HSA 4180 Organization and Management of Health Agencies INSTRUCTOR: LAWRENCE J. WALTERS‚ MHA‚ FACHE Item #4 on Assignments Tab HSA 4180 – Fall 2011; Case Study #4 **Your response to this case study is due 6PM 10/30/2011 Case Study #4 Managing Healthcare Professionals: Mini-Case Studies Respond to each of the scenarios below. Please label your mini-cases. Your response may be in a word document format or in a power point format. Cover all of the issues in each case you and use good writing and presentation
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government or by other people with power. War or armed conflict. Natural disasters Mental disorder‚ where mental health services are unavailable or difficult to access. A United States Federal survey done in 2005 indicated that at least one-third of homeless men and women have serious psychiatric disorders or problems. Disability‚ especially where disability services are non-existent or poor performing. Social exclusion‚ including because of sexual orientation and gender identity
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left behind and a sense of lost opportunities thatmare reminiscent of what gave rise‚ thirty years ago‚ to Alma-Ata’s paradigm shift in thinking about health. The Alma-Ata Conference mobilized a “Primary Health Care movement” of professionals and institutions‚ governments and civil society organizations‚ researchers and grassroots organizations that undertook to tackle the “politically‚ socially and economically unacceptable” health inequalities in all countries. The Declaration of Alma-Ata was clear
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The role of primary health care in preventing chronic disease The role of primary health care in preventing the onset of chronic disease‚ with a particular focus on the lifestyle risk factors of obesity‚ tobacco and alcohol. Mark Harris Centre for Primary Health Care and Equity‚ UNSW January 2008 Abstract The potential impact of primary health care in assessing and managing smoking‚ hazardous drinking‚ poor diet and physical inactivity has been demonstrated among patients who are at higher risk
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Thing More Expensive Than College Although a good education for all Americans is essential for individual success and national economy‚ the truth is it has become increasingly expensive and doesn’t even guarantee a job after graduation. What exactly qualifies as a “good education?” Most people associate higher education with good education. Every year students will have to pay 3-4% more over inflation due to available subsidized loans and increased aid (McArdle). This means that because
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Health Care and its Rising Costs Dusti Lott Ashford University HCA305 – The U.S. Health Care System Professor Thomas November 11‚ 2012 Introduction The dramatic rise in health care costs over the last century and into the current one has many contributing factors. Although each of these factors is not exclusive‚ they all have their own distinct personality. Each factor does cross over in to all others to have an affect on each other. We can follow the time line to understand the
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Help a Drug Addict There are many misconceptions about how to help a drug addict. Some people believe conquering a drug addiction is a matter of will power‚ and an addict who truly wants to end the dependency on drugs can easily turn away from the narcotic. However‚ drug addiction is much more complex than simply altering behavior. In order to help a drug addict‚ one must understand that addiction is a chronic brain disease and the battle to overcome it will most certainly be hard fought. 1: Know
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Connected Health has been a focal point of the healthcare industry‚ since last few years. It involves a collaborative approach combining health technology‚ mobile devices‚ and digital media. It enables the health care professionals‚ patients‚ and their carers to access their treatment data and other information more easily. Healthcare service providers often fail to find digital transformation service providers‚ who understand their industry‚ and help them fulfill overgrowing customer demands. Every
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Connected for Health The Potential of Health Information and Communications Technologies to Reduce Health Care Disparities In today’s technology-filled world‚ we have become dependent on the Internet for everything from doing any research (“Google it”)‚ making travel and restaurant reservations‚ paying our bills‚ managing our investments‚ finding recipes for dinner‚ making charitable and political contributions‚ all types of shopping‚ and on and on. And we communicate primarily by e-mail
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Medicare Policy Process Brandy Marsh HCS 455 December 12‚ 2011 John (Jay) Cutspec Medicare Policy Process The health care‚ policy-making process is composed of three major stages; the formulation stage‚ legislative stage‚ and the implementation stage. The policy process refers to the specific decisions and events that are required for a policy to be proposed‚ considered‚ and finally either implemented and/or set aside. It is an interactive process with multiple points of access providing
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