Capella MSN6218 Unit 1 Discussion (dq1+dq2) Latest 2019 April

MSN6218 Leading the Future of Health Care

Unit 1 Discussion

DQ1 Vision for Innovative Health care Delivery

If there were no resource limitations, what would be your vision for the best possible health care delivery system for the United States? Provide a general outline of your vision, and then:

Use evidence to show that your health care system would improve patient outcomes.

Use evidence to show that your health care system would improve coverage and population health to produce an optimal level of wellness in the U.S. population.

Use evidence to explain how your system would maximize the benefits of interprofessional collaboration and how that would influence health outcomes.

State the assumptions (things that you are taking for granted) underlying your vision for the best possible health care system.

Include national policies or regulations that might need to be changed or amended to implement your health care system.

Identify your knowledge gaps and areas of uncertainty that make it difficult for you to propose an improved health care system for the United States.

Note: Remember to adhere to the requirements listed in the Faculty Expectations Message for unit discussion posts and peer responses.

Response Guidelines

In responding to a colleague’s post, assume the role of a critic who would not approve of your colleague’s proposed health care system.

State what role you are playing in your response, including the job title of your assumed persona.

Provide evidence that suggests that your colleague’s proposed health care system would not improve coverage, patient outcomes, or population outcomes.

Note any additional national policies or regulations that stand in the way of your colleague’s proposed system.

Use evidence to question your colleague’s assumptions or uncover unstated assumptions.

Learning Components

This activity will help you achieve the following learning components:

Determine the effects of the health care system on health outcomes.

Determine the effects of specific changes on outcomes.

Set and articulate clearly defined goals.

Recognize the components of a health care system and the contributing factors that produce the best possible outcomes.

Determine the feasibility of making specific changes to a health care system or program.

DQ2 Changing Health Care

Resources are among the many components that must be considered when contemplating a new vision for health care.

Briefly outline the vision for improved health care that you described in the first discussion.

What are the most critical resource issues with respect to your vision for health care?

If you were going to explain these issues to a legislator or another policymaker, how might you represent them as opportunities to support how we change and deliver care?

What evidence could you provide to support your position?

Note: Remember to adhere to the requirements listed in the Faculty Expectations Message for unit discussion posts and peer responses.

Response Guidelines

In responding to a colleague’s post, consider the following:

If your colleague’s vision for U.S. health care were put into place, what would be the positive consequences?

What would be the negative consequences?

Learning Components

This activity will help you achieve the following learning components:

Identify key resources affecting health outcomes.

Determine the potential short- and long-term effects of a proposed change to a health care system or program.

Determine the feasibility of making specific changes to a health care system or program.