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HCA 305 Entire Course FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.hca305cart.com HCA 305 Week 1 DQ 1
Cost, Quality, and Access HCA 305 Week 1 DQ 2
Stakeholders HCA 305 Week 2 DQ 1 Hospital System
Quality Improvement HCA 305 Week 2 DQ 2 Choosing
a Health Care Provider HCA 305 Week 2 The Patient
Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 HCA
305 Week 3 DQ 1 Diversity in the Health Care
Workforce HCA 305 Week 3 DQ 2 Supply and Demand
of Health Care Professional HCA 305 Week 4 DQ 1
Health Care Systems Around the World
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HCA 305 Week 1 DQ 1 Cost, Quality, and Access
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Quality, and Access. Sultz and Young (2011) note
that there is currently a strong movement within
the U.S. health care system to address the
seemingly unresolvable need to correct problems
of access and cost without compromising the
quality of care (pg. 1). After viewing the
required video Reinventing Healthcare-A Fred
Friendly Seminar, discuss how one of the cases
presented during the seminar is an example of the
tension between cost, access, and quality.
Highlight what you consider to be the biggest
problem inherent in the system.
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HCA 305 Week 1 DQ 2 Stakeholders FOR MORE
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Sultz and Young (2011) describe the various
stakeholders in the U.S. health care system.
Choose one of these stakeholders and describe
their role, concerns, interests, as well as the
strengths and weaknesses of their influence in
the system. In what ways has this group
contributed to rendering the current health care
system as too complex and unmanageable? Discuss
what you think this group could do to improve the
current health care system.
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HCA 305 Week 2 DQ 1 Hospital System Quality
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t.com Hospital System Quality Improvement.
Imagine that you have recently been appointed as
the head of a large hospital system. Youve been
hired into this role by the Board of Trustees for
your vast knowledge on how to improve the quality
of services. Over the last few years, the
hospital system has had a number of issues arise
related to the quality of care it provides,
including numerous medical malpractice cases, low
patient satisfaction ratings, and a warning from
the national organization that accredits the
hospital, to improve the quality or risk losing
its accreditation. Based on this weeks reading
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HCA 305 Week 2 DQ 2 Choosing a Health Care
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m Choosing a Health Care Provider. Numerous
resources now exist that allow individuals to
make an informed choice of who will provide their
medical care. Unfortunately, the average health
care consumer is unaware of where to find
information about hospitals, medical providers,
and insurance coverage. Imagine that you are
assisting someone in your community (a real or
fictitious person of your choice) in finding a
medical provider. In your post, provide a brief
description of this person and address the
following questions What factors would you need
to keep in mind while conducting this search? How
would you evaluate who the best medical provider
for this person is?
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HCA 305 Week 2 The Patient Protection and
Affordable Care Act of 2010 FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.hca305cart.com The Patient Protection
and Affordable Care Act of 2010. With the passing
of the P.P.A.C.A., the government has taken a
step towards reshaping the health care system.
For this assignment, you will use the library to
research some of the key characteristics of the
act and take a position on what you think some of
the biggest pros and cons of the act are. You
should review some of the major historical
developments that resulted in the passage of the
law, and explain the major influenc
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HCA 305 Week 3 DQ 1 Diversity in the Health Care
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m Diversity in the Health Care Workforce. Review
the Executive Summary article. The report
provides six sets of recommendations for
increasing the number of under-represented
minorities working in the health care field.
Choose one of the recommendations that you
believe could have the biggest impact if
implemented. In your own words, provide a brief
description of the recommendation, including the
rationale for it. Explain why you believe this
recommendation is important. Then, conduct a
search to identify an example of how this
recommendation has been implemented. Provide a
description of the example, including an overview
of any research that has been done to show its
effectiveness. Discuss the effect of the
implementation of this recommendation.
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HCA 305 Week 3 DQ 2 Supply and Demand of Health
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Health Care Professionals. Mounting research
suggests that the demand for health care
professionals is growing while supply is starting
to decrease. However, the rates of supply and
demand vary greatly depending on region of the
country. Based on the reading for the week and
your independent research What is the state of
the supply and demand for health care
professionals in your area? Describe the
concerns, interests, and influences of the health
care work force in your area. Specifically,
consider how working conditions, access to
advanced technologies, and/or the health
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HCA 305 Week 4 DQ 1 Health Care Systems Around
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om Health Care Systems around the World. Health
care systems around the world provide different
levels and types of care, and are paid for in
dramatically different ways. Choose a country
other than the U.S. and research its health care
system. Compare and contrast the U.S. system to
the one you chose, and provide an overview of the
health care system and how it is paid for. Make
sure your post addresses the following How do
the people in the country access health care? How
do the citizens of the country pay for the health
care? What is the quality of the health care they
receive? Describe some of the pros and cons of
the system.
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HCA 305 Week 4 DQ 2 Medicare Debate FOR MORE
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The Medicare system is currently undergoing a
dramatic shift, as the number of people
participating is increasing, which in turn has
enormous consequences for how it is funded. Some
argue that Medicare spending is out of control
and will result in a collapse of the system if
nothing changes, while others claim the system is
doing well and is meeting the needs of the
millions of Americans who have no other health
care. For this discussion, you will participate
in a debate with your classmates about
Medicare. Students whose last names start with
the letters A-M will be on the Maintain Medicare
As-Is side. Students whose last names start with
N-Z will be on the Reform Medicare side.
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HCA 305 Week 5 DQ 1 Health and Medical
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and medical technologies available to both health
care providers and administrators continue to
advance rapidly. Choose a recent medical
technology and provide a description of it.
Discuss some of the pros and cons of this
technology and assess how it drives consumer
demand, health system changes, and health care
delivery. Consider how this technology could be
used in your current or future career.
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HCA 305 Week 5 DQ 2 The Future of the U.S. Health
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com The Future of the Health Care System. We
have spent the last five weeks reviewing the
major developments in the evolution of health
care delivery in the United States and analyzing
the system in terms of cost, quality, access, and
the provision of services. Address the following
in your post What do you consider to be the most
important factor in fixing the numerous issues
inherent in the U.S. health care system? What
role would selected major stakeholders play in
its implementation? What types of research
studies could be conducted that would support
your stance?
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HCA 305 Week 5 Final Paper FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.hca305cart.com   Focus of the Final
Paper The U.S. health care system has numerous
known issues that affect the overall quality,
access, and cost of services available. For your
Final Paper, you will create an eight- to
ten-page proposal (excluding the title and
reference pages) on your solution to one of these
issues. In the proposal, you will describe the
nature of the issue, trace the history of its
development, describe what has and has not been
done to address it thus far, provide a set of
recommendations on what should be done to address
it in the future, and discuss how major
stakeholders should be involved to make your
proposed changes.
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