals that is: A powerful solution to improving patient safety within your organization; an evidence-based teamwork system to improve communication and teamwork skills among health care professionals; and a source for ready-to-use materials and a training curriculum to successfully integrate teamwork principles into all areas of a health care system. TeamSTEPPS is supposed to provide higher quality, safer patient care by: Producing highly effective medical teams that optimize the use of information, people, and resources to achieve the best clinical outcomes for patients; increasing team awareness and clarifying team roles and responsibilities; resolving conflicts and improving information sharing; and eliminating barriers to quality and safety. Does this program represent a positive development in health care?
A patient arriving at an emergency room and subsequently admitted will require team work involving many departments, such as: lab, radiology, admissions, registration, and the inpatient unit. In discussing vertical versus horizontal structures, which does this type of organizational structure mimic? Also, with respect to cross functional teams, which is when staff from various areas work together on a part-time or full-time basis. This concept brings up another point worthy of consideration for future managers/leaders. The most frequent example is cross training of staff for this purpose. Cross training is valuable in that it creates flexibility to fit the needs of a given shift. What other positive or negatives related to the expectation of cross training of staff can be identified?
What role does medical insurance coverage play in healthcare disparities experienced by minority populations?
It is estimated that Americans spend more than $10 billion a year on alternative therapies. What has this trend caused?
Regarding better health care for the aging population, what are the payment sources involved?
Have you, as a consumer, been influenced by the media on health care issues?
What are the trends and consumerism in health care, especially in regards to what consumers want?
Go to the World Development Indicators on the World Bank Web site (http://www.worldbank.org) and find the latest figure on health care expenditures for industrialized countries. How does the United States compare with other countries in the latest year?
Describe variables related to the vulnerability for homeless people in America. Homelessness in America, Vulnerable Populations,
Would you communicate with professional healthcare providers via email if given the opportunity? Why or why not?
Do doctors perform so many tests because they can increase their revenues; are taking precautions because of malpractice concerns; or just "doing the job right?"
How does nonverbal communication affect communication between a provider and a consumer (patient)?
What one major item in our current healthcare system, most needs to be changed?
My essay topic is "Discrimination Gap Among Minorities And the Caucasian Population in Healthcare." I am looking for 1. a great thesis statement and some supporting argument and 2. a great counter argument to my topic.
How do health care organizations fund projects (such as a remodel) or equipment (such as a robotic system) when the fiscal outlook is variable at best? What are some strategies that might be used to obtain the things the organization needs to address the "Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats" model?
Many issues arise when it comes to the uninsured. Can you describe the most important of those issues and the impact it has on hospitals, physcians and patients?
How are strategic planning, performance improvement, and information systems interrelated and fundamental to the delivery of quality health care?
From a stakeholders' perspective (stakeholder meaning hospital, physician, patient, insurers, employers and government) what would be your recommendation to address issues over the uninsured?
Have you ever been worried about not being able to access health care for yourself or your family?
How can one argue that health care is a right and not a privilege?
How does a lack of information impact clinicians in assigning specific diagnoses of their patients' conditions?
What will be the advantage of a national format for electronic medical records that can be shared by various organizations as needed?
What technology beside computers do you believe has had the biggest impact on health care?
How might home health care services be impacted by the level of care the chronically-ill require?
Do you think that employers will stop paying for health care insurance under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act?
What factors enter in making erroneous, frivolous and otherwise wrongful diagnosis?
The internet provides unparalled informational resources for consumers and health care. What are the negative and positive aspects of this?
What are various types, uses, and effects of technology across the healthcare industry, and what is the impact? A prestigious health care organization wants to develop a proposal to present to the board on "how the organization might adapt to the technology trend to improve the quality of healthcare delivered to the organization's members."
In the following scenario, do you think it's fair that some qualify for these services and some don't? Is this ethical? What do you feel the criteria should be for these services? What role should Ethics committees have in these cases?According to the American Case management Association (2009): "Case Management in Hospital/Health Care Systems is a collaborative practice model including patients, nurses, social workers, physicians, other practitioners, caregivers and the community. The Case Management process encompasses communication and facilitates care along a continuum through effective resource coordination. The goals of Case Management include the achievement of optimal health, access to care and appropriate utilization of resources, balanced with the patient's right to self determination." To over simplify this, case managers should be a hub for the healthcare of their patient. They will coordinate the care of that patient with all the specialists that patient is seeing and oversee all their conditions being cared for by all their providers. They would assist care givers with the scheduling of their appointments, results, referrals and more. They can be as involved or in the background as the patient, (or care giver) needs. It's a great service to caregivers and patients alike. Do you think it's fair that some qualify for these services and some don't? Is this ethical? What do you feel the criteria should be for these services? What role should Ethics committees have in these cases?American Case Management Association. (2009). Retrieved on November 20, 2013 fromhttp://www.acmaweb.org/section.asp?sID=4&mn=mn1&sn=sn1&wpg=mh
Make the argument that government regulation is necessary in the healthcare business.
What are the causes of rising health care costs?
If people had to pay for all medical expenses out of their own pockets, would they take on more personal responsibility for maintaining their own health through healthy life-style behaviors?
What could be done to stop, slow,or even reverse the growth of health care expenditures?
Argue that political and social changes will have a greater effect on the future cost of health care in the United States than medicinal and technological advances will.
The internet provides unparalled informational resources for consumers of health care. Discuss the positive and negative aspects of this.
A benchmark is a standard which something is measured against. This will generally be the "norm" for the majority. For example, Core Measures are JCAHO's version of Benchmarking. Core Measures are performance measurement initiatives that aim to drive hospitals to perform at or above their competitors. These can include things like the length of time it took to give a cardiac patient aspirin upon intake. Do you feel that benchmarking is an ethical way of rating healthcare organizations?
What will have a greater effect on the future cost of health care in the United States: political and social changes or medicinal and technological advances?
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