Assignment 01: Research Topic Options

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HA3300D – Healthcare Policy and Ethics

Assignment 01: Research Topic Options

During this course, you will be working on a research paper to be submitted at the end of Week 11. Your paper will focus on a healthcare management topic that is a source of ethics debates. It should:

1) address the ethical theories or principles that most influence current conversations about this topic.

2) discuss how these ethical theories or principles translate into healthcare policy decisions.

These ethical principles must come from the course readings this is evidence that you understand and have considered materials presented in this course.

Your paper must be 5 APA-style pages (Times New Roman, 12-point font, and with 1″ margins). In addition to these 5 pages, it must also include a “References” page formatted in APA style that includes at least 6 credible sources. You can use the Web, books, journal articles, newspapers, or magazines. Keep in mind that you want good sources for your research ones that are current and credible. During this week, you should begin thinking about a research topic to submit to your professor for approval. You can choose any topic related to healthcare ethics.

Choosing a Topic

You can choose a topic inspired by discussions, short papers, and non-graded activities. Here are a few examples of possible topics:

Should healthcare be universally available in the US? For example, should everyone receive the same quality of health care regardless of their ability to pay?

How should we make decisions about which patients receive high-cost, scarce medical resources such as organ transplant?

cultural diversity and differences in the medical environment

profitability vs. patient care

You may choose to do a paper on another topic, too, as long as it involves policy and ethics in the medical environment.

In choosing your topic, you should consider not only how interesting it is to you, but also how easy it will be to find information about it. You will need to find credible references and refer to them in your paper.

 What to Submit for this Assignment

 For this assignment, submit a list of 3 topics you are considering for your paper. For each topic:

 1) state what is interesting to you about this topic, and

 2) speculate about which ethical theories or questions are raised by this topic.

Discussion 11

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As you embark on the next phase of your journey as a scholar-practitioner in the health care administration program, consider some of the topics and current events addressed in the course by your colleagues. As a future leader in health care administration, how might you work to ensure individuals are afforded the right to be well led and well managed? Additionally, through your work in understanding a value in systems thinking, how might you ensure its proper representation for solutions to health care administration problems?

For this Discussion, select a health care administration leadership issue that interests you as a possible research topic for a dissertation. Additionally, think about how your work completed in this course may assist you in your dissertation and future career as a leader in health care administration.

By Day 3

Post a brief description of the current health care administration leadership issue you selected and explain why that issue interests you. Then, explain two ways the information you gathered in this course can be applied to your future dissertation research or to your role as a scholar-practitioner. Be specific and use examples to illustrate your points.

Support your postings and responses with specific references to the Learning Resources and the current literature.

Assignment 01.2: Interview Preparation

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For an assignment in Week 4, you are required to present the results of an interview with a healthcare professional about the implementation of a new system or computer software in their workplace. The goal of this interview is to learn how this professional approached the implementation, what challenges s/he encountered, and the problem-solving the organization undertook to make the implementation a success.

 HA3220D – Health Information Systems 

 Assignment 01.2: Interview Preparation 

In the Assignment 04, you will be required to upload your typed notes from the interview. Or, if you are able to make a video of your interview using your phone, you may submit the video instead of your notes.

For this assignment, submit your interview plans to your instructor. In a Word document, give the name and job title of the person you plan to interview, the date and time, and the mode of the interview (phone, Skype, in-person, etc.). 

In the same document, list 5-7 questions you plan to ask during the interview. You may select questions from this list of example questions or write your own, but make sure your questions achieve the goal of the interview: to learn how the professional approached the implementation of the new system or computer software, what challenges s/he encountered, and the problem-solving the organization undertook to make the implementation a success.

Discussion 10

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Servant leadership is a valuable theory to enact change within society. From Gandhi to Martin Luther King, Jr., servant leadership highlights that a leader’s greatness may depend upon the way in which the leader serves his or her subordinates. With servant leadership, a leader transforms into a guide or teacher for subordinates, in turn creating subordinate autonomy and ownership in work. As a leader, empowering your subordinates and cultivating a vested interest in work might be the most essential components to develop for effective, servant leadership.

For this Discussion, select an event, not previously used in the course, which highlights techniques of servant leadership. For the event, consider whether or not the leadership techniques were effective. Also, consider the possibility of applying another leadership theory to the selected event. How may the outcomes change in relation to the application of a different leadership theory?

By Day 3

Post a brief description of the event you selected. Then, explain whether servant leadership was the most effective leadership perspective in the event you selected. Justify your response. Finally, explain how event outcomes might have been different with another leadership perspective.

Support your postings and responses with specific references to the Learning Resources and the current literature.

Assignment 01.1: Implementation Committee

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 Assignment 01.1: Implementation Committee 

You have been assigned as the project manager of an EHR implementation at your facility. Your first order of business is to select members for the implementation committee. At your first meeting, you will also be required to describe the importance of an implementation committee and provide an overview of key health information system concepts as they relate to successful system planning and implementation.

  1. In a Word document, write out your notes for the presentation you will give at the first meeting. Discuss the importance and role of an implementation committee and the team’s responsibilities in planning, implementing, and evaluating health information systems. Also, discuss:
    • Interrelationship between health care professionals and their contribution to the implementation of information systems
    • Paradigm of data-information-knowledge and wisdom
    • Types of systems used in healthcare

     2.  In a table, identify each implementation committee member and describe their role and importance. (Use this sample table, if you wish.) 
          Be sure to consider a multidisciplinary group, with representatives from both clinical and administrative teams.

 

The Assignment—Part 2:

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Group Case Study Analysis (2–3 pages):

Then, using your leadership Assignment for the Case Study, collaborate with your colleagues to create a Group Case Study Analysis that includes: 

  • An explanation of how the challenges identified in the individual case analyses collectively affect crisis response by the system and the individuals within it 
  • An explanation of how transformational and transactional leaders might influence outcomes within this case 
  • A summary of how poor leadership might affect the outcome of the case

Support your Case Study with specific references to all resources and current literature used in its preparation. You are to provide a reference list for all resources, including those in the Learning Resources for this course.

charismatic leaders use active impression management

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BU450 Leadership Skills

Directions: Be sure to make an electronic copy of your answer before submitting it to Ashworth College for grading. Unless otherwise stated, answer in complete sentences, and be sure to use correct English spelling and grammar.  Sources must be cited in APA format. Your response should be a minimum of one (1) single-spaced page to a maximum of two (2) pages in length; refer to the “Assignment Format” page for specific format requirements.

Part A: What is charismatic leadership? 

Part B: Explain what is meant by the statement that charismatic leaders use active impression management with their followers to support their image. Provide and elaborate on one example. 

Part C: Why is charismatic leadership considered a double-edged sword that requires careful monitoring to avert abuse?

Assignment: Group Case Study 2

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As a future leader in the field of health care administration, you may face many chronic health threats to various systems. As you work to combat these threats and ensure community wellness, you are likely to become an agent of social change. This objective may be more challenging and critical to achieve in matters such as health emergencies and outbreaks. For leaders, outbreaks, epidemics, and pandemics elicit critical and timely attention to situations in health care administration. 

In this week’s article by Gostin, Lucey, & Phelan (2014), the authors highlight the challenges present with an Ebola epidemic on a global scale. Using this Learning Resource from this week as well as 2–4 additional resources you may find from the Walden Library, current events, etc., consider your leadership perspective during an outbreak, epidemic, or pandemic. 

As you collaborate with your group, individually select one of the following leadership roles that would respond during this outbreak: 

  • Director, FEMA 
  • Director, CDC 
  • Governor of an afflicted state 
  • Incident Response Commander 
  • Response Leader, American Red Cross (or other nongovernmental organization) 
  • Health Care Administrator for a large medical center

After selecting your leadership role, use a systems approach to work with your group to establish immediate response in preventing another pandemic. 

The Assignment—Part 1: 

Individual Case Analysis (1–2 pages):

Based on the leadership role you selected for the Assignment, include the following:

  • A summary of the leadership challenges this leader would face in assuring the system changes necessary to be prepared for the next outbreak, epidemic, or pandemic 
  • An explanation of how your leadership challenges as this leader relate to challenges of the other leaders listed above

Support your Case Study with specific references to all resources and current literature used in its preparation. You are to provide a reference list for all resources, including those in the Learning Resources for this course.

Lawrence O., G., Daniel, L., & Alexandra, P. (2014). The Ebola Epidemic: A Global Health Emergency. JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association, 312(11), 1095–1096. https://doi-org.ezp.waldenulibrary.org/10.1001/jama.2014.11176

LDR531 Week 4 – Signature Assignment

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LDR531 Week 4 – Signature Assignment

About Your Signature Assignment

This signature assignment is designed to align with specific program student learning outcome(s) in your program. Program Student Learning Outcomes are broad statements that describe what students should know and be able to do upon completion of their degree. The signature assignments may be graded with an automated rubric that allows the University to collect data that can be aggregated across a location or college/school and used for program improvements.

Purpose of Assignment

The purpose of this assignment is to provide students an opportunity to apply research on motivation and satisfaction to the analysis of their individual behavior and environment. 

Assignment Steps

Create an 8- to 10-slide PowerPoint® presentation describing your Outer Game and Inner Game. See Ch. 3 of Mastering Leadership for these concepts. 

Include the following:

  • Your      leadership role and environment.
  • The      leadership process in your Outer Game.
  • The      leadership competencies in your Outer Game.
  • The      leadership consciousness in your Inner Game.
  • Insights      from this analysis.
  • Two      actions you will take for growth and development.
  • Include      detailed speaker notes, supporting citations, and references.

LDR531 Week 5 Creative Organizations and Strategic Change

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Identify and discuss several global creative organizations using the criteria and descriptions in Ch. 10 and 11 of Mastering Leadership. 

 
 

Include the strategic opportunities for change the organizations have. Each team member must write at least two substantive responses (with a minimum 350 words each)that include the following before submitting them via the Assignment Files tab:

· Discuss why those organizations could be considered creative.

· Explore alternative views.