Norwich NR524 Discussions Latest 2021 January (Full)

NR524 Health Policy, Advocacy and Economics in Healthcare

Week 1 Discussion

Organizations Influencing Health Policy

Read over the list of Key Organizations on the NICHSR website.

Using the website above, select an organization from each of the three categories:

Federal Agencies,

Association and Organizations,

International Organizations, Associations

that has a role in influencing health policy. For each of your three chosen sites, describe the organization’s chief purpose and give one example of a policy it has influenced. (Hint: visit the organization’s website.)

Reference:

HSRIC. (n.d.). Key organizations. NIH, National Library of Medicine.

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Week 2 Discussion

Value-based Healthcare

Consider the information from your readings and videos about incentives for improving quality while lowering healthcare costs. What are the potential benefits and risks of a value-based system? Consider this discussion with regard to patient care, provider incentives, and the overall financial impact of our healthcare system. Give at least one example of how a patient may be helped or harmed under a value-based system.

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Week 3 Discussion

Evidence-Based Healthcare

Select two of the High-Burden Health Conditions targeted by the CDC in the 6/18 Initiative, and discuss the Evidence-Based Interventions for each. For one of the interventions, identify at least two stakeholders you would partner with to implement the strategy in your community.

Reference:

CDC.org. (October 4, 2018). CDC’s 6/18 Initiative. CDC

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Week 4 Discussion

Stakeholders and Policy

Question:

Stakeholders are individuals or groups who have an interest in health policy based on their positions, circumstances, beliefs, and values.

To prepare for this semester’s graded assignments, Discussions, Legislative Testimony, Fact Sheet, and Health Policy Paper, reflect on which health policy issue is of greatest interest to you and what you may want to focus your work on for this semester. Some broad examples (not all-inclusive) include

Transitional care

Wellness/health promotion

Women’s health

Health/disease screening

Comfort care/end of life

Long-term care

Disaster preparedness

Nutrition/obesity

Physical fitness

Aging in place

Reproductive health

Advanced practice professional issues (e.g., safe staffing, scope of practice/reimbursement)

Disease prevention

Palliative care

Nursing and other healthcare professional’s workforce issues

Disease management

Nurse-managed or school-based health centers

Health literacy

Immunizations

Workplace safety

Mental health/substance abuse

Patient centered medical home

Care coordination

Team-based care

Neonatal issues (NICU)

Pediatric and adolescent issues (access to care, obesity, physical activity, nutrition, school, etc.)

Title VIII funding—Nursing workforce development

Issues specific to the PPACA: health insurance marketplace/exchanges, value-based care, accountable care organizations, workforce issues, etc.

Meaningful use

Health information technologies (EHR, etc.)

Health disparities

Death with dignity

Healthcare quality

Healthcare safety

TeleHealth

Acute and chronic pain prevention and management; opioids

Is health care a right?

For this discussion, select a topic from the above health policy issues (or another one of your interest) and provide an example of an interest group with a stake in the issue you selected. In your initial post, briefly state (200 words) their mission or primary goals related to a health policy matter.

Then select another health policy issue from the list above (or another one of your interest); identify an individual stakeholder in the interest, and briefly describe what you would expect from their position.

Your post should include one APA-referenced, peer-reviewed source.

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Week 6 Discussion

Cost-control Strategies

In your initial post , give one example of a cost-control strategy and describe how that strategy may affect access or quality in healthcare service.

Discuss the different examples posted by your cohorts.

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Week 7 Discussion

Advanced Practice

Select one advanced practice nursing policy (federal or state) and describe how the policy improves or creates a barrier to healthcare access. Support the policy (with evidence) or describe what you would change (with evidence).

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Week 8 Discussion

DQ1 Health care and Disabilities

After reviewing the website from the WHO about disabilities, including the infographic Better health for people with disabilities:

Discuss why the “Why is the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Important" actually important.

Suggest a health policy to address one of the WHO-identified disabilities in health care.

Visit your state’s website on long-term care: Describe one long-term service available and how individuals can access help. (See Vermont page as an example: Green Mountain Care.)

DQ2 Testimony Part 1 - Peer-Reviewed Articles

For this discussion:

Each team member will post their chosen Policy/Issue and identify their stakeholder. 

Each team member will provide full citations and links to the their peer reviewed article that addresses the topics/arguments on the policy issue.

Classmates should review the articles, before viewing the testimony video in next weeks discussion, to be informed and able to engage in the online discussion next week.

When looking for a posted article, review Kreitzberg Libraries Breaking Down an Article Citation to help with searching out peer reviewed articles. Students can use the Chat in the library link for help in linking to articles.

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Week 9 Discussion

Testimony Part 2 – Presentation

For this discussion:

Post the testimony videos prepared by you to this discussion board. Refer to instructions on How To Record a Video Discussion.

Each student should independently prepare and post a three minute video testimony addressing the topic and articulating the stakeholder view he or she is representing. The student presenter should be clearly visible in the video. Please dress appropriately for recording the video, and choose a background that is not distracting.

Classmates should review testimony and ask a question of the stakeholder about his or her position or the health policy issue.

Each stakeholder should select four questions  and respond with evidence and citations.

Remember that the team presented its research articles last week in Week 08 Discussion: Testimony Part 1 - Peer-Reviewed Articles. Refer to those articles and the Testimony when developing your questions and responses.

When looking for a posted article, review Kreitzberg Libraries Breaking Down an Article Citation to help with searching out peer reviewed articles. Students can use the Chat in the library link for help in linking to articles.

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Week 10 Discussion

Global Perspectives

For this week’s discussion, choose one of the following options for your initial post:

Select one of countries in the video "Sick around the world". Briefly describe one key element of that country's healthcare system, and state why you believe it would or would not be beneficial in improving access and quality or lowering costs in the United States healthcare system.

Discuss how access to education affects health outcomes.

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Week 11 Discussion

Health Care Quality

Visit the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

Select one of the achievable measures from Diseases and Conditions.

Identify:

one area where nationally we are at benchmark.

one area where we are close to benchmark.

one area where we are far from benchmark.

On the area where we are far from benchmark, suggest a policy to move us closer to Quality.