Assignment: HLT-313v Health Malpractice

Assignment: HLT-313v Health Malpractice

ORDER NOW FOR AN ORIGINAL PAPER ASSIGNMENT :  Assignment: HLT-313v Health Malpractice

HLT-313v Week 2 Topic 2 Discussion 2

Using the GCU Library, locate and summarize an allied health malpractice or negligence case study. If possible, select your chosen field of study. What went wrong? What workplace safety, risk management, or quality improvement steps were involved? What could have been done differently? If you were in charge of making sure this type of event never occurred again, what steps would you implement into the risk management plan?

You are required to use and cite a minimum of two references from the GCU Library to support your response.

HLT-313v Week 2 Assignment – Provision and Reimbursement of Health Care Services

The areas of provision and reimbursement of health care services have each undergone considerable changes in the past several years, with the following current trends identified as being the most significant contributors to change:

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (also referred to as the ACA or “Obamacare”) and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010

Bundled payment structure versus fee-for-service payment structure

Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs)

Technology and Telemedicine

Medicare Advantage Plans

Population health management strategies

Using your employer/organization’s resources, appropriate websites, and the GCU Library as your informational foundations, research these trends and others you may find relevant, and write a 1,200 word essay in which you examine the following:

Which of the currently identified health care trends overall are already impacting your employer/organization, or an organization in your city/region in your health care field?

Which of the currently identified health care trends are specifically impacting your sector of allied health, and why?

What emerging health care trends on the horizon may impact your employer/organization and/or your specific allied health sector?

Which of the current or emerging trends do you see as most likely to positively impact your specific role and sector in allied health? Which trends are most likely to negatively impact it? (Examples: wages, job security, educational requirements, etc.)

How will the trends you identify impact safety, risk management, and/or quality improvement policies in your organization/and or an organization in your city/region in your health care field?

You are required to use and cite a minimum of three qualified resources from the readings or the GCU Library in order to complete this assignment successfully.

Prepare this assignment according to the APA guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.

This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.

You are required to submit this assignment to Turnitin. Please refer to the directions in the Student Success Center.

HLT-313v Week 3 Topic 3 Discussion 1

Looking ahead to 2020, pick one area of the current National Patient Safety Goals program and make a prediction of what might change in that area based on technological or other advancements. Consider patient identification standards, communication processes, and infection control protocols, among others.

You are required to use and cite a minimum of two references to support your response.

HLT-313v Week 3 Topic 3 Discussion 2

The Joint Commission launched the National Patient Safety Goals in 2003. Many years have now passed since the inception of these goals. How has the overall focus of the goals changed in the intervening years? What conditions in the health care marketplace have driven the need for change?

You are required to use and cite a minimum of two references to support your response

HLT-313v Week 3 Assignment – The Joint Commission Workplace Violation PowerPoint

Perform an Internet search to identify and research and a situation where a health care organization or individual provider in your field of allied health was sanctioned by The Joint Commission or other regulatory body for a violation of one or more of The Joint Commission workplace safety, risk management, and quality care requirements.

Taking the role of the Chief Safety or Risk Management Officer in the organization or a provider’s office who now must deliver an accounting of the incident to the board of directors, develop a slide presentation, containing a title slide, 12 slides of content, and a references slide, focusing on the chosen incident. Your presentation must incorporate the following:

A brief summary of the incident , including a description as well as the outcome.

A summary of the applicable Joint Commission and other (e.g., local, state) regulatory standards that apply to the incident.

A discussion of the mistakes and/or oversights made by the health care organization or individual provider that did or may have led to the incident that occurred, and an accounting of the preventive steps that could have or should have been taken to avoid them.

A proposal outlining specific education or training the organization or provider will employ to ensure this type of incident does not occur in the future. Include concepts related to continuous quality improvement in your recommendations.

To create your presentation you can use PowerPoint or a program such as Prezi (www.prezi.com). Speaker’s notes must be included for each individual slide.

You are required to use and cite a minimum of three qualified resources from the readings or the GCU Library in order to complete this assignment successfully.

While APA format is not required for the body of this assignment, solid academic writing is expected, and in-text citations and references should be presented using APA documentation guidelines, which can be found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center.

This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.

You are required to submit this assignment to Turnitin. Please refer to the directions in the Student Success Center.