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Your boss is the Director of Medical Records at a large medical center. He is finding it difficult to monitor the ongoing legislative and policy changes related to Health Information Management. He has asked that you do the following:

Review the following websites:

AHIMA. (2020). https://www.ahima.org/about/advocacy/efforts

HealthIT.gov (n.d.). Laws, regulation, and policy. https://www.healthit.gov/topic/laws-regulation-and-policy

Prepare a one- to two-page report highlighting two important changes occurring now or are anticipated to occur and describe how they could impact the medical center, and more importantly the department. Recommend a course of action for each. Be sure to fully support your recommendations.

Requirements:

• This assignment should be no more than two pages, completed in a Microsoft Word document.

• Respond to the questions in a thorough manner, providing specific examples of concepts, topics, definitions, and other elements asked for in the questions. Your submission should be highly organized, logical, and focused.

• Your submission must be written in Standard English and demonstrate exceptional content, organization, style, and grammar and mechanics.

• Your submission should provide a clearly established and sustained viewpoint and purpose.

• Your writing should be well ordered, logical, and unified, as well as original and insightful.
• A separate page at the end of your submission should contain a list of references, in APA format. Use the assigned reading, the Library, and the internet for research.

• Be sure to cite both in-text and reference list citations where appropriate and reference all sources. Your sources and content should follow proper APA citation style.

• Review the writing resources for APA formatting and citation found in Academic Tools. Additional writing resources can be found within the Academic Success Center.

Submitting your work:

Submit your assignment to the appropriate Dropbox.

This Assignment will have you continuing to prepare for your role in medical management.

It is your job to ensure employees, patients and yourself are protected, and OSHA compliant at all times, and this includes ensuring your employees use Personal Protective Equipment (gloves, eye goggles, masks if needed, etc.) and having a disaster plan that includes protocol for dealing with emergencies such as fire or natural disaster. Your Assignment is to create a training PowerPoint for your employees.

Below you will find the information you need to create a training PowerPoint. Each slide will have a title. List the answers/information on each slide of your assigned slides. Include the title on each slide.

Slide # 1: Title this slide “OSHA Training,” with your name, the name of your Unit 6 fictional practice and the date.

Slide# 2: Title this slide “OSHA Inspections” and then copy the questions provided for you onto your slide; and answer to the following questions:

1. OSHA conducts inspections based on the six most hazardous workplaces in the following order of priority: (list and describe the inspections for each one. Slide # 3: Title this slide “On-site Inspections”
2. What are the five main components of an OSHA On-site Inspection?

Slide # 4: Title this slide “Penalties”

1. What are the different types of penalties violations and the consequences if found guilty?

Types of Penalties.OSHA Penalties Retrieved from https://www.osha.gov/penalties/.

Slide # 5: Title this slide “OSHA Region Offices” Using the resource provided, find the Regional Office from your State and list the contact information including a reference. (This allows employees to have the contact information for their specific OSHA area).

Retrieved from https://www.osha.gov/html/RAmap.html

Submitting Your Work

For directions on how to submit your work and review your graded Assignments, refer to the Dropbox guide found in the Academic Tools tab. Make sure that you save a copy of your submitted work.

Your initial discussion thread is due on Day 3 (Thursday) and you have until Day 7 (Monday) to respond to your classmates. Your grade will reflect both the quality of your initial post and the depth of your responses. Refer to the Discussion Forum Grading Rubric under the Settings icon above for guidance on how your discussion will be evaluated.

Prior to engaging in this discussion, be sure to review the Chapters 1 and 2 in the text as well as any relevant Instructor Guidance. It is suggested that you also review the recommended articles to glean any helpful information. In the present paradigm, it has become evident that operational leaders and strategic leaders in health care must be able to appraise how economics impacts health care in the United States. Furthermore, it is critical successful leaders to possess an understanding of the variables and nuances that shape how supply and demand in this heavily regulated industry so they may observe trends and opportunities that lead to a functional organizational system.

Imagine that you are a manager running a unit in a rehabilitation center. Up to this point, your primary population of payers has been elderly patients who come into the center for physical therapy. Recently, there has been a demographic shift in the community. A large number of your primary population has moved out of the area or died, which has caused a shift in your revenues. You have been tasked by your director to illustrate the cost and revenue numbers relative to insurance payouts to ensure that your cost does not exceed your revenue. Drawing on your current professional expertise and understanding drawn from the required resources for this week, create an initial post in which you communicate how the potential payer mix relates economically to changing demographics in your given community. What potential solutions would you suggest to your director that might overcome the demographic shift? Analyze economic theories that are germane to your provision of services and identify one theory that might apply to this specific situation.

Guided Response: Taking on the role of the director of the rehabilitation center, review the posts provided by your classmates and provide a substantive written response to at least two of your peers. Did the post effectively communicate the economic issues at hand? Were the suggested solutions appropriate and manageable given the current situation? In your position as the director of the center, analyze the role of public policy (e.g., the passing of the Affordable Care Act) in your provision of services. What other sources of potential capital might you seek out to ensure that the cost to revenue ratio remains consistent with viability?

Your initial discussion thread is due on Day 3 (Thursday) and you have until Day 7 (Monday) to respond to your classmates. Your grade will reflect both the quality of your initial post and the depth of your responses. Refer to the Discussion Forum Grading Rubric under the Settings icon above for guidance on how your discussion will be evaluated.

Prior to engaging in this discussion, read Chapters 1 and 2 in the text and review any relevant Instructor Guidance. It is suggested that you also review the recommended articles to glean any helpful information. The idea that value depends on consumers’ preferences is often considered radical. In your initial post, analyze the economic theories that are germane to the provision of health services, and comment on how one or two specific model(s) might explain the framework or context of patient/consumer preference with regard to the health care services they have experienced. Compare and contrast economic challenges and incentives within health care’s organizational models that might influence patient preference. How would value (both in quality and impact of care) differ where you have increase in access and decrease in reimbursement rates set by most insurance companies?

Guided Response: Read several of your classmates’ posts and provide a substantive written response to at least two of your peers. Discuss whether or not you agree with the conclusions provided in your classmate’s initial post. If you disagree, offer an alternative that is better in process and efficiency. Explain your reasoning and provide at least one reference to support your position. You must also comment specifically on one aspect of your classmate’s post with which you agree. In addition to responding to at least two other students’ posts, it is recommended that you reply to at least one person who responded to your original post by either respectfully defending your conclusion or by listing how you might implement the changes your classmate suggested.

Final Paper: Research Proposal

[WLOs: 3] [CLOs: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]

Prior to beginning work on this assignment, review the Example Research Proposal  Download Example Research Proposal. Note that all instructor feedback from your previous activities should be applied in preparing your proposal.

Your Research Proposal is a six- to seven-page plan for a new study on your research topic. Incorporate at least four scholarly/peer-reviewed journal articles in addition to the course text to support your proposed study.

Include the following sections and content in your paper:

• Introduction – Introduce the research topic, explain why it is important, and present your research question and/or hypothesis.
• Literature Review – Summarize the current state of knowledge on your topic by citing the methods and findings of at least two previous research studies. State whether your proposed study is a replication of a previous study or a new approach using methods that have not been used before.
• Methods
  • Design – Indicate whether your proposed study is qualitative or quantitative in approach. Select one of the research designs you have studied in the course, and indicate whether it is experimental or non-experimental. Evaluate why this design is appropriate for your research topic. Cite the textbook and one other source on research methodology to support your choice.
  • Participants – Identify the sampling strategy you would use to recruit participants for your study. Estimate the number of participants you would need and explain why your sampling method is appropriate for your research approach.
  • Procedure/Measures – Apply the scientific method by describing the steps you would use in carrying out your study. Indicate whether you will use any kind of test, questionnaire, or measurement instrument. Cite the source of any instruments to be used.
  • Data Analysis – Describe the statistical techniques (if quantitative) or the analysis procedure (if qualitative) you plan to use to analyze the data. Cite at least one source on the chosen analysis technique.
  • Ethical Issues – Analyze the impact of ethical concerns on your proposed study, such as confidentiality, deception, informed consent, potential harm to participants, conflict of interest, IRB approval, etc. Explain how you would address these concerns.
• Conclusion – Briefly summarize the major points of your research plan and reiterate why your proposed study is needed.

The Research Proposal

• Must be six- to seven- double-spaced pages in length (not including title and references pages) and formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Writing Center (Links to an external site.)’s APA Style (Links to an external site.) resource.
• Must include a separate title page with the following:
  • Title of proposal
  • Student’s name
  • Course name and number
  • Instructor’s name
  • Date submitted

For further assistance with the formatting and the title page, refer to APA Formatting for Microsoft Word (Links to an external site.).

• Must utilize academic voice. See the Academic Voice (Links to an external site.) resource for additional guidance.
• Must use at least four scholarly/peer-reviewed journal articles in addition to the course text.
  • The Scholarly, Peer Reviewed, and Other Credible Sources (Links to an external site.) table offers additional guidance on appropriate source types. If you have questions about whether a specific source is appropriate for this assignment, please contact your instructor. Your instructor has the final say about the appropriateness of a specific source for a particular assignment.
• Must document any information used from sources in APA style as outlined in the Writing Center’s Citing Within Your Paper (Links to an external site.) guide.
• Must include a separate references page that is formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Writing Center. See the Formatting Your References List (Links to an external site.) resource in the Writing Center for specifications.

Carefully review the Grading Rubric (Links to an external site.) for the criteria that will be used to evaluate your assignment.

To prepare for this discussion, read the instructor guidance and watch the videos Creating Your Research Proposal (Links to an external site.) and How to Write a Research Proposal? 11 Things to Include in a Thesis Proposal (Links to an external site.). Your initial post should be 250 to 300 words. Utilize a minimum of two peer-reviewed sources that were published within the last 10 years and are documented in APA style, as outlined in the Writing Center.

The purpose of this discussion assignment is to familiarize you with the purpose and components of a research proposal, and to allow an opportunity for you to get some feedback on your ideas for the Final Paper.

In your initial post,

• Briefly describe the purpose of a research proposal and its components.
• Present your research question and/or hypothesis.
• Give some background information on the topic, including citing one or two previous related studies with their references.
• Name the research design you would like to use.
• Defend why you feel it is the most appropriate way to study your research question.
• Discuss potential ethical issues that might arise and what you would do to address them.

Document your sources in APA style (Links to an external site.), with in-text citations and references listed at the end of the post. For additional guidance see the Citing Within Your Paper (Links to an external site.) and Formatting Your References List (Links to an external site.) resources from the Writing Center.

Guided Response: Read several classmates’ posts and respond to at least two of them. Do you agree with your colleague’s choice of research design for investigating the proposed research question? Why or why not? Can you suggest another approach or provide additional background information on the topic that could be useful in your colleague’s final proposal? Can you see any ethical concerns that were not mentioned by your colleague? Check your own thread for replies and respond to suggestions from others.

Quantitative Research Critique

[WLO: 4] [CLOs: 2, 5, 6]

Prior to beginning work on this assignment, review the assigned course textbook readings, the instructor guidance for the week, the Writing Center resource Writing an Article Critique (Links to an external site.), and the University of Arizona Global Campus Library tutorial How to Read a Scholarly Article (Links to an external site.). Your instructor will post an announcement with the reference for the quantitative research study to be critiqued in this assignment. After reading the posted study, use the Quantitative Research Critique Template  Download Quantitative Research Critique Templateto compose and organize your assignment.

In your paper,

• Summarize the research question, hypothesis, methods, and results of the assigned quantitative study.
• Determine whether the study used an experimental or non-experimental approach.
• Evaluate the appropriateness of the research methods and analytical approaches used in the study. Support the position with evidence cited from the textbook and at least one other scholarly/peer-reviewed source about the research design or method.
• Analyze ethical issues pertaining to how the study was carried out.
• Critique the strengths, weaknesses, and limitations of the study.
• Recommend a research question and methods for a follow-up study on the topic.
• Utilize the provided template with section headings.

The Quantitative Research Critique paper

• Must be four to five double-spaced pages in length (not including title and references pages) using the template provided and formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Writing Center (Links to an external site.)’s APA Style (Links to an external site.) The template is a Word document that is pre-formatted in APA style. If unable to use the pre-formatted template, see the following instructions for formatting.
• Must include a separate title page with the following:
  • Title of paper
  • Student’s name
  • Course name and number
  • Instructor’s name
  • Date submitted

For further assistance with the formatting and the title page, refer to APA Formatting for Microsoft Word (Links to an external site.).

• Must utilize academic voice. See the Academic Voice (Links to an external site.) resource for additional guidance.
• Must include an introduction and conclusion paragraph. Your introduction paragraph needs to end with a clear thesis statement that indicates the purpose of your paper.
  • For assistance on writing Introductions & Conclusions (Links to an external site.) as well as Writing a Thesis Statement (Links to an external site.), refer to the Writing Center resources.
• Must use at least one scholarly/peer-reviewed source in addition to the study being critiqued and the course text, for a total of at least three references.
  • The Scholarly, Peer Reviewed, and Other Credible Sources (Links to an external site.) table offers additional guidance on appropriate source types. If you have questions about whether a specific source is appropriate for this assignment, please contact your instructor. Your instructor has the final say about the appropriateness of a specific source for a particular assignment.
• Must document any information used from sources in APA style as outlined in the Writing Center’s Citing Within Your Paper (Links to an external site.) guide.
• Must include a separate references page that is formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Writing Center. See the Formatting Your References List (Links to an external site.) resource in the Writing Center for specifications.

Carefully review the Grading Rubric (Links to an external site.) for the criteria that will be used to evaluate your assignment.