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Integration of Individual & Population Health in Health Care

Short papers should be between 1000 and 1200 words (excluding references). The paper should be written in APA format. The short papers’ function is to permit you to synthesize facts that you have learned in the course. And apply critical reasoning to those integrated facts. Another role of the short papers is to help you […]

Legal and Ethical Dilemma in Healthcare Patients Rights

OVERVIEW Deciding to place a loved one into a long-term care facility can be extremely difficult. Even more difficult is the thought of your loved one’s rights being violated while in long-term care. Patient healthcare rights are not as clearly defined as one would expect. And there are long-term care and other healthcare facilities that […]

Bookkeeping Errors

As a medical administrative assistant, you have been employed with a group of occupational medicine facilities for over 3 years. You have been asked to go to another occupational medicine facility to fill in for a few hours because they are short-staffed. When you arrive you are asked to perform various bookkeeping services such as […]

High Risk Pregnancy Analysis

A high-risk pregnancy is a pregnancy where there are potential complications that could affect the mother, the baby or both.  Research indicates that In the USA, high risk pregnancies can result in low birth rates in 8.2% of the 4.3 million babies born each year.  A high risk pregnancy if not properly managed, can lead to […]

Advanced Optimization Techniques

Advanced optimization techniques are often necessary to solve real problems in health care. Techniques like goal programming and data envelopment analysis are often used to solve multiple objective problems. Such as minimizing cost while maximizing access measures. Other advanced techniques are often required for problems that sometimes seem straightforward. Although you may not encounter the […]

Importance of Creating a Diverse Workforce

Research Project/Presentation: Students will conduct original research that investigates one or more aspects of health care human resource management.  The research project consists of a (1) project proposal, (2) an abstract, and (3) a PowerPoint Presentation posted in our Moodle course. The topic of the research paper should focus on an aspect of human resource […]

National Health Information Network

. it can’t be one that was previously used for my other submissions. It does NOT have to be from the OCLS library. Link for video: https://youtu.be/nI879Lhc76I Systematic reviews, meta-analyses, and real-world evidence: An introduction My patient-centered problem is: This past year has taken a toll on healthcare workers around the world during the Covid-19 pandemic. Not […]

Data Stewardship and the National Health Information Network (NHIN)

HI300: Information Technology and Systems for Health Care TOPIC #1: Data Stewardship and the National Health Information Network (NHIN) Research health data stewardship and in your post show why it is important. Why does it matter in the discussion of a national health information network (NHIN)? Assess how the architecture of the NHIN permits this. […]

School Health And STD’s

School Health And STD’s Design a PowerPoint presentation for high school aged students discussing normative aging changes, sexuality, STDs, and prevention. Discuss normal body changes that occur through puberty into young adulthood Discuss specific STDs, causes, symptoms, complications, and treatment: **You should include a slide or two for each of the following:  Gonorrhea, Chlamydia, Herpes, HIV, Syphillis, […]

Treatment & Diagnosis of the Brain Cysticercosis

Brain Cysticercosis is the topic of choice to compare CT and MRI. The Sectional Anatomy Assignment is a short PowerPoint demonstration of knowledge. The purpose of this assignment is to enforce the  appearance of anatomy as compared to pathological changes detected on different sectional imaging modalities (CT and MRI). Sources: Students must use at least […]