With the many domestic public health issues yet to be fully addressed, should the United States be involved in expensive global health issues?
In 2010, shortly before the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) passed into law, the Journal of Health Politics, Policy, and Law published an article attempting to predict whether the measure would pass. The article analyzed the health care reform efforts of then-President Bill Clinton in 1992. You might even argue that the landscape […]
Determine, within the health care setting, the main features, capabilities, and operational benefits to a health care organization
Assignment 2: IM / IT AnalysisWrite a five to six (5-6) page paper in which you:Determine, within the health care setting, the main features, capabilities, and operational benefits to a health care organization using the following:patient care applicationsmanagement and enterprise systemse-Health applicationsstrategic decision-support applicationsProvide specific examples of each.Assume that you are a senior health service […]
Identify terms and concepts related to global health challenges
In Southeast Asia in 2003, a pneumonia-like illness that proved fatal for many individuals within a few days of contracting it alarmed global health organizations. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) began a partnership with the World Health Organization (WHO) to examine the nature and extent of the disease. They soon determined that […]
Name at least two major resources, one inpatient and one outpatient, which physicians directly control.
Hospitals, outpatient centers, and free standing surgical centers are dependent on many funding sources to pay for their services. Compare and contrast approval/payment from the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), commercial insurance, and the traditional Medicare program (not a Medicare health maintenance organization [HMO]) available to these types of facilities. How does this […]